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• Business trip? Tell the kids to pack
According to the National Business Travel Association, 62 percent of U.S. business travelers said they add a leisure component to at least one business trip per year. Among those travelers, two-thirds say they bring a family member or friend with them
• Top 10 oddball (theme) hotels
Says Jody Bear, a high-end travel agent at Bear and Bear Travel in New York, unusual hotels like these are perfect for seasoned travelers who “have been around and want to experience something new and different. Sometimes you’re bored going to ...
• Sizzling south-of-the-equator winter trips
It’s about people just wanting a new experience,” said Margaret Labar, manager of One Stop Travel in Orlando, Fla., about the popularity of southern hemisphere travel destinations during North America’s winter months. “People are looking to ...
• Ice storm plasters Plains, Midwest
Ice coats nation’s midsection Weather blamed for 17 deaths; 600,000 without power; travel disrupted ... OKLAHOMA CITY - A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600 ...
• Is golf exercise? Study says fitness in the bunker
Bullock, Sullivan and another friend, all General Motors retirees, travel Texas and Louisiana to play two golf courses a week. "You take the three of us, we're all in our 70s," said Sullivan as he lit up a cigarette. "We're all pretty trim and we don ...