How would you take criticism from others? Well, a few weeks ago, I became a guinea pig…er…volunteer (as Trisha put it) for Travel Writers Exchange new column; Under the Microscope. This new column on Travel Writers Exchange gives travel bloggers to volunteer their blog for an in-depth review by other visitors.
Continue reading...3. June 2010
On May 10th, 2010, Starwood Preferred Guest announced a world-wide social media scavenger hunt called the “SPG Passport to Free Weekends” contest exclusively for Facebook fans and Twitter followers. To win the prize, contests needed to follow the clues given on the social media pages and tell the front desk assistant of the correct [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2010
Don’t you hate when you get to a hotel and find out that you need to pay some exorbitant fee to use their wireless network? Well, for the past six years, the folks over at HotelChatter have been monitoring the reliability and fees associated with wireless access for some of the major hotel chains. [...]
Continue reading...7. April 2010
Have you ever been worried that your house might be broken into when on vacation? Studies have shown that a home burglary, in the United States, occurs every 14.6 seconds or 5,918 a day. The following are a few ways you can protect your house when traveling by covering up tell-tale signs that [...]
Continue reading...24. March 2010
So a few weeks ago I received e-mail letting me know that I won a ‘Ogio Cooper Backpack’, from a daily giveaway that I signed up for when checking out the Winter Dew Tour Championship at Mount Snow, Vermont to watch some super pipe and slopestyle events. I was pretty surprised considering; (a) I [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2010
The Gordini Artist Series Project (GASP) model line comprises of local and internationally renowned artists who produce the designs that are plastered on some of Gordini’s winter products. This business path differs a tiny bit from other companies that have an in house graphic design department or rely on the art designs produced by [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
A pair of good winter gloves is a necessity no matter where you live considering mother nature has been dropping snow in places it rarely is seen (e.g., Florida, The Grand Canyon, Texas, London, etc…). The folks over at Kombi Sports were kind enough to let me do a product test and review of [...]
Continue reading...13. January 2010
Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards are two of the most popular hotel loyalty programs in the world. If you are a business person or avid traveler, you know that these loyalty programs are beyond important as you can easily rack up some points for personal use. There are some people who swear by [...]
Continue reading...30. December 2009
A ‘double take’ is defined as a rapid or surprised second look, either literally or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance has not been completely grasped at first. Kevin Connolly is a twenty-three year old man who has seen the world in a way that a large majority of us will never get [...]
Continue reading...25. December 2009
Today was a cold windy New England morning – about negative 15 degrees Fahrenheit – and I was riding up the chairlift pretty warm except the cold biting away at my face. There were a few frostbite warnings when I boarded the chairlift but it didn’t seem to stop a few skiers and snowboarders [...]
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16. June 2010
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