- 'ELLEN CREAGER: 'Maybe' is first rule of travel (Detroit Free Press)
We travelers have tried to be good sports. But the latest herky-jerky government rules for travel are so mind-boggling in their minutiae they make me cry. Here's what they mean. Or what we think they mean.
- 'Third Team Straps-In for Rocket Racing League (The Auto Channel)
LAS CRUCES, N.M., Oct. 24, 2006 -- The Rocket Racing League* (RRL) has announced the third team, and the first New Mexico team, to compete in its inaugural racing season that kicks off next year.
- 'Forecasts predict a rise in travel costs (Bradenton Herald)
Airfares worldwide will increase in 2007, though more slowly than they did in 2006, and hotel and car rental rates will also rise next year, according to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast.
- 'As races get tighter, Iraq still the focus (Los Angeles Times)
TOPEKA, KAN. ? Citing an Iraqi court's verdict that former President Saddam Hussein was guilty of crimes against humanity, President Bush told voters during a preelection travel swing Sunday that their decisions could determine how the United States fights terrorism and the war in Iraq.
- 'Governor plans trip to Mexico with businesspeople (The Sacramento Bee)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is finalizing a Mexico trade mission that will depart less than 24 hours after polls close Tuesday and rely on an undisclosed mix of anonymous corporate donors and state funds.
- 'A Luxury Spa to be the Newest Guest Service at The Barcelo Maya Beach Resort (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
A luxury designed Spa is the newest addition to The Barcelo Maya Beach Resort in Mexico.
- 'RV sales drop as gasoline prices, interest rates rise (Houston Chronicle)
Just as baby boomers cruise into retirement, their plans of buying a motor home or travel trailer have run into speed bumps such as higher interest rates and unstable fuel prices.
- 'Travelers rush to get passports at post office fair (Rapid City Journal)
RAPID CITY ? A travel initiative requiring passports as identification documents may make travel to neighboring countries a little easier for some people.
- 'Airfare, travel costs expected to increase (Baltimore Sun)
Airfares worldwide will increase next year, though more slowly than they did this year, and hotel and car rental rates will also rise next year, according to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast.
- 'My life in travel: Zandra Rhodes (Belfast Telegraph)
'My ideal travel companion? Someone who never wants to sit down' First holiday memory? Being in Paris with my mother, who was a garment fitter. We'd stay with a woman we called Auntie outside the city. I remember being there at Easter, and it was wonderful.
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