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Have a few days off during the Christmas break? How about checking out some of these holiday-related and family-fun activities around Washington DC.
1. Since DC doesn’t have great downtown holiday department store windows, check out the window of Madame Tussauds. This year Santa’s special little helper, Beyonce Knowles is there collecting letters for Santa and […]
With the busy holiday travel season just starting, here’s a few tips for making your trip a bit easier.
The hectic holiday season, with rushed shopping, stressful trips out of town to visit relatives and vacation get-aways, all that require a lot of planning, can end up scrambling your brain.
Little details such as “Where’s […]
In effort to save money, immediately after Thanksgiving, Metro reduced the number of weekend and off-peak weekday subway train cars from 6 to 4. But the money-saving decision was not favorably received by riders.
After strong complaints from Metro riders regarding crowds when shorter trains arrived at stations full, causing some passengers to be unable […]
At the Go Chicago Card blog, they are hosting this week’s Carnival of Cities. And it’s another great round-up of travel-related posts.
Here’s just a few:
This time, starting in Europe and a destination that I’ve always wanted to visit, Kristie at An American in Oslo Norway writes about the 25 things not to […]
Now that the holiday shopping season is officially underway, finding a great gift for someone can be challenging. But how about giving a Washington, DC travel guide?
To make it easy to find a great one, I just completed reviewing three leading Washington, DC travel guides including:
Fodor’s Washington, DC 2008, 382 pages, $17.95
Pauleen Frommer’s Washington, DC, 310 pages, $16.95
Lonely Planet […]
Virgin America just gave travelers another option to get to Washington, DC from the West coast.
While Virgin America destinations are currently limited to flights between New York’s JFK and both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Washington Dulles is being added with twice daily flights to San Francisco starting on Sept. 26th. Los Angeles (LAX) via SFO […]
There’s a new company, mobiletours.org, that’s providing recorded information about a few of the major DC sites and monuments that you can access from your cell phone as you are walking the Mall.
The informational narrative recordings provide a 2-4 minute overview of the history of 12 monuments or buildings, the people it memorializes or […]
My buddy Sheila at Family Travel just returned from what sounds like a fun family trip to Virginia’s “historical triangle” - Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. She graciously offered to write a guest post for The DC Traveler. There’s tons going on in the triangle, and it’s not just limited to historical attractions.
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Virginia’s Historic Triangle with Kids
A […]
Every industry has their awards – The Oscar, The Stanley Cup, America’s Top Model (is that an industry?)…even the Razzies.
Well it’s time for the 2007 Travvies, and nominations are being accepted for the best in travel blogs.
Awards range from best writing, best photography, best destination blog - think DC and The DC Traveler. (Note my blatant plug […]
The period between Thanksgiving and the New Year is the most dangerous and deadliest time for motorists, due to drunk driving accidents.
With heightened law-enforcement and holiday sobriety checkpoints activer across the metro area, it’s best to have a desigante driver. But if you have a bit too much holiday cheer, you and your friends can […]
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Written by Jon Rochetti [email] for b5media.
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