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Is your boss giving you a hard time about taking a vacation? Do you feel guilty about leaving your responsibilities for a little ‘R&R’? Well, you shouldn’t because taking a vacation from the stresses of your job can actually make you more productive and feel better!
In an annual Expedia.com survey more than half the workers […]

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Thought California’s Malibu Beach was a secluded hideaway for only the rich and famous to surf, swim and sunbathe?
You’ll be happy to know that the rest of us poor saps have just as much right to access our State’s coastline as the celebs who call the ‘Bu their home. Residents of this notoriously public-unfriendly […]

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As food, gasoline and airfare prices continue to climb, unprecedented entertainment savings are just a click or Coke can away. Effective immediately, the premier water park in North Texas, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, is rolling back its adult price to $24.99, the lowest price in 10 years.
The park is also making fun more affordable for […]

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The state of Hawaii will be tapping into it’s emergency funds to lure tourists back to the Islands, spending $3 million on a marketing campaign to convince travelers to vacation there.
Tourism is Hawaii’s number 1 industry and is working to rebound from a dip that followed the sudden closing last month of Aloha and ATA […]

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Last week’s sudden closing of 2 major airlines who flew tourists from the Mainland to Hawaii has state official there worried about the affects this will have on tourism and the state’s economy.
Saying their visitor industry faces the biggest potential tourism crisis since September 11, 2001, the Hawaii Tourism Authority is moving forward with plans […]

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In Hawaii, the end of an era came today when Aloha Airlines finished the day’s schedule of passenger flights and then shut their doors.
Aloha Airlines ceased operations less than two weeks after the Honolulu-based company filed for bankruptcy protection as a court seeks buyers for its remaining assests.
The shutdown will affect about 1,900 employees.
“”This is […]

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A couple of weeks ago we wrote about how cruise lines are deciding to keep up with the times and that some lines are changing their menus to offer healthier alternatives along with exercise programs.
Well now we’ve heard that the Radisson chain of hotels and resorts is going to help guests who are trying to […]

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Spring is in the air and kid’s thoughts are turning to Summer while day-dreaming of “no more teachers… no more books… no more…” well, you remember!
Of course we all know that about a week or two after they’re off they’re going to be following you around the house, complaining that they’re bored and there’s […]

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Looks like the cruise lines are finally deciding to keep up with the times as some lines are changing their menus to offer healthier alternatives along with exercise programs.
The hope is that lighter selections will lure health-conscious baby boomers and others who fear being trapped at sea on a ship with 24/7 pig-out potential.
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This just in from National Geographic News: Apparently all the years of all of us going on vacations, slathering on sunscreen and snorkeling around the coral reefs of the world is taking it’s toll and killing coral reefs worldwide.
The study finds that some of the chemicals commonly found in most sunscreens activate a dormant virus […]

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