Ah crisp, cool weather has arrived in New York, the sun is setting earlier, leaves are already starting to fall off some of the trees on my street, and I even wore a sweatshirt outside today in the park. That can only mean one thing…football season is here! The NFL is back and kicked off [...]

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 [...]

It seems like every week I come across new routes debuting soon at an airline. So I figured why not throw up some of the more noteworthy offerings that might be coming to your area airport in the near future. Alaska Airlines: *Austin (AUS) and San Diego (SAN) starts September 2, 2009 *Seattle (SEA) and [...]

Just another reason to love Twitter. Starting today JetBlue is offering a great new way to score cheap airfare via the interwebs. When you follow the low-cost carrier’s new JetBlue Cheeps Twitter page, you will be notified of insanely low weekend airfare. The first group of “Cheeps” were announced this morning at 10am EST and [...]

Southwest is at it again. The low-cost airline is offering yet another summer sale in select cities nationwide. Here is the low down. Some of the cities in the sale include New York (LaGuardia), Chicago (Midway), Boston, Austin, Baltimore, Las Vegas, and many more. For a full list of destinations, click here. Below are some [...]

“Dr. Beach” is at it again. No not me, even though I was born and raised 5 feet from the sands of Rockaway Beach, I am definitely not a beach bum. The Doc I am talking about instead is Stephen P. Leatherman, director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research. Dr. Leatherman has been [...]

Yeah, try pronouncing that name! This popular lake,  located in Webster, Massachusetts, has been bugging locals for years. Seems that even the residents have a hard time pronouncing the 13-syllable lake’s name properly. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the longest place name in the United States and 6th longest in the world.  The 49-letter name (the picture [...]

Now if you are the kind of person that enjoys booking trips on a whim or at the 11th hour, then you are in luck this year! Travel from the United States is more affordable than it has been in years for a last minute jaunt to Europe this Memorial Day weekend. Obviously you do [...]