A modern-day train renaissance

The long standing rumors that passenger rail is dead are up in smoke. Find out why train travel is making a comeback.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/travel/irpt-train-comeback/index.html

Tours for Non-tourists: Why You Should Take a Tour

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I’m going to make a generalization here and say that our DIY-travel generation, with countless apps and reviews at our fingertips, is largely anti-tour. We like to think we can travel better and cheaper by calling the shots ourselves. And you know what? We often do. Tourists at Trevi Fountain, Rome © Benson Kua I […]

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Volume of social media content hits 120 items a week on a trip

There are two schools of thought about social media on-the-road – travellers should just forget it and enjoy their destination, or it’s ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/social-media-content-trip-week/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=volume-travel-social-media-content-astounding-time-actual-travel-bit

Photo of the Moment: Puppysledding in Norway

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© Claudia Regina

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American Express Transfer Bonus: 35% More Virgin Atlantic Points

American Express Membership Rewards is running a 35% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic through November 30. They ran a 30% bonus back in May, and a 30% bonus exactly a year ago. They’ve done 35% before as well. One of the popular uses for Virgin miles in the past was converting to Hilton at one-to-two, […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/10/15/american-express-transfer-bonus-35-virgin-atlantic-points/

8 Ways Travel Can Make You a More Romantic Partner

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Amanda Kendle reveals 8 ways that travel can make you a much more romantic partner.

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Lissa Rankin on Finding the Quest

When I was writing my new book, I received a detailed note from longtime friend Lissa Rankin. She gave me some advice that stayed with me throughout the writing process, and I’m including some of it here with her permission. *** I am assuming that your book will include some of your personal story—your own…



from The Art of Non-Conformity http://chrisguillebeau.com/lissa-rankin-on-finding-the-quest/

Signs you're a CO ski season rookie

#12: You say you’re only here “for the season.” I said the same thing…eight years ago.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/sports/13-rookie-signs-its-your-first-colorado-ski-season/

Signs you're a born Greenlander

1. You can’t get enough raw whale skin: Whale skin is a Greenlandic favorite and pretty difficult to get a hold of.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/16-signs-born-raised-greenland/

30 gorgeous images of Wyoming

Few places present as iconic an interpretation of the American West as Wyoming.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/trips/30-images-wyoming-cant-stop-looking/

How Spanish girls will change you

You'll find a new meaning for patience. Because she always arrives late. No matter if the sun is shining, or if it’s pouring rain.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/nights/12-ways-dating-spanish-girl-will-change/

“Thanks for nothing”

from Elliott http://elliott.org/thats-ridiculous-2/thanks-nothing/

Lindy

Fresh Newsletter coming within 24 Hours! We have something supa-fresh and awesome coming… we only send out about one per month! Actually, we’ve been kind of lame, and it’s been 2 months, so a big train is comin’ down the tracks! The Most Beautiful Newsletter Ever! Daily Photo – Lindy With the greatest of ease… […]



from Stuck in Customs http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2014/10/15/lindy/

Las Vegas? Paris? This Tourism Push Asks New Yorkers to Think Closer to Home

“See Your City,” a new tourism promotion aimed at New Yorkers, will spotlight places to visit in all five boroughs.

















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UNESCO World Heritage Site #279: City of Valletta

From the World Heritage inscription: Valletta is pre-eminently an ideal creation of the late Renaissance with its uniform urban plan, inspired by neo-Platonic principles, its fortified and bastioned walls modelled around the natural site, and the voluntary implantation of great monuments in well-chosen locations. The capital of Malta is one of the rare urban inhabited [...]



from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2014/10/14/unesco-world-heritage-site-279-city-valletta/