Tag: Holiday Travel
For the Love of Her State: A Kansas Day Tour
by Jenna Schnuer | 01.29.09 | 2:45 PM ET
Nobody loves Kansas the way my friend Jodi Rosenberg loves Kansas. At least, nobody I know. She grew up there. She moved away for some years. She moved back. And she’s been talking Kansas up to me from the moment we met at college, 20 years ago. (And, yes, Jodi—I’ll be there soon. I promise.) So, to celebrate Kansas Day and the state’s 148th birthday today, I give you Jodi and her recommendations for the ultimate Kansas experience:
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Yahoo! BuzzHitting the Road This Holiday?
by Valerie Conners | 11.26.08 | 10:44 AM ET
While you’re far from alone, the AP reports that despite falling gas prices and last minute vacation deals, fewer people are traveling this Thanksgiving eve, typically one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Additional Measures Taken to Ease Holiday Travel Woes
by Valerie Conners | 11.19.08 | 10:22 AM ET
As if family lanes at the airport weren’t enough of a gift to weary travelers, President Bush has announced plans to open additional military airspace across the country to commercial airlines, helping ease holiday travel delays for passengers.
Airlines Cut 3,000 Thanksgiving Flights
by Eva Holland | 10.23.08 | 10:37 AM ET
The cuts, spread out over the final 10 days of November, represent an 11 percent decline in flights offered from last year. USA Today has the details. It remains to be seen whether the reduced volume will have any impact on that time-honored Thanksgiving tradition of sitting around at the airport.
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* Three Travel Tips: Surviving Thanksgiving Air Travel
Photo by joiseyshowaa via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Happy Cinco de Mayo
by Jim Benning | 05.05.08 | 1:07 PM ET
It’s White-People’s-Excuse-to-Let-Loose Day! (Or, if you’re NPR, it’s your excuse to go completely loco and play some Nortec Collective.)
Delays Kick Off Thanksgiving Travel Week
by Jim Benning | 11.19.07 | 12:54 PM ET
Everyone predicted tough travel at U.S. airports this week. It didn’t take long. Today, from Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago, Newark and New York City, weather and technical problems have caused flight delays. What’s more, reports CNN, “In Colorado, heavy snow was expected Tuesday and Wednesday…The same weather system could worsen travel conditions in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and the Texas panhandle.” Good luck out there.
Related on World Hum:
* Three Travel Tips: Surviving Thanksgiving Air Travel
Photo by Phing? via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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