Air Passengers’ Bill of Rights: Good or Bad?

Smarter Travel has posted some info about ed perkins: The short answer is “Yes.” But as is so often the case, the final outcome is hardly a given and may not solve all of the industry’s customer service problems. Ed Perkins explains.

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NYC: A pop-up shop for well designed, travel-themed products

JD Rinne recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

The Areaware Design to Go pop up store, located in the Port Authority Bus Terminal
The Areaware Design to Go pop up store, located in the Port Authority Bus Terminal (Anthony Falcone)

Spas on sale!

Alison Rohrs recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

This fall, more than 750 spas in 35 cities across North America are participating in Spa Week. You can now reserve appointments for select treatments—hour-long Swedish massages, laser hair removal, even Botox injections—for a flat $50 per treatment rate via spaweek.com. Book early because the spas fill up!

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a…powerbocker?

A. Christine Maxfield recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Step aside, pogo stick, your punk cousin has just arrived. Known by many different brand names, the powerbock—or bock for short—was invented by the nutty German aerospace engineer Alexander Böck, who apparently studied the movements of kangaroos to help develop his prototype.

Frommers.com Airfare Deals and News for the Week of August 28, 2009

George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog.com posted this over on Frommer’s : Island hop with Hawaiian Air for under $25 a seat, see Southeast Asia for less on EVA Airways, get a U.S. domestic discount from Virgin, and more special offers to destinations around the world.

Frommers.com Airfare Deals and News for the Week of August 28, 2009

George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog.com posted this over on Frommer’s : Island hop with Hawaiian Air for under $25 a seat, see Southeast Asia for less on EVA Airways, get a U.S. domestic discount from Virgin, and more special offers to destinations around the world.

Frommers.com Podcast: Flight Attendant Confidential

The Frommer’s Staff posted this over on Frommer’s : Flight attendant and blogger Heather Poole visits Frommers.com to chat about her life in the sky, tell you how to be good passenger, and explain her passenger self-portrait concept.

Top Five Bargain Destinations for Fall 2009

Smarter Travel has posted some info about jaunts: Bargains aren’t going into hibernation this fall, and neither should you. Find great deals on tropical jaunts, fall foliage adventures, and European outings.

Head over to www.smartertravel.com to read the whole article.

Do you travel like a tourist or a local?

AmyS recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:

What’s your travel style?

Bookmarks for July 18th 2009 through August 25th 2009

These are my links for July 18th 2009 through August 25th 2009: Mount Vesuvius Erupting in 1944 – It was 1944 and the Second World War was raging. In Italy, American airmen were stationed at Pompeii Airfield when the debris started falling, but this was no ordinary wartime air raid. The cinder and rock dropping [...]