Vacation Spend Meets Location Love Just as people in love are more than willing to open their pocketbooks, the same is true for travelers. Falling in love with a city or place is not so distant from the giddiness of falling in love with a person. When visitors are delighted with their travel experience in a particular city, they spend considerably more during their stay than the average traveler, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Destination Experience Satisfaction Study released last month. |
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Meetings and Mayhem in Reykjavik, Iceland For those heading to Iceland for business or pleasure, keep these odd facts in mind. Most of the people in Iceland believe in elves. That said, it is one of the oldest democracies on the planet; police do not carry guns, and the country does not have mosquitoes. |
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Airlines Winning in Ancillary Services Game
You might say the airlines have won. Travelers have finally adjusted to the new reality that everything, from seat selection to peanuts, is going to have a cost. And that cost has a name: Personalization. |
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Villa Manzu: Manse with Stance in Costa Rica Adventure and luxury rarely combine so well as they do in Costa Rica. The Central American country that is barely the size of West Virginia holds half a million species of wildlife. And it also holds nearly as healthy a selection of the world’s top luxury resorts. Topping the list may be Villa Manzu on the Costa Rican Papagayo Peninsula near Liberia. The lavish manse of eight suites, 30,000 square feet of living space, 23 dedicated staff to serve, and two heated and private salt water pools, is best shared with some 14 of favorite friends and family members. |
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How to Find the Best Group Tour Ahhh, the group tour: steady, safe, oft-maligned but far and away the best way to travel for those with a fixed window for time and money and want to pack in the places for the fewest pesos. Emphasis needs to remain in the hands of the traveler that is taking one. Questions must be asked and answered. |
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Expert Advice: 10 Ways to Optimize a Cruise Cruise company GMs have seen it all: from first time cruisers who come onboard with wide eyes as they take in their impressive floating surroundings to avid cruisers arriving with plans to see and do everything. Whether a cruiser is a newbie or a frequent guest on the high seas, here are 10 tips from the pros at Carnival Corporation on how to be create a consumate cruiser. |
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