Travel News:
- USA Today writes that A US Airways flight had a close call with a drone back in March.
- CNN wonders Do hotel star ratings mean anything anymore?
- Outside Magazine shares the Best all-inclusive adventure resorts for families.
- Starwood plans to accelerate expansion across Canada
- An interesting post from Frommers: Travel Here, Not There: Why Choosing a “Secondary” Destination May Lead to a Better Vacation.
- Travel + Leisure has a slideshow from 2013 with Great National Park Lodges.
- Fodor’s shares what they feel are the 10 Most Beautiful Hikes in the U.S.
- About.com says to Protect yourself against checkpoint theft.
- Here is a tasty article from Huffington Post- A gorgeous look at BBQ around the world
- BBC Travel has an article about the World’s best coffee cities.
Recent posts from Michael W Travels:
- Man visits every country without flying & gets into Guinness Book of World Records.
- Kim had an interesting 100,000 miles credit card approval conversation.
- Targeted: Earn 1,000 Southwest points for signing up for e-mail updates.
- Find out what the world’s fastest growing airlines are.
- These are America’s strangest sandwiches according to Travel + Leisure.
- I ran a poll about to find out- what are the most annoying passengers. Find out the results here.
- Check out some interesting Google Maps updates.
- The newest card in my wallet: Nomad’s ChargeCard
- Could you & your partner pass the U.S. immigration marriage interview?
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- Earn up to 25,000 Miles With Oneworld Partners. You must fly 6+ US Airways partners by June 30 to earn the max amount.
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If you have any Travel News, Deals or Offers that you’d like to share, feel free to leave a comment below or send an e-mail to michaelwtravels@gmail.com.
