What Would You Do If Your Hotel Was Also Serving as a Homeless Shelter?

New York City booked 100 rooms at the Radisson JFK .. and didn’t tell the hotel that the rooms were for the homeless. The hotel is furious and says they won’t rent rooms to the Departmnet of Homeless Services again at any price. Pierre Merhej, the general manager of the Radisson Hotel on 145th Street […]

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With new app, Groupon Getaways grows fast, despite Expedia divorce

Since this summer, Groupon Getaways has no longer been co-branding is vacation packages with Expedia Inc, using Expedia to source its flash ...



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What Aussies can learn from Kiwis

"Be yourself, humbly: Plain and simple, nobody likes arrogance, Australia. You may be way bigger than New Zealand, but that doesn’t make you better by any means." Sara Schneider says Aussies can learn a thing or two from their Kiwi neighbors.



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The world's best beer city is ...

Cities around the world have closed the brew gap, but this Oregon city's innovative scene continues to lead the beer parade.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/travel/portland-best-beer-city/index.html

World's tallest coaster to scrape Florida skies

Plans are underway to build the world's tallest -- and quite possibly most terrifying -- roller coaster at an Orlando theme park due to open in 2017.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/travel/world-tallest-roller-coaster-florida/index.html

Please, don't call: London's best 'no reservations' restaurants

From gourmet hotdogs to Sevillian tapas, the food served in these London restaurants is worth lining up for.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/travel/london-no-reservations/index.html

In Jordan, bring a bible.

With its welcoming people, small size, and manageable number of sacred sites, Jordan is the place to go biblical and Baxter Jackson is going to show you how.



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Reflections in Lake off the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2014/11/19/reflections-lake-off-icefields-parkway-banff-national-park-alberta/

18 classic Eurail experiences

These vignettes should seem pretty familiar to anyone who participated in the traveler's rite of passage that is Eurail.



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Chief of Ferry Company in South Korea Given 10-Year Jail Sentence

Kim Han-sik, 71, the head of Chonghaejin Marine Company, was convicted of accidental homicide and embezzlement over the sinking of the ferry Sewol in April.

















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What people say if you're from Ohio

“Ugh. Cleveland’s like a less impressive Detroit.” Ouch. What is it with kicking struggling cities while they’re down?



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How to cope in a travel misadventure

Missed your flight? Had your wallet stolen while admiring pigeons at Trafalgar Square?Close your eyes for a moment and just breathe.



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Soft Clouds over The Forbidden City

Sony A7s Review Check out the new Sony A7s Review I just recently finished! Instagram Fun I’ve been doing a fun series over on Instagram with combining some of my photos with a few of my favorite passages from the Patrick Rothfuss books. Daily Photo – Soft Clouds over The Forbidden City Blue skies are […]



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A Surprising New Way To Use Your Credit Card Points for Business Class Awards to Asia With Great Availability

Philippine Airlines flies non-stop from North America to Southeast Asia. You don’t hear about them often because they do not have any US frequent flyer partners, and no bank program transfers points to the Mabuhay Miles program. And yet therein lies an opportunity. Just like Chase transfers to Korean Air open up a world of […]

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JetBlue Adding More Seats And Checked Bag Fees

JetBlue had an interesting way of announcing some negative changes today. They didn't announce the changes to customers, but rather to investors, explaining how they "plan to drive shareholder returns through differentiated products and service."

To clarify, when they say "differentiated products and service" they don't mean different than what their competitors offer, but rather different than what they currently offer.

There are two significant changes:

The first change is that JetBlue will begin offering a fare class intended for "customers who do not plan to check a bag," starting in the first half of 2015. That's a nice way of saying that they'll starting charging for the first checked bag on their lowest fares:

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