Cruise Line Builds Trop...

Filed under: North America , Dominican Republic , Transportation , Cruises , Caribbean To many cruise travelers , “cruising” means “Caribbean” and a growing number have sailed to and around the warm blue waters there many times. Tiring of the same ports, those...

US Service Members Now ...

Filed under: Activism , Hiking , North America , United States , Camping , News Earlier this week the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that all active U.S. service members, and their dependents, will now be eligible to receive a free annual pass to national parks . This new...

Sailing With Costa, Pos...

Filed under: Europe , North America Images of sinking ships aren’t normally the best advertisements for cruise lines, but after watching the Discovery Channel’s documentary on the ill-fated Costa Concordia, it made me want to book a cruise. And not just any cruise – a...

Classic Travel Writing:...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Books While blogs take up most of my travel reading these days, every now and then I like to dip into an old classic. So on a recent flight to Washington DC to attend the Gadling bloggers summit, I read “Lonesome Traveler ” by Jack Kerouac ....

Cellphone Accessories F...

There’s no device I love to hate as much as I hate to love my iPhone. (You read that right.) Your mileage may vary; you may not feel like both a chump and a devotee while caressing your mobile whatever. Until I attain your Zen-like state, I feel annoyed whenever I find myself...

Thanks For Donating To ...

We had a great weekend of raising miles for charity at Gadling Labs. Though we were just under our goal of reaching 10,000 Facebook likes to completely empty my frequent flier account with Delta, I’m going to take the plunge and donate the entirety of my miles to UNICEF anyway. Big...

Cruise Lines Court New ...

Filed under: North America , United States , Cruises New Yorkers and most of the upper east coast of the United States have had few cruise ships to choose from. Traditionally, cruise lines sailed most of their ships from warmer, southern ports, which added the cost of a flight to a...

20 Useful Online Travel...

Filed under: Blogs , Budget Travel , Internet Tools , Consumer Activism We all do it. We hear about a new website that is supposed to be this or that and we sign up for it. At first we’re skeptical or excited, or both. We begin to fill out our profiles and then we get distracted....

In-Flight Connectivity ...

Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines , Transportation , Internet Tools Today, in-flight connectivity has its share of challenges. Technology companies are keenly aware that in the not too distant future, demand for in-flight connectivity will grow considerably. Travelers...

Brave Travelers Wanted:...

Filed under: North America , United States , Budget Travel , Cruises Otherwise brave and robust travelers have been having second thoughts about cruise vacations – and rightfully so. The grounding of Costa Concordia , a fire on Costa Allegra not long after and thoughts of the...