from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/sports/ski-desert-earn-turns-nevada-backcountry/
March 2, 2015
Skiing the Nevada backcountry [pics]
from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/sports/ski-desert-earn-turns-nevada-backcountry/
Mini-guide to Maine English
from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/mini-guide-maine-english/
10 untranslatable Norwegian terms
from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/10-untranslatable-norwegian-terms/
The 17 funniest Hungarian expressions (and how to use them)
from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/17-funniest-hungarian-expressions-use/
The truth of living in South Africa
from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/5-uncomfortable-truths-living-south-africa/
March 1, 2015
The Pond in Ophir, New Zealand
from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2015/03/02/the-pond-in-ophir-new-zealand/
Can you help me stop the cyberbullying on my blog?
from Elliott http://elliott.org/should-i-take-the-case/can-help-stop-cyberbullying-blog/
Should You Travel to Countries With Awful Human Rights Records?
The ethics of traveling to certain parts of the world — places where human rights aren’t respected, where a sex trade exists (perhaps illegal but unfettered) or where ‘guest workers’ have their passports taken on arrival and have little choice but to toil in unsafe conditions – can be complicated. I think it’s difficult, and […]
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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/01/should-you-travel-to-countries-with-awful-human-rights-records/
March 2015 Desktop Wallpaper
from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2015/03/01/march-2015-desktop-wallpaper/
How JetBlue is Winning Hollywood With Cheap Prices for First Class
JetBlue is winning Hollywood. Not the studio contracts, of course. If you have a deal with Paramount, you’re flying American on the lucrative Los Angeles – New York route. But the ‘real’ Hollywood. The actors and directors and producers and independent talent who work for a living, aren’t traveling on a studio’s dime, but view […]
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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/03/01/how-jetblue-is-winning-hollywood-with-cheap-prices-for-first-class/
Marriott Points Expiration Policy Being Updated
For a while, IHG Rewards Club and Marriott Rewards have been outliers by not having a points expiration policy. Meanwhile Hilton HHonors, Hyatt Gold Passport, Starwood Preferred Guest, and many other hotel loyalty programs do have points expire after a certain period of inactivity.
Well, Marriott has finally updated their points expiration policy. If you ask me, they use a rather appropriate image for the change, of two people driving down a hill on a motorcycle without helmets. ;)
As of January 1, 2016, Marriott Rewards points will expire after 24 months without qualifying activity.
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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/03/01/marriott-points-expiration-policy-being-updated/
6 Discoveries from Near and Far: Volume XXXV
- Don’t Waste Those 30-Minute Gaps Between Meetings — How to take advantage of little pockets of time
- Quintessence -- An essential part of maturing is learning to avoid discontent
- Etihad Offering Free Status Matches -- May be limited in quantity; don’t wait! (hat tip: Gary)
- Don’t Throw a Life Raft Into the Kiddie Pool -- On running marathons and raising children
- Why Travel Makes You Smarter -- “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you’ve traveled.” - Mohamed
- Discouragement Is a Natural Part of Achieving Goals -- A lesson in “living with open hands”
from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/6-discoveries-from-near-and-far-volume-xxxv/