Travel Blog - Hotels,Cruises,Vacations http://mybesttravelrates.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 News and Deals: February 6, 2012 – Severe Winter Weather Continues Its Hold on Europe‎, Eco-tourism still brown in Thailand, Police Strike Leaves Brazilian Tourist City on Edge and Aruba offers Super Bowl losers a consolation trip http://mybesttravelrates.com/news-and-deals-february-6-2012-%e2%80%93-severe-winter-weather-continues-its-hold-on-europe%e2%80%8e-eco-tourism-still-brown-in-thailand-police-strike-leaves-brazilian-tourist-city-on-edge-and-aru http://mybesttravelrates.com/news-and-deals-february-6-2012-%e2%80%93-severe-winter-weather-continues-its-hold-on-europe%e2%80%8e-eco-tourism-still-brown-in-thailand-police-strike-leaves-brazilian-tourist-city-on-edge-and-aru#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:14 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/news-and-deals-february-6-2012-%e2%80%93-severe-winter-weather-continues-its-hold-on-europe%e2%80%8e-eco-tourism-still-brown-in-thailand-police-strike-leaves-brazilian-tourist-city-on-edge-and-aru Severe Winter Weather Continues Its Hold on Europe‎ Voice of America Severe winter weather continues to dominate in many European countries with air and road travel disrupted and gas supplies running low. The hardest-hit country is Ukraine, where temperatures as low as minus 32 degrees Celsius have left at least 122 people dead. Oleksandr Heits, head of a rescue unit in Kiev, said many of the victims are homeless citizens of Ukraine’s capital. Continue Reading Eco-tourism still brown in Thailand Bangkok Post The growth of eco-tourism in Thailand is still limited to a small number of green operators and few concerns about protecting nature, says the Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA). Tourism operators and local tourists pay little attention to eco-tourism. Operators think they will have to invest a lot to make their properties and services more environmentally friendly while local tourists simply don’t care. Continue Reading Police Strike Leaves Brazilian Tourist City on Edge ‎Wall Street Journal Nearly 3,000 Brazilian troops patrolled the city of Salvador Sunday, appearing to lift the climate of fear that gripped the seaside tourist destination since a statewide police strike set off a spike in homicides and looting. President Dilma Rousseff ordered the military to deploy to Salvador, in northern Bahia state, after the all but police-less city registered more than 30 killings Friday. At least 55 people have been murdered around the bustling port city since the strike began last week, around double the same period last year, officials say. Continue Reading Aruba offers Super Bowl losers a consolation trip USA Today The Dutch island of Aruba has a creative campaign to stir interest in the Caribbean island. It’s cheering up Super Bowl losers — the New England Patriots — with a winning offer: a free stay on the island. Continue Reading Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/news-and-deals-february-6-2012-%e2%80%93-severe-winter-weather-continues-its-hold-on-europe%e2%80%8e-eco-tourism-still-brown-in-thailand-police-strike-leaves-brazilian-tourist-city-on-edge-and-aru/feed 0 American’s New Business Plan Looks a Lot Like the Old One But With a Lot More Outsourcing http://mybesttravelrates.com/american%e2%80%99s-new-business-plan-looks-a-lot-like-the-old-one-but-with-a-lot-more-outsourcing http://mybesttravelrates.com/american%e2%80%99s-new-business-plan-looks-a-lot-like-the-old-one-but-with-a-lot-more-outsourcing#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:45:50 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/american%e2%80%99s-new-business-plan-looks-a-lot-like-the-old-one-but-with-a-lot-more-outsourcing February 1 was a big day at American. It was the day that the airline went over its (not really) new and improved business plan with employee groups, and that meant detailing the cuts it was going to ask for. As you can imagine, this brought some outrage but also a lot of sadness. American is asking for very deep cuts from employees (and elsewhere), and it’s not really presenting anything new. This seems like the same plan it’s been operating under, just free of some employee contract limitations. Admittedly, American hasn’t shared all the details of its plan. That wouldn’t be very smart at this point, I suppose. But it’s shared enough at a high level so that it can make its case for massive cost reductions. You can read CEO Tom Horton’s letter to the troops with the high level plan to “not just to compete, but to win.” There’s the “win” phrase again. Ugh. In short, Tom outlines a strategy of increasing revenue by $1 billion a year while cutting costs $2 billion a year, more than half of which ($1.25 billion) will come from employees. This is the magic plan. Let’s take this one