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Rummaging through Europe
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Shopping is perennially top ranked on travel to-do lists. And a growing
number
of organized tours are dedicated to helping tourists discover their
inner
spendthrift. Besides antiques-buying tours to Europe, others include an
tours
for fashionistas, intrepid knitters and more.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-08-europe-antiques_x.htm
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Branson's new hip tune
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A $420 million shopping/dining/entertainment complex called Branson
Landing
officially opens next weekend, aiming to lure more affluent visitors to
this
Missouri tour-bus mecca. There eventually will be more than 100
restaurants
and shops on the 95-acre site on Lake Taneycomo.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-08-branson-landing_x.htm
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Prices in Canada are even more 'loonie'
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After stabilizing a bit over the winter, the US dollar has dropped
another 6%
against the Canadian dollar in the past two months making everything
from
croissants in French-speaking Quebec to theater tickets in Toronto that
much
more expensive for Americans.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-08-canadian-currency_x.htm
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These offbeat travel guides will send you on your way with a chortle
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In a busy tourism season that likely will be as harrowing for travelers
as it
is profitable for purveyors, we're already seeking comic relief.
Fortunately,
it came in the mail in the form of several new guidebooks, some of
which play
strictly for laughs and others that offer offbeat advice.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-08-offbeat-guidebooks_x.htm
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Aloha Airlines to offer free tickets in fare war
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A day after go! and Hawaiian airlines announced promotional interisland
fares
for $19 plus fees and taxes, Aloha Airlines on Thursday came out with
its own
offer: free tickets. Aloha said it will give away 1,000 free roundtrip
interisland tickets for flights between Honolulu and the other main
islands.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-06-09-aloha-free_x.htm
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Quarantined man says he was only hung over
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A man who was quarantined along with 59 other passengers who fell ill
on an
Australian cruise ship says he deserves a refund because he wasn't
sick, just
hung over.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-09-hangover-
quarantine_x.htm
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Spa goers get the drift of good sleep
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With 42 million prescriptions for sleeping pills written in the USA
last year,
insomnia is an epidemic. Psychologist Rubin Naiman is taking a
mind/body/spirit approach that emphasizes learning to truly rest and
understanding the importance of dreams.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-08-sleep-spas_x.htm
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Officials: Cabbies overcharged passengers from NYC airport
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More than a dozen taxi drivers overcharged investigators posing as
foreign
tourists in random checks of cabs picking up passengers at John F.
Kennedy
International Airport this week, authorities said.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-09-nyc-cab-
overcharges_x.htm
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