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Guest Nomad: Travelocity Editor’s Seven Travel Suggestions

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When you’re the Senior Editor at Travelocity, most people you meet assume you’ve been everywhere. Also, your friends and family assume you’re available to act as their personal travel agent, but that’s another story for another time.  Anyway, as I was saying – people assume I’ve been everywhere, but that’s not true. Don’t get me…

New Routes Coming To An Airline Near You

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…

Top 10 U.S.Beaches For 2009

“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…

LA & Pittsburgh Top List Of Most Polluted Cities In US

Now while not my usual “travel news” story, I felt compelled to write about the American Lung Association’s results from a two year project on air pollution in the United States. Because as travelers, you and I will eventually wind up in some of  these places, some might have already been. After reading the results…