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By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Planning any fun winter vacations? I’m excited about an upcoming trip to Mexico. My superfine girlfriend (SG) wrote a travel story that won her a trip-for-2 to an all-inclusive resort in Huatulco. And instead of taking her boss, a family member, or some secret Craigslist lover, she’s invited me…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel How do you like to pay for your hotel room? Credit? Debit? Cash? Shame-based sex (my preference)? Or maybe you prefer to leave a tasteful painting of a fruit bowl or, say, a giant oil painting of bare-chested warriors chasing bison off a cliff? If art is your currency,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel This is it: we’ve hit the lowest depths of winter. In Vancouver this week, harsh icy weather has caused power outages and scared commuters by making a bus jackknife down Broadway. My convertible’s buried in snow [I know, right? Nothing could be sadder], and giant ice boulders plummeted from bridge cables…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Are you a frequent flyer who’s sick of jet lag and insomnia? Do you suffer from Winter Blues during these long, cold, wretched months? Do you have trouble sleeping because you work graveyard shifts at the casino? Have you been diagnosed with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder? And are you so exhausted that…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Beers are on them! A Chicago judge has declared that Southwest Airlines must buy up to 5.8 million beers for its passengers. The settlement could be worth $29 million USD. In October 2007, Southwest (the USA’s biggest low-cost airline) started giving free alcohol vouchers to customers who’d purchased premium-priced “Business…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Dreaming of a hot winter getaway? Take a vacation in Iraq! The FAA just lifted its 16-year ban on American planes flying into Kurdistan in Northern Iraq. Starting this January, American commercial planes will once again be allowed to fly into international airports at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. Awesome! I’m going…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Found a great study about women and men at airports. Researchers discovered women are nearly six times more likely to think that finding an airport power outlet for their laptop or phone is more important than finding an attractive, potential mate. Now, I have no idea why a woman…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Very cool! Virgin Airlines has built a professional recording studio for musicians travelling through Heathrow Airport. So while you wait for your flight to Nashville, New York, or L.A., you can record an album, edit and mix it, then email or upload it to your producer who’s been desperately…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Want a fun mid-winter Canadian getaway? It’s called Rowena’s Inn, you’ve never heard of it before, and you’ll find it on a massive 160-acre estate (with its own air strip!) close to the tiny town of Harrison Mills, BC about 1.5 hours east of Vancouver along the tranquil Harrison…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Pipe down, punters! Premier Inn, a UK hotel chain, is installing noise-activated alarms in the hallways of over 600 of their budget hotels in the UK and Ireland. According to The Daily Mail, the alarms work much like speed cameras. When guests talk / yell / beat each other…
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