I must admit that I am a sucker for a good aquarium. There is just something about dim lighting, colorful fish and chilly A/C that puts me at ease. So when I came across this amazing video (or vimeo) on the internet, I had to share it. The video was shot at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium [...]

In celebration of its fifth birthday, the people at HostelBookers is running an exciting deal – book a beach hostel for just 5 cents a night! This discounted hostel holiday will be offered at five popular European destinations for travel between July 6-10, 2009, with the beds becoming available next week from June 1-5. 50 [...]

Seven days…50 town squares…over 500 votes cast. The results of the first round were pretty tight to say the least. For starters, five of the seven days of voting saw first place tied. The final day of voting it became a three-way tie. So who tied for first and what 20 town squares made it [...]

I am a travel junkie. Seriously, I am. I probably look at travel news, stories, deals and journals more than anything else during my weekly activities. It is an addiction and something that I may need to eventually get help for (is there a Traveler’s Anonymous?). In any event, while my travel bug is still [...]

The best town square poll has been getting a great response so far. Round one’s voting will end this Sunday at 11pm EST. From there the top 25 will advance to round two next week. Since there are so many squares to choose from, I figured I would show off a few of the contenders [...]

If you have traveled to any major city in the world, then chances are you have walked by, snapped a picture in, or spent the day at a town square. From New York’s Time Square to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, people love to check out these public meeting locations filled with everything from chic [...]

I have been saying for months now that we need to once and for all delete the awful phrase “Staycation” from the travel lexicon. Well the people at Travelmuse.com are helping to fight the good fight by putting together a handy new widget that will help you figure out ways in which you can save [...]

Over the weekend I came across more unbelievable NYC fares to top international cities for last minute travel, as well as later in the year. Now if you are not from the NYC area don’t fret, you could easily grab a domestic flight to NYC and then transfer to your final destination. Spain, Ireland, England [...]