Monthly Archives: July 2009

Hungry For An Amazing Travel Experience? Enter The Sony/TripWolf Twilight Football Competition

How does attending a twilight football (soccer) game in some faraway locale sound to you? Well Sony has teamed up with TripWolf.com to provide an amazing once in a life time experience for you and a friend this September. So where exactly could you be possibly going? How about a jaunt to Chamonix, the home…

JetBlue’s Rewards Program To Get Fall Facelift

More Award Flights. More points. More to love. That is what JetBlue is touting with the announcement of an all new TrueBlue program that debuts this fall. Some of the improved features include: Earn points for every dollar you spend on eligible travel, rather than for the length of the flight you buy. No blackout…

Dave Matthews Band & Bud Light Want To Send You To Paradise

I am not going to lie to you. I am a huge Dave Matthews Band fan. From “Tripping Billies” to “Crash Into Me” to “Crush” to “Halloween” to “Why I Am”, DMB has been a big part of my life’s soundtrack. So when I saw this contest, I felt the need to pass along the…

Why This Brooklynite Is Glad To See A Coney Island Renewal Plan

I must warn all sideshow freaks, hot dog eating competitors, and fans of run down and dilapidated buildings to understand that I feel your pain…but it is time to move forward. While I am never a fan of seeing the less fortunate bullied out of a neighborhood in order to make way for some rich…

Come Get Sauced At A Free Brooklyn Backyard Party

Will you be in the New York City area on Thursday August 6th? If so, then clear the date and mark your calendar as some fellow travel geeks want you to hang out with them for a fun-filled summer backyard party. Travel websites Sosauce and Matador Network will be hanging out at The Greene Garden…

Sales, Sales And More Sales: Airlines Looking To Lure In Fall Travelers

With the summer travel season almost over (sigh), it is time for the airlines to look towards fall travel. Now while fall has always been a soft season for the travel industry, it is going to be especially hard this year to convince people to spend money that many just do not have. Everyday we…

25 Interesting (and Odd) New York Facts

I was born, raised, and plan on living the rest of my life in the city that I love called New York. Now while I may reside on the other side of that 126 year old bridge in Brooklyn, I still consider myself simply a “Noo Yawka.” Growing up in this city has always made…

Sunday Travel Shot: Tour De France