Tag: package travel

Ten Commandments of Group Travel Buying

Yield-management computers slice and dice the demand for travel so finely that prices now differ substantially depending on the date, the day of the week and even the hour you travel. Shifting your travel plans by a few days or even a few minutes can mean substantial savings.

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Wisconsin Off the Beaten Path

As soon as I walked through the door, I knew I had entered another world. With rich cherry paneling, antique grandfather clocks from England and vintage oriental rugs on a hickory wood floor, the lobby of the Delafield Hotel took me on a magic carpet ride back to an era of gentility.

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Agritourism Thrives in Oregon

In a day and age when food production is becoming more and more commercialized, the farmers of Oregon have stuck to their heritage, using small plots of land to create artisan delicacies.

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Trekking the Vermont Cheese Trail is a Piquant Foodie Tour

To go down the cheese trail, one must have a strategy in mind. The Cheese Council puts out a map of its members, color-coded based on how welcoming they are to visitors. Ten of the council’s members are on the map in red, meaning that while you can find their cheeses in restaurants and stores, they don’t accept visits from the public.

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Are You Ready for the Smerfs?

The SMERFs, a hardy and growing bunch, are traveling in groups for Social, Military, Education, Religious, and Fraternity reasons, offering vast untapped potential for this regions developing and recovering travel markets.

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