The Best Cruises of 2014 | U.S. News Travel

The Best Cruises of 2014 | U.S. News Travel:

"Cruisers who opt to sail with a luxury line expect one-of-a-kind itineraries, personalized service, plush accommodations and a wealth of onboard entertainment. Two small lines, Silversea Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, earned high marks from travelers for their intimate atmospheres, excellent cuisine and onboard enrichment programs. Another small cruise line, Crystal Cruises, received the highest overall rating of any evaluated cruise line due in large part to having received the highest ratings among experts and among travelers."

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Tiger Woods delights Brandel Chamblee with course-record-tying 62 at Sherwood CC - SBNation.com

Tiger Woods delights Brandel Chamblee with course-record-tying 62 at Sherwood CC - SBNation.com:

"Woods was not a particularly generous host, as he fired a second-round 10-under 62 to take charge of his Northwestern Mutual World Challenge and leave his 17 star-studded guests looking up in admiration of the 36-hole leader’s 10-birdie, 0-bogey play.
"It was a clinic," Graeme McDowell told Reuters about his playing partner, who left the defending champion, who carded a respectable 67, in his dust as he tied the course record he set in 2007. "It was cool to see that kind of golf. He was under control. He hit it down the middle of every fairway.""

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Best Books for Travelers - Gift of Travel : Travel Channel

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Best Books for Travelers : Gift of Travel : Travel Channel | The Traveling Type:

"Still wondering what to get the seasoned travelers in your life? Here are some of our favorite new travel books — and if your traveling friends and family are anything like us, come Christmastime they’ll happily make room for these travel books on their coffee table."

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Packing Tips From Professional Travelers - NYTimes.com

Packing Tips From Professional Travelers - NYTimes.com:

"NOW that nearly every airline is charging baggage fees, travelers are motivated to pack as efficiently as possible. And who knows more about packing than professional flight crews? In interviews with a dozen flight attendants and pilots, one theme emerged: to pare down and still have everything needed at the destination, think strategically."

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Terroir? It might be a matter of microbes - Inside Scoop SF

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"In other words, what we’ve come to call terroir is not only the result of the specifics of place — cold mornings, or high limestone content in the soil — but also the microscopic life that thrives on and around the grapes themselves."

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Dream Job: How To Become A Luxury Travel Advisor - Forbes

Dream Job: How To Become A Luxury Travel Advisor - Forbes:

"Any job is a huge challenge at the beginning if it is going to be worth something. Here are some of the top tips I gathered. In the end, the #1 thing you are selling is yourself."

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Why couples who drink (or abstain) together, stay together: Those with one heavy drinker are more likely to divorce | Mail Online

Why couples who drink (or abstain) together, stay together: Those with one heavy drinker are more likely to divorce | Mail Online:

" ‘Our results indicate that it is the difference between the couple's drinking habits, rather than the drinking itself, that leads to marital dissatisfaction, separation and divorce,’ said Kenneth Leonard, PhD, RIA director and lead author of the study."

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Israeli Wine Cellar Predates the Bible : Discovery News

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Israeli Wine Cellar Predates the Bible : Discovery News:

"One of the world’s oldest and largest wine cellars has just been unearthed in Israel, according to a presentation today at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Baltimore.

The cellar dates to approximately 1700 B.C., and was found at a site called Tel Kabri within the ruins of a northern Canaanite city. Its age predates both the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls by hundreds of years."

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The Best And Worst Airlines For Holiday Travel - Forbes

The Best And Worst Airlines For Holiday Travel - Forbes:

"Airlines with operations based west of the Rockies boast the fewest flights that arrive late during the holidays, according to data compiled for Forbes.com by FlightAware.

Leading the pack of the best airlines for holiday travel is Hawaiian Airlines, followed by another Pacific Coast-focused carrier, Alaska Airlines. Conversely, the worst airline for holiday travel is New York-based JetBlue Airways, with ExpressJet, a regional carrier, coming in next to last, according to the FlightAware data."

