This past Sunday, I attended the Travel and Adventure Show in Washington, DC. As a travel blogger, I applied for and received a complimentary Press pass. I have also attended the show on other occasions. The majority of the conference floor space is taken up by vendors promoting their products and services. These vendors include … Continue reading
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8 Great Ways to Save Money on Cruise Excursions
A cruise vacation can be a great travel value because all of the mandatory costs are included and known up front. On the other hand, there is hardly a cruiser that does not pay any extra money above that amount. Add-on fees can add a significant amount to a cruise vacation. Examples of extras include … Continue reading
Travel Lessons From a Guinea Pig
Yesterday I took our family guinea pig pet, Slinky, outside for “grass time.” Slinky LOVES to eat grass. That is probably his favorite thing in the world. However, Slinky was hesitant to eat the grass yesterday. He was completely protected. I was right next to him. He was covered by his cage top and his little wooden … Continue reading
Travel Tip: When To Travel, Part 2
Recent McCool Travel posts provided travel tips about WHERE to go and WHEN to go. In WHEN to go I talked about seasons of travel and how you can save money and avoid crowds by traveling during periods of low demand. A second aspect about WHEN to travel is visiting places before the masses discover … Continue reading
8 Great Travel Lessons
I just returned from a short trip to Morocco and Madrid. I did not have to travel thousands of miles to learn these lessons but the trip helped reinforce them. Limit Research. Too much planning results in less fun. Be spontaneous. See what happens. Before the trip, I spent too much time reading guidebooks and … Continue reading
8 Great Travel Industry Giants
Here are eight persons that have tremendous influence on the travel industry. These influencers are all from the United States. I am interested in hearing about travel industry influencers from around the world. Let me know by leaving a comment. These influencers are travel experts. One can make a case that Oprah has more influence; … Continue reading
Trip Ideas – Travel Awards
The following is from the archives of my previous blog, Travel Skills, from November 2009. Be sure to follow me on Twitter (@CharlesMcCool) and subscribe to this blog to be among the first notified when a new entry is posted. Last night I read the latest issue (Nov. 2009) of one of my favorite travel … Continue reading
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