The Stardust is no more…

The Stardust on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded, after having closed on November 1st.  You can see a video of the implosion at that link.  Boyd Gaming will be replacing the Stardust with Echelon Place.  Construction will start soon, and they will open in 2010.  It will include not only 5,300 hotel rooms in four […]

1,000 Places to See Before You Die – The TV Show!

What a coincidence.  I finally take a look at the book 1,000 Places To See Before You Die, even though it’s been out for a quite a while now.  I even post about it, and what do I find out?  The Travel Channel is doing a show about it! Starting Thursday, March 29th, you can […]

Another Good Book

1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List  This book has gotten a lot of press lately, and has been in the bestseller lists.  To be honest, up until I actually flipped through the book, I didn’t really think it was something I would be interested in, even though I love traveling.  […]

Europe Through the Back Door with Rick Steves

This seminar was a lot of fun.  Rick Steves showed us a slideshow while he talked about different places in Europe, and kept things really funny.  What was his biggest piece of advice?  Stay away from the “normal” tourist destinations, and you’ll have a lot more fun, get a more authentic view of the destination, […]

Top Travel Bargains for the Year Ahead

The first seminar we went to was the Pauline and Arthur Frommer seminar on some of the top travel bargains for the year ahead.  They talked about some places that many of us know about, like the Dominican Republic, but also mentioned some others.  Arthur was very big on the fact that China is such […]

NY Travel Show

Yesterday was the travel show, and I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it was!  First off, we got a LOT of information for many vacation destinations.  As we go through things and learn more, we’ll share the information.  We also saw two really great seminars.  We went to a seminar on the […]