Category: Holidays
2010 Summer Music Festivals
With summer vacation quickly approaching, many soon-to-be travelers are weighing their holiday options. For those music lovers, check out this top five list of popular music festivals taking place this summer:
In honor of International Women’s Day: Female wrestlers rock Bolivia
In the spirit of International Woman’s Day, a global celebration for the achievements of women, I bring you a quirky story I stumbled upon while traveling through Bolivia….
With their long flowing skirts, braided pigtails and bowler hats, ‘Cholitas’ are easy to identify in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia’s capital city. It’s an antiquated look — compared to the skinny jeans and low cut tops seen across the new generation – but the Cholitas have become a symbol of indigenous tradition and culture.
That’s why I was so surprised to hear about the event that happens every Sunday in the mulifunctionary arena in El Alto, just twenty minutes outside of polluted La Paz. Here, in this humble arena, you can spot the Cholitas…wrestling!!
More than boobs, booze and beads
The family parades during Mardi Gras are a safe alternative to frat-boy fun
Boobs, booze and beads – three things that come to mind when you hear the words Mardi Gras. One of the world’s best parties, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, is home to more than just X-rated frat-boy fun.
This year Fat Tuesday falls on [...]
Julia’s Top 10 Holiday Travel Survival Tips
Traveling around the holidays can be very stressful. Long line ups, delayed flights, crowds of irritated people…holiday travel can be a nightmare! Having traveling around the world four times, to over 80 countries, across five continents, and hundreds of flights, I’ve picked up a few tips along the way.
Here are my Top 10 Holiday Travel Survival Tips:
1. The #1 Rule of Survival – Give Yourself Enough Time: This rule applies across the board, from booking to connecting flights. When first selecting your flight, remember to book in advance for better prices and bigger selection of dates and routes. When browsing for flight, hotel and car options, a great travel tool is www.kayak.com – an online travel search engine that compares hundreds of flight options in one simple search. Using Kayak Trips www.kayak.com/trips is a great way to organize your travel itineraries and set up alerts for delays, cancellations, and gate changes. Trip alerts can be sent directly to your mobile device so you can stay informed before and while you are at the airport.
Kayak also has a newly updated iPhone app which offers a quick directory to all airlines. You can forward all of your different booking receipts from airlines, hotels and car rentals, and get an integrated itinerary on the trips tool on the iPhone. Handy!