side at a time. Plan to increase revenue by $1 billion a year The revenue plan has three parts to it. The $1 billion a year is expected to come from “network scale, fleet optimization, and product improvements.” Network Scale American has laid out an ambitious (and quite likely overly aggressive) plan to increase departures by 20 percent over five years from its cornerstone markets of LA, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Dallas/Ft Worth. That’s right. TWENTY percent. For the relatively mature industry we have here in the US, this seems to be very aggressive. I was going to guess that much of this would be from smaller airplanes with fewer seats, but then I saw Tom tell Terry Maxon that the increase would be more in the international arena than domestic. That makes me think that it’s less about regional jets and more about larger aircraft growth. That could mean some serious capacity growth. It’s starting to sound like the days of old when airlines mistakenly chased market share only to hurt themselves and everyone else in the process. This isn’t just about the 20 percent increase under the American brand, however. This is also about increasing codesharing. Right now, it can’t grow its domestic codesharing business but it has proposed eliminating those shackles. Hello, JetBlue. Fleet optimization At first, this seems like a cost savings and not a revenue savings, right? I mean, the airline keeps talking about adding newer, more fuel efficient airplanes and retiring older ones. That has nothing to do with revenue. But that’s not what I think the airline is talking about here. This is really American talking about growing its regional fleet. Today, there is a very tight cap on outsourcing of flying on aircraft with more than 50 seats. American has maxed it out with 47 CRJ-700s, and that’s the only aircraft American has between 50 and 136 seats. That’s a huge disadvantage for American versus Delta and United, both of which operate about 200 to 250 regional aircraft with more than 50 seats. American is getting aggressive, shooting for the right to outsource a boatload of flying on airplanes all the way up to 88 seats. In a minor bright spot for American’s own employees, American has also ordered Airbus A319s that will give it an option below 136 seats (maybe in the 120 seat range). That’s what American means by fleet optimization, having more aircraft in between the 50 and 136 seat range that it can use to better match seat supply with demand. Product improvements This is something that really has nothing to do with bankruptcy. American has already suggested it would improve the onboard product, but what can it do to actually goose revenues? Well, the new flat beds that it’s putting in business class on the 777-300ER aircraft are a good start. Hopefully that expands to the rest of the international fleet, because people aren’t willing to pay a premium for the inferior product in business class today. The new premium economy section could help as well, though that also reduces the number of seats so it relies on American being able to generate a good premium to make it worthwhile. So that’s what we see on the revenue side. Bankruptcy should allow for more liberal codesharing and regional flying contracts. That’s really it. Now let’s look at the flip side. Plan to decrease costs by $2 billion a year Of the $2 billion in annual savings that American wants to see, $1.25 billion will come from employees. The rest will come from a variety of things that allow American to reduce costs – get out of expensive contracts, reduce rates for suppliers, ditch assets it no longer needs, etc. But as expected, American rests the bulk of the weight on employees. The basic proposal (and it’s only a proposal at this point) is for every work group to give up 20 percent of compensation. That doesn’t mean salaries get cut by 20 percent, but it’s a combination of all types of compensation from benefits to productivity. The cuts vary by each group, and you can read all the union term sheets here . Some will see pay reductions, all will see pensions terminated, and benefits will cost more for the employee if American has its way. There will also be major increases in productivity. For example, for flight attendants, American wants to increase the maximum monthly hours from 77 (domestically) to 100 which will result in an average of 80 to 90 hours scheduled per person month. I won’t get into the details of each workgroup’s proposed changes, but you should definitely take a look. In return, what will employees get? There will be company-wide profit sharing that starts with the first dollar of income. Of course, that’s for the employees that don’t get a pink slip. American will be laying off 13,000 employees, about 15 percent of the airline’s total today, and it will come from all groups. We’ll see 1,400 management positions