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By Ken Hegan for Toro magazine I’m training hard to become the World’s Greatest Lover. This week I discovered that the inmates at Guantanamo Bay — all alleged terrorists — have a favourite book. Now you might think their most requested book would be the Qur’an or The Autobiography of Malcolm X. But according to U.S. congressman…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Would you share a hotel room with a total stranger? That’s the concept behind Easynest.com, a startup that connects solo travellers looking to save cash on hotel stays. Here’s the thing: hotel rates are based on double occupancy. Which is a win for couples but if you’re flying solo, you…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Here’s a sweet deal that’ll make your New York trip better, cheaper, and easier. For one day only, July 31st, 2013, you can pay just $85 (that’s $30 off the regular price) to get into over 80 New York attractions. It’s called, quite naturally, the New York Pass and you…
Here’s my appearance on NPR’s This American Life In this episode, host Ira Glass sits beside me on a plane while I test out a truly obnoxious invention. I’m the first interview in episode #477. To listen in on the fun, click the image below then the arrow button: Original link
By Ken Hegan for MSN Imagine this: You’re at the airport and set to board a plane. Suddenly a woman offers you a free flight to a mystery destination. It could be Mongolia, Laos, Thailand, Argentina, Morocco, Romania, Cyprus, Portugal, wherever. Your mission: press a red button and let a roulette wheel decide where you’re…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Would you rather talk than type? Then you’ll like this robo-gadget. A budget travel search engine, CheapAir.com, has released a new voice-activated flight search app. The app – also called CheapAir — uses the Siri voice robot built into your iPhone (OS 4S and higher) or iPad 3. So now…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Stayed in a strange Miami beach motel last week. And it was 4,505 kilometers away from Florida on Canada’s west coast. The Burrard hotel is a throwback, 4-storey motel in downtown Vancouver, BC. It’s across the street from St. Paul’s, an acute-care hospital that specializes in heart attacks (treating heart…
By Ken Hegan for Toro magazine So I’m training to become the World’s Greatest Lover. This week: I’m back from a hot summer road trip that took us to some of the seediest, dankest, sexiest motels on the continent. My favourite was the lovely Bel-Air motel in Penticton, BC. The Bel-Air is a faded, two-storey,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Stay at the resort, get a Porsche for free. That’s what the Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in San Diego is offering their well-heeled guests this month. The 5-star, 45-acre luxury resort (Southern California’s only Relais & Chateaux property) has partnered with Porsche of San Diego to unveil their ‘Porsche Test…
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