A Dublin, Ireland Gem: The Hugh Lane Gallery



There is a modern art gallery in Dublin, Ireland that's not so grand as the Louvre in Paris or the Prado in Madrid



It's the Hugh Lane Gallery and it  could fit several times in the… Continue

Your Travel Complaints Now Settled... by Technology



No trip is ever trouble free.



Flights are always being canceled, cruise lines change itineraries or skip ports, and car rentals  are plagued by pricing or mechanical problems that are almost inevitable.



But, interestingly, as Christopher Elliott writes in the… Continue

Absurd Restaurant Attitudes



It started when we stopped at a seemingly authentic seafood restaurant on an authentic stretch of Atlantic coastline.



The special was twin lobsters for a reasonable price. 



We ordered those and some other stuff, and when the two crustaceans arrived , I split them with my partner. One lobster each, we… Continue

DiveCaching-The New Underwater Treasure Hunt Game



This is a great industry.



We do a piece on Geocaching, the fun, GPS-driven hunt for hidden treasure (“the cache”).



Then the Diving Equipment Marketing Association (DEMA)  launches a… Continue

Nakations: Nude Travel is Big Business





How likely are you to go to a nude beach or clothes optional one, and strip?



For a country settled by humorless and uptight Puritans, a surprising 49% of Americans said they would do it.



Another 19%  were undecided, and 32%  gave an unqualified "no" to  the idea of beaching "au…

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“B&B  Kick Gas”  Campaign Drives More Visitors to B&Bs

After paying $4.45 a gallon for gas in Connecticut, the idea of  $6/gallon prices before the end of the summer seems more probable than possible, not withstanding recent subtle trends downward.

And this, according to Marti Mayne, B&B marketing guru, is making travelers very…

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Kill the Travel Press Release-Tweet it Instead

So I was sitting at a media lunch when I overheard someone from a Canadian tourism office say to her companion that they were thinking of no longer sending travel media releases out. They were going to tweet them instead.

I was taken aback because just an hour previously, I wrote  this article…

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Wrong Goals in  Arab World Tourism Development



The usually upbeat Arab News.com  was, as usual, upbeat in projecting solid growth for Middle East tourism, even as it writes of 2011 because of home-grown revolutions against Arab dictators.



Quite literally banking on… Continue

Still Searching for bin Laden’s End





Megan Mcardle writing in The Atlantic says that if revenge is a dish best served cold, she finds the death of Osama bin Laden pretty unsatisfying.



It's not that she regrets his death on… Continue

 

And The Best AirlineTravel Sites Are?



We’re suspicious when research shows this or that airline, web site or hotel was voted the best, because we know people and statistics don’t tell the truth.



On the other hand, when results jibe with what we know and have researched on our own, we believe.



Then there’s the…

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