Visit Italy

March 13, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Ideas, Travel Tips

Situated in Mediterranean Europe, Italy has land frontiers with France in the north-west, Switzerland and Austria in the north and Slovenia in the north-east. The peninsula is surrounded by the Ligurian Sea, the Sardinian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the Sicilian Sea and the Ionian Sea in the south and the Adriatic [...]

Traveling by Train in Canada

March 13, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Ideas

Via rail Canada routes & planning guide for adventure & business travel
 
Canada’s national railway is riding the wave of enthusiasm for train travelling that is sweeping railways worldwide. The Windsor Quebec City corridor, VIA Rail Canada’s oldest and busiest route, boasts high-speed service and the railroad’s first wifi network. Out west, recent developments include the [...]

Visit Aruba!

March 10, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Packages

The quick-paced melody driven by guitar, accordion, rasp and drum beat signals the arrival of the Dande group of traveling musicians each New Years in Aruba. The inhabitants of the house are at once joyful and expectant as the singer begins to spin his own variation of an age-old song bespeaking of both blessings and [...]

March 10, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Family Travel Ideas, Travel Tips

Yellowstone National Park delivers big when it comes to geysers and hot springs. In fact, Yellowstone is a super volcano with the world’s largest active geyser field, boasting more than 10,000 geysers, steam vents, mud pots (also known as a mud volcano) and hot springs. About 250-300 Yellowstone geysers erupt yearly — some faithfully and [...]

News for Travelers

March 5, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Advice, Travel Tips

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the expansion of its popular “Self-Select Lanes” to six additional airports by the end of April.
 
Salt Lake City International and Denver International Airports instituted the self-select lane process two weeks ago and have seen an overall increase in throughput and greatly increased customer satisfaction. The term [...]

TSA Week at a Glance (February 25 – March 2, 2008)

March 5, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Advice

27 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
24 firearms found at checkpoints
20 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
22 disruptive passengers on flights

Save Time

March 3, 2008 by GlobeTrotter  
Filed under Travel Advice

Whenever you travel it’s always a good idea to read up on the TSa security requirements.  Nothing is worse than getting to the airport and having to throw your stuff away or mail it from some hit-or-miss mailbox.  The frustrations in the airport are many and the TSa security agents have heard it all before.  [...]