gone, 2,300 flight attendants, and 400 pilots. But the biggest cut comes to mechanics and fleet service workers – more than 4,000 each. Those deep cuts will come thanks to more outsourcing. American will shut one maintenance base (Alliance, in Ft Worth) and it will start to outsource a lot of work so that it doesn’t need all these employees anymore. The TWU represents both these groups and leadership sounded downright sad in its conference call discussing the proposed cuts. The pilots and flight attendants, on the other hand, sound more angry. At least the pilots don’t sound surprised . The flight attendants strangely acted like they didn’t see this coming . Let’s back up for a second. Twenty percent more departures in five years but 15 percent fewer employees? Seems strange to think about it, but it really is all about outsourcing. We do need to keep in mind that these are not final. There will be negotiations and the ultimate resolution will undoubtedly be less dramatic than what we’re seeing here. Regardless, the employees that remain will need to be more productive and they won’t be compensated as well for the work they do. There will need to be more flexibility with work rules, including codesharing and regional flying. In the end, this doesn’t sound much like a turnaround plan at all. It sounds like an airline continuing to push forward with its same old strategy, just with a new fancy lower cost structure to help it stumble into profitability. I find it hard to really become a believer in this plan, since it’s nothing really new at all. If anything, US Airways, Delta, and other potential buyers should be thrilled to see the current team not really proposing anything game-changing. It gives them a bigger opening to walk through.

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Thank God for that cruise though, otherwise we would have missed out on one of the great, and most romantic, cities of the world. It’s cliche, but it’s true, that Istanbul straddles two cultures, the East and the West. It’s position on the Bosphorus has made it a cultural crossroads attracting traders and wanderers from around the world for millennia. That globalism has made Istanbul an exciting and visually stunning city. One of my favorite romantic activities is to stroll around the Sultanahmet neighborhood, window shop a little before deciding on a cafe to spend the evening enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of this ancient town. 2. Prague – After decades of Communist rule one may incorrectly assume that Prague is littered with drab buildings, dour people and general unpleasantness. The last thing that came to mind before I visited was a lovely city with lots of opportunities for romantic moments, but that’s what I found. Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Prague has blossomed into not just a nice place to visit, but a hugely popular tourist destination. Sure, there are remnants of its Communist past and yes, I saw a few drab buildings, but the medieval art and architecture more than make up for the design errors of the 1970s. While you won’t be alone, be sure to take a stroll along the Vltava river with Prague Castle looming nearby. I can’t think of a more romantic moment anywhere else in the world. 3. St. Michaels – If you’re a local than this won’t surprise you, but strangers to the DC metro area may not be familiar with the sleepy towns nestled along the Chesapeake Bay. One of the oldest areas of the state, the Eastern Shore has become a popular area to spend a quick weekend, or a longer retreat. I don’t like the term, but the only one that fits the many, small villages in this part of the state is cute. There, I said it, they’re cute – damn cute. One of my favorite towns is St. Michaels, also home to the critically acclaimed hotel the Inn at Perry Cabin. The perfect romantic weekend here starts with one of the Inn’s generously appointed rooms overlooking the water, followed by aimless wandering past the quirky shops lining the main street. Spas are available for those who want to relax and be pampered, and there are plenty of things to do outdoors for the more active traveler. No matter what you do during the day, in the evening head to restaurant 208 Talbot for a great meal prepared in what I call upscale American southern contemporary. 