Archive for January, 2007

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New US Passport Requirements

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

As you are probably already aware, the new US Passport requirements came into effect on Tuesday, January 23. The recent change required travelers to possess passports when they fly between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
However, U.S. citizens still do not need a passport if they’re traveling to one [...]

Cruise Ship Norovirus targets Hotels

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Hotels have recently fallen victim to the infamous norovirus that has been known to plague Cruise ship passengers for years.
The outbreaks began after Christmas, when 60 people in Madison, Wisconsin fell ill after attending a party at a hotel convention center.
Most recently, the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport hotel (long name I know..) was hit with [...]

Farecast Fareguard Price Guarantee Update

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Farecast just brought its flight Price guarantee service out of its testing stage, making it available for anyone to use on their website.
I wrote an entry summarizing how Fareguard works when Farecast first announced this new, revolutionary travel booking service. Basically, travelers can be protected against any rise in ticket prices for a week for [...]

OTBeach.com Online Travel Review

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The following is a paid review:
OTBeach.com is an authoritative British travel agency serving travelers who are looking to get On the Beach during the holidays. OTBeach has earned its status as a trusted online travel agency by being around over ten years, as it was founded in 1995. The agency is also part of [...]

Travelistic Travel Videos

Monday, January 15th, 2007

I don’t know how I’ve missed out on Travelistic.com and their wonderful travel videos over the past few months. As an web 2.0 junkie and travel enthusiast, I unfortunately ran across this wonderful website only recently.
Travelistic is a social video sharing site that is developing into the YouTube of online travel videos. Needless to say [...]

Beware Airport WiFi Internet Access

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Lifehacker had a great post awhile back warning travelers of the dangers posed from using free Wi-fi internet at airports around the nation. In JFK International’s Jet Blue terminal, Jet Blue is kind enough to set up a free Wi-fi network for its customers. Unfortunately, as in many other instances, this lead to [...]

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