Vacation Witout Worries Let PetSitters.com Watch Your Pet
I guess I am one of the lucky once when I am traveling I always have someone that I trust either a friend or a relative to watch my dogs. But, many do not have anyone to watch their pets so they either don’t go anywhere or worry about their pets while away.
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Strech Your Dollar In Europe
With the euro at an all time high against the US dollar, many travelers will think twice before traveling abroad this year. Sherman Travel says, “there are ways to stretch your dollar in Europe-you just have to know where to go.”
Some countries have not yet entered the EU or switched over to the euro and these countries can be very affordable. While Paris, Rome, and Madrid might be out of your reach, you can save by traveling to Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia and more. Read more
United Airlines Choose Your Meals
United Airlines is now offering their first-class international customers choice of dining options. Dessert first before dinner, whatever the preference passengers on United can now choose what to eat and when they want to be served.
“Months of research with our frequent international customers clearlyindicated that offering a flexible and customized first class dining optionis key to a best-in-class premium customer experience,” says Alex Marren,United Airlines vice president — On board Service. “With our new diningoption, our flight attendants can create an individualized experience andrecognize what our first class customers value most when dining … even ifit is having an ice cream sundae before dinner.”
Tags: United, Airlines, Choose, Your, Meals No commentsSomething You Probably Did Not Know About Air Fares
Yapta.com could save you hidden money on your airfare
Did you know that if you pay for an plane ticket and the airline later reduces the price for that flight, you can get a refund for the difference? I sure didn’t.
But how do you find out if your ticket would be eligible for this price drop refund? Go to the travel site Yapta.com and sign up for their free service.
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Something You Probably Did Know About Air Fares
Yapta.com could save you hidden money on your airfare
Did you know that if you pay for an plane ticket and the airline later reduces the price for that flight, you can get a refund for the difference? I sure didn’t.
But how do you find out if your ticket would be eligible for this price drop refund? Go to the travel site Yapta.com and sign up for their free service.
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If You Are Flying During Your Vacation to Vermont
Here is a link to a helpful website called Ellipses. After the airplane scares last week, airline travel was disrupted but quickly got back to normal according to some of our guests.
The Ellipses web site is a good one to check occasionally to see what’s going on in travel. Chris also writes about car rental companies from time to time and presents information you should definitely know.
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Tags: You, Are, Flying, During, Your, Vacation, Vermont No commentsYou don’t need to move every night.
When traveling to a different place every night, it often creates work you don’t need. All that packing and unpacking every day , locating the new lodging facility, changing activities to meet a schedule - it’s like being on a business trip, not a vacation.
Now, I understand some people like to keep up a strong pace and they enjoy a different place each night. But please don’t feel it is necessary to do that in order to see New England.
New England is tiny. We have many first-time visitors to our inn, notably from Texas and California, who are surprised at how small this area of the country is. I think one contributing factor is that VT takes up a page in the Atlas just like Iowa does. You could easily fit five Vermonts into Iowa. All of New England is much smaller than Nevada. It’s possible to drive from Rhode Island, through Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in a few hours.
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Places to See Before You Die
A few years ago, Patricia Schultz published a book called “Places to See Before You Die” (Workman Press) in which she recommends the village of Stowe. Personally, I would have just said Vermont. Her book has been on the NY Times Best Seller list for more than three years. Mine has not. In fact, it’s languishing in non existence. So, we’ll give Patricia the official nod for being the authority in this matter but reserving my right as a resident to expand her selection a tad.
She has also just published a book called “1,000 Places To See in the USA & Canada Before You Die” and Stowe is again included. It’s published by Workman Publishing and no doubt available at your local bookstore.
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Make Your VT Fall Foliage Lodging Reservations Soon
We have been steadily getting calls for lodging during fall foliage. I received a call yesterday from a woman who said she had tried two other places before us and they were both full on the two dates she wanted.
If you plan to travel to VT during the last week of September or the first two weeks of October, you should make your reservations as soon as you can. Rooms are still available but the selection becomes smaller with each passing week.
Whatever you do, don’t drive here thinking you can easily find a place to stay. Each year we get some drop-ins who did not know what a busy time of year that is here. We’ve been fortunate so far in calling around and finding some lodging for them but sometimes it is fairly far away and or not the best accommodation.
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