Three Ways To Do The Green Travel Thing
Green is so in, it’s creating a ripple effect of enthusiasm within the travel industry for anything that’s environmentally friendly and doesn’t add to global warming. This Associated Press article…
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Where the Flash like to Crash: Number Eight Guesthouse, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hot on the heels of reports that ‘flashpacking’ is the new backpacking comes the new breed of flash-hostel, epitomized by the Number Eight Guesthousein Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a predominantly…
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Digital Content for The Air, Rail or Road: Fuel for Travel
Are you always looking for the next new digital thing to kill time when you take a long flight, train ride or drive? I am. So I was intrigued to…
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You’ll Take Manhattan: 24 Hours in New York City
Whenever I visit New York City, I try to plan at least four days to see the sites, stores, plays, and restaurants that have been on my list since the…
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New Orleans: One Year Later
With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, life hasn’t improved much for many of the residents who lost 125,000 homes in the devasted Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood. A story in…
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Is Burning Man Trying To Go Green? Black Rock, NV
The annual Burning Man Art Festival begins tomorrow in the desert lake bed known as Black Rock, Nevada desert with an art theme: “Hope and Fear: The Future.” An estimated…
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The Backpacker is Dead! Long Live the Flashpacker!
I knew it. Tromping around in stinky old tie-dye and seeing the world ‘on a shoestring’ is so last season. The crusty backpacker of lore is being overtaken by a…
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Travel Joke: “A Prairie Home Companion”
I heard this joke on Garrison Keillor’s August 26 live radio program, “A Prairie Home Companion.” Loved it so much, I’m sharing it now: A bi-polar person goes on vacation….
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Welcome Our Two Newest Vagablond Contributors
An old colleague and a new friend compose our latest dynamic duo of Vagablond contributors. Welcome to Lanny Udell and Sue Frause… Like me, Lanny Udell is a versatile copywriter….
