If you’re in a travel rut and need some ideas for traveling, check out What’s On When, a world events calendar that lists festivals both obscure and vast.  Here are a few on my radar:
*On Maundy Thursday in Verges, Spain, the entire town “celebrates” with a Dansa de La Mort a/k/a the “Dance of Death” [...]

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If you’re flying to St Martin http://www.st-maarten.com/, a/k/a Sint Maarten — or touching down before continuing on to other Caribbean points — try to schedule a little extra time so you can grab a cab and head over to Sunset Beach, about a mile away.
The Sunset Bar & Grill will provide you with libations of [...]

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I’ve been leafing through the just-published second edition of Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Travel Tips, and though I don’t normally make a habit of reading books on travel advice — my tastes run more along the lines of the adventures of long-term footloose vagabonds  – I must say that I’ve pretty much dog-eared this one on [...]

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Food served from trailers, trucks and carts is hot. So when you’re traveling, how do you find the best in a new town when many of them are in a different location each day?
Here are a few resources:
*Writer Mike Barish says Twitter is a fantastic way to find food trucks. “If you have a well-traveled [...]

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Lately, I’ve noticed a big push among travel companies to give away free trips in order to promote their destinations. Some of them aren’t chump change, either. Here are a few:
*Go to Spyder.com and click on the “Enter The Discover Jamaica Sweepstakes” to get to the entry page where you can win a 5-day/4-night trip [...]

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Bahia Principe is pleased to announce the opening of the new state-of-the-art Riviera Maya Golf Club designed by Robert Trent Jones II.
Guests of Nolitours and Transat Holidays will enjoy free green fees until December 1, 2010.
Nolitours guests staying at the Gran Bahia Principe Coba, and the Gran Bahia Principe Akumal.
Transat Holidays guests staying at the [...]

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