Let’s Avoid Travel Snobbery
GoNOMAD.com has a lot of stories about exotic destinations from yachting in Antarctica to yurt-stays in Kyrgystan. Many of our writers are intrepid explorers who seek out places most tourists don’t get a chance to visit.
Travel News Notes
AA Adds Flights from Dallas to Madrid Starting May 1
Good news for Texans! American Airlines will launch service from Dallas/Fort Worth to Madrid, Spain next year. Beginning May 1, 2009, American will inaugurate daily nonstop flights between Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW) and Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD) aboard 225-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft in two-class configuration. American Airlines’ flight…
More Flights from Logan Bring Joy to Travelers
I read in today’s Gazette an AP story about new flights being added to Logan airport. There are now more direct flights to Florida by JetBlue, and both American and Spirit Airlines have added service. “You’re not going to throw metal into a market that’s starting to shrink,” said Massport…
Are These the Nine Coolest Things to Do in 2009?
Rough Guides has come up with this new list of the best things to do in 2009. What do you think? Created by a team of travel experts and inspired by books like Make the Most of Your Time on Earth and Ultimate Adventures: A Rough Guide to Adventure Travel,…
Vroom Vroom Vroom, and Feel Good About Driving a Rental Car
There’s a new car rental website that aims to take a little bit of the guilt out of driving a car that spews noxious fumes. Vroom Vroom Vroom.com is the eco-conscious car rental site, offers travelers reservations at all major car rental agencies in more than 2000 U.S. locations, including…
Brazil’s Salvador Brings Out Words in Many
Some parts of the world lend themselves to lyrical and creative writing. One such place is Salvador, Bahia Brazil. We recently brought a new intern on board from UMass named Isadora Dunne. She wrote about learning to dance and practice martial arts during Carnaval, the wildest time of the year and…
Flights to Amsterdam will return to Bradley Airport in June
Jim Kinney of the Republican writes with good news for travelers in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. International flights are coming back to Bradley! HARTFORD – Northwest Airlines plans to resume flights from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks to Amsterdam after dropping the flights Oct. 1….
The World Is Ready for Obama
I am just back from Manchester England, where it was wall-to-wall Obama, every day, just before the elections. Travelers will benefit greatly from the new regime, people overseas were just plain as sick of George Bush as we were. The two men are so fundamentally different, the world has breathed…
Lufthansa LOWERS Fuel Surcharge
What goes up often doesn’t usually come down. But today on ETN I read that German airline Lufthansa has reduced its fuel surcharge as a result of the dramatic fall in crude oil prices we’ve seen in the past few weeks. The airline was charging a 30 euro surcharge to…
Embraer Moves into Connecticut to Fix Jets
If you think of which aspect of airline travel is growing, you have to think regional jets. More and more airlines have downsized to smaller jets made by two companies–Embraer, of Brazil, and Bombardier, of Canada. Instead of flying 737s many of the majors have downsized to 50 or 100-seat…
Too Many Flights, All Taking Off at the Same Time
Most airlines these days have moved to a new generation of much smaller jets, since it’s cheaper to fly them and they would prefer to have more flights going to more places with fewer passengers. The problem is that all these new flights have caused huge back-ups at major hubs…