Ashley the Bear Tries Traditional Kentucky Crafts
affiliate program Ashley the Traveling Teddy toured the Bluegrass recently, enjoying the turning leaves and learning some new ursine skills. She met students at Berea College, which for more than a century has offered full scholarships to needy Appalachian students in exchange for their work. She helped freshman Madison Carey, busy at her loom making [...]
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Halloween’s Horror-Rama Roundup
affiliate program You can’t have too many frights for Halloween. Here are a few heart-pounding possibilities, as well as some gentle family events. Winnipeg, Canada, has launched its first Ghost Walk, a 90-minute trail led by experienced ghost guides. What was found hidden in the walls of the old Masonic Temple? Where did the first [...]
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Ahoy! Ashley Gets Her Sea Paws!
affiliate program Ashley the Traveling Teddy has taken the helm of several boats recently, and captain and crew all lived to tell about it! Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of the Society of American Travel [...]
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ABC: Ashley in Birmingham and Coventry
Ashley the Traveling Teddy, ursine ambassador for Meredith Schroeder’s third-grade class at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, has been touring the Heart of England. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of the Society of American Travel Writers. In Birmingham, Ashley watched as docent Ruth Allen demonstrated jewelers’ skills in the Museum [...]
Keep Reading...Cheers! First-Time Travel Tips to the UK
Travel journalists give trip advice for a living—yammer, yammer–so it’s refreshing to have real tips from real people. Lee Ann and Bill Hieber of Cincinnati have traveled to the Continent before, but this was their first trip to England and Scotland. They offer a few tested tips: Restrict yourself to one medium-sized suitcase per person, [...]
Keep Reading...Live! Instant Leaf-Peeping Reports
Leaf peepers unite! Destinations are tracking the turning of every leaf: Ohio Department of Natural Resources has added a new map on its Fall Foliage website, and offers 32-pre-mapped routes and even places of solace. The Indiana Office of Tourism Development sponsors Leaf Cam so travelers can watch current images at five locations: The Fort [...]
Keep Reading...Free Air with Holland America Upgrade
With Rio winning the 2016 summer Olympics, the current vibe is definitely South American. Holland America is offering free air for cruisers who book a Verandah Suite or Deluxe Verandah Suite on its 30-day Incan Empires cruise on the ms Rotterdam. The April 10th cruise is round-trip from San Diego. Verandah Suites start at $4,699, [...]
Keep Reading...Lend an Ear to Van Gogh iPhone App
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is the first museum on the European Continent to have an iPhone application. The application, “Yours, Vincent,” was developed to accompany the exhibition “Van Gogh’s letters: The artist speaks,” running through Jan. 3. The application allows people with an iPhone or an iPod touch to zoom in on 120 [...]
Keep Reading...Marriott Golf Packages from $189
Marriott Golf has fall specials at its golf resorts in Desert Springs, Marco Island, Doral and Starr Pass Golf Club in Tucson. Rates start at $189.
Keep Reading...St. Maarten Winter Dive Packages from $1,055
Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino in St. Maarten is offering winter dive packages at Great Bay. The four-night package is $1,055 per person for two days of diving and four tank dives; the six-night package for five days of diving and 10 tank dives is $1,850, for stays from Dec. 20-April 3. Both [...]
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