Spring Break: Deals and Data for the Road
In
just a few weeks Americans will set off on Spring Break 2016. Time for
annual vacations to launch throughout the U.S. as students and workers
head to Mexico and the Caribbean for sun-soaked beaches and wild
parties. Those
trips are expected to be 4% more expensive than last year, but there
are still some hot spots offering deals beat rates from
2015.
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Cruise Voluntourism: Elevating a Vacation
Attention cruisers: Grab that piña colada and relax on the sun deck, but don’t get too comfortable.
Carnival Cruises, among others, is now joining in a new trend in
the cruise industry of giving passengers a chance to give back on a
variety of onboard activities and shorexs.
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Vik Retreats: Design, Dine and Wine in Uruguay and Chile
Vik
Retreats has a treat or two in hand for anyone adventurous enough to
travel south for the winter. In fact it will be summer in these parts,
from the beaches of Jose Ignacio in Uruguay to the rolling, vine-covered
hills of the Millahue valley in Chile. Suites for the senses in four
distinct properties are built on four concepts of what it means to live
the good life: natural location, artistic inspiration, good food and
libation, and a passionate imagination.
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Is Cruise Travel Outpacing General Leisure Travel?
Cruise
travel is becoming the vacation of choice around the world, quickly
outpacing leisure or land-based travel. In fact, according to research
from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), over the ten
years from 2004 to 2014, global cruise vacations have grown faster in
popularity than global land-based vacations by a 23 percent margin.
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Medical Tourism: New Knees, Hips Fueling Niche Industry
Need
a new knee but can’t afford the cost? No worries. If you are living in
America, you have many friends in your cohort. As insurance coverage
gets ever more murky in a medical system built around the corporate
share holders rather than the patients, an ever growing niche in medical
tourism is taking notice and taking the business to new places.
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Disney Launching US Adventure Tours in June
Adventures by Disney remains
the go-to company for guided group travel worldwide, especially for
families. So it is not surprising the happiest tour company on earth has
three new US focused vacations set to launch at the beginning of
this summer showcasing adventures in Central Florida, Montana, and
Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia.
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Avianca Airlines Soaring Over the Southern Skies
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