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Best of Wine-Knows Harvest Trip to Champagne, Burgundy & the Rhone

Follow the link below to the list of superb French wines . . .

Wine-Knows: Fine Wine & Gourmet Food Journeys for the Discerning Traveler: Best of Wine-Knows Harvest Trip to Champagne, Burgundy & the Rhone:

"Here's a summary of la creme de la creme from our September trip. Superb quality/price wines have been so noted. ... "

The post above prompted me to upload some Halloween photos, costumes inspired by our 2 trips with the super duper folks at Wine-Knows Travel.  Too bad the resolution isn't better. I'm a bottle of Beychevelle, and Allan is a bottle of Beaucastel.

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Florida On Pace For Record Year In Tourism - CBS Miami

Florida On Pace For Record Year In Tourism - CBS Miami:

"Of the latest quarterly numbers, the area of biggest increase was in overseas visitors, a 10.1 percent jump from the same time in 2012. Domestic visitors, of which there were an estimated 19.5 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, grew by 0.5 percent in the year-to-year comparison.

The more than half-million Canadians who visited the state during the third quarter marked a 2.9 percent increase from the prior year."

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Infographic: the world's 50 most popular tourist destinations - Virgin.com

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Infographic: the world's 50 most popular tourist destinations - Virgin.com:

"According to this infographic on our travelling habits the world's favourite spots are New York's Times Square and London's Trafalgar Square."

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Dubai to welcome 300,000 cruise tourists in 2013-14 | HotelierMiddleEast.com

Dubai to welcome 300,000 cruise tourists in 2013-14 | HotelierMiddleEast.com#.UoJYzKAo61s:

"Dubai is currently the home port for five of the world’s leading cruise lines - Costa, Aida, Royal Caribbean, TUI and MSC."

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Travel workout: Fitness tips for business travelers - MayoClinic.com

Travel workout: Fitness tips for business travelers - MayoClinic.com:

"A little dedication and planning can help you stay in shape when you're traveling. Consider these travel workout tips."

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For holiday fliers, carry-on madness escalates - NBC News.com

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• Look into early boarding options
• Consider shipping your luggage
• Don't feel entitled to a spot in a bin
• Expect that you may have to check your bag

‘It is crazy’: For fliers, carry-on madness escalates during holidays - NBC News.com:

"Here are some tips from the pros to help ease the battle of the bags: . . ."

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FAA OKs Use Of Gadgets On Planes - USA Today (video)

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The Most Ridiculous (and Promising) Ideas in Golf

The Most Ridiculous (and Promising) Ideas in Golf:

". . . see what hopeful (or delusional) inventors think are going to be the next million-dollar golf businesses.

Your jaw will hit the floor.

But you may also raise an eyebrow."

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China's Cruise Industry is Growing Fast - Quartz

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"The growth is due not only to China’s rapidly growing travel market, but to the country’s location near small, attractive islands. The cruise industry is poised to take advantage of the nearby landscape much as it has taken over the Caribbean islands near the United States.

"There’s good weather here, lots of islands to visit and a lot of experiences. ..."

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Richard Branson on Space Travel - WSJ.com

Richard Branson on Space Travel - WSJ.com:

"After nine years of fits and starts, Mr. Branson was in California showing off the spaceships that are now being built and tested. "This is the start of a new space era," he says. "This is not the endgame." But he admits there are skeptics of his grand plan to send tourists into space. "There are plenty of people who think I should be taken off by men in white jackets for saying it, but I really do actually believe it," he says."

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Experts dismiss prediction of global wine shortage - SFGate

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Experts dismiss prediction of global wine shortage - SFGate:

"Confusion abounds over a prediction that a wine shortage could be looming.

A Morgan Stanley report released this week said worldwide wine demand exceeded supply by nearly 300 million cases in 2012. The study blamed the shortfall, the greatest in 40 years, on bad weather and fewer vineyards, and it added there may not be enough wine in future years.

But don't start hoarding your wine, because analysts are seeing it differently."

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