This animation of the very brief but eventful flight of US Airways 1549 is amazing. It is amazing how calm the flight crew is as they are saying things like “we may end up in the Hudson”.
US Airways 1549 Animation

Whales make an awfully big speed bump is what the residents of Rockland, Maine just [...]

This time of year crowds flock to San Francisco’s downtown neighborhood. The shops from Market Street to Union Square take on a particularly festive holiday air. Every street corner seems to have someone from a local charity who want to tap into the goodwill that flows through the streets.

Union Square
Most of Union Square has [...]

$99 a night for a hotel with the bathroom down the hall might sound a bit expensive, but in New York City any hotel for less than $100 a night is a bargain. The newly opened Jane Hotel is in a historic space in a “red lighthouse of a building in Greenwich Village”. The [...]

Budget Travel reports a surprising development at Walt Disney World. Something free from Disney? Cool.
For the last few years, Walt Disney World has offered free dining plans in September to entice visitors during a notoriously slow month. Well, Disney announced yesterday that the Disney Dining Plan will once again be offered free with select vacation [...]

This week I had a rare business trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I booked the least expensive flight as usual using an airfare aggregation site. In this case I used Kayak.com as I often do. But fare alone is not the only measure of which is the best flight. I had two things that made [...]

I have mentioned Kayak.Kayak.com before as one of my favorite sites to use for booking air travel. Kayak sent out a reminder of how to save money booking holiday travel that is worth passing along. If you specify that your dates are flexible (you must create an account to use this feature) you can bring [...]

When we first travelled with our friend Susan we would say something like “oh I need a band-aid” or “does anyone have a wet wipe” and out of Susan’s magic backpack would emerge the desired item. After while it felt like being on the old “Let’s Make a Deal” when Monty Hall would ask if [...]

If you are one of those people who plan their life in advance, who is planning on going to Europe this year and likes to travel by train then you should know that Eurail has got a deal for you:
Eurail Group announced today that it is offering an extra day of rail travel on all
six-, [...]

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