4. Amman – The fact that 1) I knew nothing about Amman before visiting and 2) that I thought it’d be anything but romantic is a conceit of living in the U.S. Our media outlets, all of them, traditionally have not done a great job portraying the Middle East except in terms of war and aggression. At first Amman looks like a lot of other cities in the Middle East. It’s large, somewhat sprawling, and the buildings mostly blend in a blur of brown stone. I think it’s the people that transform this city, their warmth and hospitality make it hard not to love Amman almost immediately. My favorite moment is atop the Citadel, the mountain in the middle of the city and the site of ruins from civilizations long gone. Standing there, the breeze gently blowing, smells of vendors wafting up and the call to prayer rebounding around the hills simultaneously; it may seem unlikely, but that moment is one of the most amazing and romantic you could ever have. 5. Franz Josef – More a village than a city, and a tourist one at that, Franz Josef, at the foot of its eponymous glacier, is the classic definition of mountain romance. The town revolves around the glacier and tourists to the massive Mount Cook, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a fun place to visit. For the perfect romantic evening, start off with a stroll through the tiny town as the sun sets behind the glacier capped mountains. Wander over to the Glacier Hot Pools for a dip in a private, glacier spa and finish the evening with an intimate dinner at one of the several restaurants in town. No matter what you decide to do, it’s hard not to be in awe of the natural surroundings and to feel more connected with your loved one. These are some cities around the world that surprised me with their ability to inspire romance. What are some of yours? Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/five-surprisingly-romantic-cities/feed 0 A mobility scooter for the adrenaline junkie http://mybesttravelrates.com/a-mobility-scooter-for-the-adrenaline-junkie http://mybesttravelrates.com/a-mobility-scooter-for-the-adrenaline-junkie#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/a-mobility-scooter-for-the-adrenaline-junkie Filed under: Europe , United Kingdom , Budget Travel Paging the team at The Adventurists . Gadling Labs just dug up a great video from on the web showing a tricked out mobility scooter that would be great for a cross continent adventure. Youtube user colinfurze uploaded the video showing some of the ridiculous speeds and maneuverability afforded by a scooter that he customized, and the result is pretty outstanding. This is actually the same machine that broke the Guinness World Record for fastest mobility scooter (at over 71MPH) a couple of years back. The outstanding weather that the UK has been experiencing in the last few days, however, allowed Mr. Furze to take the equipment out for some unique footage and fun. Perhaps next year’s Rickshaw Run will also allow entries from the scooter class. A mobility scooter for the adrenaline junkie originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/phuket-and-koh-samui-in-thailand-via-iphone-4s/feed 0 Spirit Airlines fed up, says government has hidden agenda http://mybesttravelrates.com/spirit-airlines-fed-up-says-government-has-hidden-agenda http://mybesttravelrates.com/spirit-airlines-fed-up-says-government-has-hidden-agenda#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/spirit-airlines-fed-up-says-government-has-hidden-agenda Filed under: Business , North America , Airlines , News This week, Spirit Airlines , mad about new airline disclosure rules, started adding a $4 “unintended consequences of DOT regulations” fee to ticket prices. It’s just the latest in a salvo of complaints by airlines over new fare disclosure rules they feel are unfair. Spirit Airlines isn’t happy with the new rule requiring airlines to include all taxes and mandatory fees in the quoted airfare price and posted a big “Warning!” sign pop-up on the carrier’s website making that quite clear earlier this week . The pop-up is gone now but the information is still prominently displayed, urging consumers to contact their Congressional Representatives to complain. In a direct attack on the new rules Spirit says “If the government can hide taxes in your airfares, then they can carry out their hidden agenda and quietly increase their taxes. (Yes, such talks are already underway.)” on their linked web site, keepmyfareslow.org . Spirit believes that with the total price on display up front, it looks like airlines are raising their prices which could drive away consumers, something a low-cost airline can not afford. “We’re against these new regulations because we actually think it reduces transparency,” Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza told Time this week. “We think it makes it harder for consumers to understand what they’re paying for.” The new regulations of airline marketing also allow passengers to wait as long as 24 hours to pay for a reservation, a huge change from policies airlines have requiring immediate, nonrefundable payment for discount fares. Here is where they might have a point: its a trade-off of sorts. Continue reading Spirit Airlines fed up, says government has hidden agenda Spirit Airlines fed up, says government has hidden agenda originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read  |  Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/spirit-airlines-fed-up-says-government-has-hidden-agenda/feed 0 Loyal hotel customers would give up spouse, keep loyalty program, if given choice http://mybesttravelrates.com/loyal-hotel-customers-would-give-up-spouse-keep-loyalty-program-if-given-choice http://mybesttravelrates.com/loyal-hotel-customers-would-give-up-spouse-keep-loyalty-program-if-given-choice#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/loyal-hotel-customers-would-give-up-spouse-keep-loyalty-program-if-given-choice Relationships with hotel loyalty programs run deep, often causing members to lie, cheat or pose as someone else to get ahead says a new survey by Starwood Preferred Guest . ” Honeymoon “? ” Emergency “? Respondents would try subterfuge to get upgrades and were not above telling little white lies to get a better hotel room or a hotel/airline travel upgrade” Starwood said in TravelAgent . Nearly half of respondents claimed they would pretend it was their honeymoon to get an upgrade . 25 percent would pretend they had a family emergency and 20 percent would pretend to be someone important. The idea that travelers are “married to their frequent traveler programs” may not be a stretch either with 73 percent of those responding to the January survey choosing loyalty program benefits over a spouse if they could take just one on the road . Continue reading Loyal hotel customers would give up spouse, keep loyalty program, if given choice Loyal hotel customers would give up spouse, keep loyalty program, if given choice originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/loyal-hotel-customers-would-give-up-spouse-keep-loyalty-program-if-given-choice/feed 0 Man arrested for stealing glacier in Chile http://mybesttravelrates.com/man-arrested-for-stealing-glacier-in-chile http://mybesttravelrates.com/man-arrested-for-stealing-glacier-in-chile#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/man-arrested-for-stealing-glacier-in-chile Filed under: South America , Chile , News Late last week, law enforcement officials in Chile detained a man for allegedly stealing part of a glacier from inside Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, located in the Patagonia region. It is believed that the thief intended to sell the ice to various clubs in the capital city of Santiago, where it would be put into expensive designer drinks. Police stopped the man, who was driving a large refrigerated truck, for a routine traffic violation, but were surprised to find that he had five tons of ice hidden in the back. Upon further examination, they discovered that the ice had come from the Jorge Montt Glacier, which is located not far from where the man was apprehended. So far, the driver has only been charged with theft, but officials are considering extending the charges to violating a national monument as well, since the ice came from inside a national park. It is estimated that the five tons of ice would have sold for about $6300 had the man been able to deliver it to is buyers in Santiago. That doesn’t seem like a lot of money for harvesting so much ice. Global climate change has played havoc on glaciers throughout Patagonia, and the Jorge Montt is no exception. Scientists say that is is currently retreating at a rate of about a half-mile per year, which is an alarmingly fast pace. The question now of course is how much of that is due to these nefarious ice thieves? Man arrested for stealing glacier in Chile originally appeared on Gadling on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read  |  Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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]]> http://mybesttravelrates.com/man-arrested-for-stealing-glacier-in-chile/feed 0 Photo of the Day- Predawn Houston http://mybesttravelrates.com/photo-of-the-day-predawn-houston http://mybesttravelrates.com/photo-of-the-day-predawn-houston#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://mybesttravelrates.com/photo-of-the-day-predawn-houston Filed under: North America , United States Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Flickr user Theodore Scott who brings us this “view of Houston from Buffalo Bayou Park , shortly before dawn,” from an impressive photostream. Called “Houston’s most significant resource”, a major enhancement project is underway to improve aesthetic and recreational opportunities while simultaneously regaining the waterway’s flood conveyance capacity and environmental qualities. Upload your best shots to the Gadling Group Pool on Flickr . Several times a week we choose our favorite images from the pool as Photos of the Day . Photo of the Day- Predawn Houston originally appeared on Gadling on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read  |  Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments

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