Celebrate the December holidays with delightful days and enchanting nights in Washington, DC! Here are 31 ideas, one for each day of December, to fill the month with capital holiday memories. CONCERTS AND SHOWS 1. “A Christmas Carol” at Ford’s Theatre (Nov. 18-Dec. 31): Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Christmases Past, Present and Future told [...]

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with visionary filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the world of AVATAR to life at Disney parks. Through an exclusive agreement announced today by Disney, Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox, Disney will partner with Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau to create themed [...]

More than 80% of holiday season travelers plan to spend time with family during  at least one of their upcoming trips and most are willing to cut back on buying gifts, if necessary, to cover higher travel costs, according to the Orbitz Holiday Travel Insider Index and Travel Survey. The Orbitz’s index includes the most [...]

If you’ve found yourself heading out on business trips and aren’t quite sure how to pack, network or manage your schedule, here are 100 clever hacks from Career Overview to help you straighten it all out and travel like a pro. Booking Travel. Save money  for your company, which will make your  boss happy, while you [...]

Step back in time as you walk through the dinosaur garden. Look up to a full-size replica of a 20-foot tall Tyrannosaurus with six-inch knife-like teeth or look down on a ferocious four-foot meat-eating Coelophysis. Seventeen life-size prehistoric animal replicas line the garden paths. Ancient fossil skeletal reproductions, archaeological and geological exhibits, fluorescent minerals and [...]

Recently I have had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas several times a year on business. Once of the best features of Las Vegas, that often gets overlooked, is the food. Las Vegas has some of the best culinary choices of any city in the world. I have eaten at many excellent restaurants and [...]

Snow is not what attracts 500,000 visitors annually to the warm, sunny, red rock marvels of this park, one of our best kept secrets and photographer’s dream.  Gigantic coral-colored, Navajo sandstone rocks mantled with lava, sprinkled with lush-looking blue-green sage, with white cliffs soaring in sharp contrast. Snow Canyon State Park is a State Park [...]

Credit card travel protection is causing a lot of confusion among travelers who want to have health and financial protection on their trips. To clear the confusion, Travel Insurance Review, a trusted online resource for travel insurance, recently published Credit Card travel protection vs. Travel Insurance, which dives into this thorny issue that has many [...]

Tip #1: Make your reservation early. Many discount fares require that you make a reservation 7, 14 or 21 days in advance, depending on the fare. The best international fares often require a reservation 30 days in advance. Making a reservation as soon as you know your travel dates increases your chances of finding a [...]

MGM Grand continues to be the industry leader for another year as Wine Spectator confirms an extraordinary number of wins for the hotel during the 2011 Wine Spectator Restaurant Wine List Awards. For the second consecutive year, an incredible 11 MGM Grand restaurants including Joël Robuchon Restaurant, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak, NOBHILL [...]