Archive for June, 2007

A fine new option for New England golfers

June 28th, 2007 at 05:00am Under Travel

As a resident of the northeast, I have been glad to see that our area’s shortage of very good golf courses has been addressed in recent years with notable new additions. I recently wrote about the excellent facility at the…

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Uncle Sam provides airfare answers

June 26th, 2007 at 10:35pm Under Travel

Last week, USA TODAY published a report entitled ” Summer fares fall for flights in USA,” which provided some rare good news for vacation travelers. In conjunction with an analysis of more than 1 million tickets bought through Sabre, the industry’s largest computer reservations system, it was determined that domestic airfares have dropped during the summer season for the first time since 2004. The report concluded: “The average round-trip domestic airline ticket this summer costs $340, 2% less than last year.”

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The Cruise Log is on vacation

June 26th, 2007 at 12:46pm Under Travel

Gene Sloan is away all this week, so the Cruise Log will not be updated during that period. New posts will resume starting on July 2….

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Could a robot offer the secret to the perfect golf swing?

June 25th, 2007 at 06:27pm Under Travel

The golf instruction business is just that, a business. Every year new videos, books and camps spring up promising the Holy Grail of golf, an easy repeatable swing. We’ve had the “Truth,” we’ve had “Natural” golf, we’ve had a whole…

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North Ogden Aquatic Center

June 23rd, 2007 at 11:29am Under Travel

I took my kids to Utah a couple of weeks ago because it looks like I am moving there soon for a job. While there, we went to the North Ogden Aquatic Center, and I have to say that it was a hoot!
If you’re ever in North Ogden or nearby (north of Salt Lake City), I’d highly recommend you go! I plan to buy a season pass if I can afford it once we get settled in. It was so much fun!
A snippet from their website:
About the Aquatic Center
A sparkling example of clean family entertainment during the hot summer, the newly-opened North Ogden Aquatic Center sports two water slides, two diving boards and a water-filled childrens’ jungle gym the kiddies are sure to enjoy for hours.
Bowery rentals are on a first come first served basis so be sure to call ahead for your family or corporate gatherings. […]

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Passenger dies after fall on Norwegian ship

June 22nd, 2007 at 10:33am Under Cruises

A 22-year-old passenger on the Norwegian Majesty fell to his death this week while the ship was docked in Bermuda. The Boston Globe reports that Richard Mulloy of Boston was trying to slide down a banister when he plunged four…

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New passport rule: What it means for cruisers

June 22nd, 2007 at 06:00am Under Cruises

It’s a simple question: Do I need a passport to take a cruise? Unfortunately, for several years now, there’s been no simple answer. And the U.S. government’s latest tinkering with the rules, announced Wednesday, didn’t make things much clearer. The…

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Want to feel the pain of the pros?

June 21st, 2007 at 04:26pm Under General Golf Travel

If you just watched one of the most exciting US Opens in history, you had to wonder at some point why the world’s best players, guys like Tiger who have shot 15 or 18 under in other Majors, struggled to…

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Cheaper Europe

June 21st, 2007 at 04:23pm Under Travel

I was reading an article on how to make your European vacation more affordable and thought I’d share it with you.
A snippet from the article:
“Whatever country you’re in, the locals are usually too smart to buy into the internationally-known, high-priced hot spots such as Capri or Provence. You’ll get a better bang for your buck if you find out where countrymen take their vacations. Just be sure to go at a different time of year!
“For example, in Italy several years ago, a friend rented a villa just south of the Amalfi Coast, along the lesser-known Cilento Coast of the Mediterranean. There we found lovely low-priced fishing villages such as Maria Di Castellabate, and Acciaroli, where Hemingway once visited. Prices were much lower, we were the only Americans there, and we could easily drive up the coast to see the hilltop towns such as Positano without paying the sky-high prices. Since […]

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the ideal Overland Tour

June 16th, 2007 at 11:47am Under Travel

It seems that finding what you want to do is only part of the travel mission…the other half is finding the tour to fill those needs. In Cape Town I was over whelmed with choice….so many choices of places and travel. I eventually did a Cape to vic with Nomad tours….it was great…desert, wildlife, beautiful scenery and fun all the way. The guys at Detou Africa who sorted me out were great and I recommend you give them a go www.detourafrica.co.za

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First bites

June 13th, 2007 at 04:03pm Under Travel

After spending a year sampling several thousand $15-and-under wines for my daily Cheers blog, I’ve decided that I need to let those wines – and myself – breathe a little. After all, life’s too short to waste time debating the…

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Pardon me, your perfume is in my bouquet!

June 13th, 2007 at 03:47pm Under Southern California

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Midway through a terrific dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s new Cut restaurant in the Beverly Hills Four Seasons (more about this meal in my upcoming package in USA TODAY on the new American steak house), I encountered…

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Paging summer travelers: Best airports for book shopping

June 12th, 2007 at 05:58pm Under Travel

Like their counterparts at the mall, many airport bookstores offer frequent-buyer bonuses, coupons, gift-with-purchase or other incentives. There are even a handful of airports where used-book lovers will find fun browsing, cut-rate titles and even a book swapping program.

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Is your hometown an ‘emerging food city?’

June 12th, 2007 at 08:27am Under Travel

With its June issue, Food Wine magazine is kicking off a year-long project that seeks to identify America’s emerging food cities (not to brag but that’s a theme USA TODAY has explored throughout its 25 years and continues to explore)….
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Love and feasting in the Big Easy

June 11th, 2007 at 04:21pm Under New Orleans

I recently spent 10 days in New Orleans just hanging out, listening to a lot of live music and dining at a few new and recently re-opened places that you should know about. But before I get into the particulars…

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Hands-free wine drinking

June 11th, 2007 at 08:03am Under Travel

If you’re headed out on the food/wine festival circuit this summer consider packing along a Mobile Grape, a polyethylene device that hangs from a neck strap and holds a wine glass steady, leaving your hands free to hold a plate…

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