Today in Travel News for January 7th 2010

Bringing you what’s new in travel for January 7th 2010 AARP Updates Travel Discounts for 2010 – Smarter Travel has posted some info about ed perkins: Many hotel and car rental companies offer up to 25 percent off rates for AARP members, but is this the biggest discount you can get? Ed Perkins explains how [...]

Travel News for January 3rd 2010 through January 4th 2010

Bringing you what’s new in travel for January 3rd 2010 through January 4th 2010: London: 5 free things to do on a winter’s day – Alex Robinson recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:Prices in London have dropped in the last six months because businesses are running many sales and because the [...]

Today in Travel News for December 29th 2009

Bringing you what’s new in travel for December 29th 2009 New York City: MoMA’s new first-Thursday specials – Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog: (Courtesy kennymatic/Flickr) Keep Your Winter Emergency Kit Ready and Be Wary of Your GPS – Lifehacker’s Jason Fitzpatrick just posted this article: A Nevada couple [...]

Paris: Does the “affordable” restaurant still exist?

Meg Zimbeck recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Paris restaurant
(Courtesy Meg Zimbeck)

NYC: The Ace Hotel opens The Breslin restaurant

The Sensible Aesthete recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Ace Hotel

The easternmost part of the U.S. is…

Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Haunted hotels: Discover a room with a boo

RobinD_travel recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:

Three in four Americans believe in the paranormal, according to a 2005 Gallup poll. If you’re one of them, you may be interested to know which accommodations are touting in-room extras that go beyond champagne and chocolates.

Amtrak loses $32 per rider

Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Amtrak

Thanks for your Ask Trip Coach ski questions

Brad Tuttle recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Why is it impossible to find a cheap flight into Jackson Hole? I’ll tell you why, and address a bunch of other issues too.

Americans abroad: The world is their oyster

Bing Travel recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:

Unlike international visitors to the U.S. (see related post, “Visiting the U.S. shouldn’t be this hard,”) American travelers are usually welcomed warmly by state governments the world over. There’s no place on Earth where Americans are forbidden to go, save for maybe Cuba, which doesn’t mind “forgetting” to stamp the passports of American visitors who violate the U.S. embargo.