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COOL ROADSIDE FOOD FINDS

NBC’s has launched the TV series The Great American Road Trip which is an “Amazing Race”-like series that has families competing along classic Route 66.  This prompted me to think about childhood vacations and all of the great little restaurants and food shacks along that old roadway.
One of the joys of taking a summer [...]

TOP VACATION PET PEEVES

Not everything that happens on vacation makes us happy.  The biggest summer travel gripe, in general, is overcrowded attractions, according 24% of the respondents in the the summer vacation survey conducted by the Tourism Exchange Company.  When asked specifically about the most frustrating behavior by summer tourists, 57% said out of control children.
When asked [...]

SECRET VACATION SPOTS OF CELEBRITIES

Everyone wants to be treated like a star, so, consider putting together vacation packages to celebrity vacation destinations to give away on your radio station.  Even if you can’t pull off a contest involving celebrity vacation spots, this could be the basis of some interesting content on the air.  Here are four of the favorite, [...]

VACATION BEHAVIOR SURVEY

We drink more alcohol and eat more junk food while on summer vacation.   Those are some of the facts from a new survey about vacation behavior conducted by the Tourism Exchange Company.  Here are a few more:
36% said they are more likely to drink alcohol on summer vacation than while at home.  The favorite summer [...]

MONEY SAVING SUMMER VACATION TIPS

A new survey of more than 600 American Express travel agents suggests that, while Americans continue to book summer vacations, they are being savvier travelers and making some trade offs to help offset their travel costs.
66% of the agents say their clients feel that their summer vacation is too important to their mental health to [...]

VACATIONS CLOSE TO HOME

One of the industries that is suffering in this bad economy is the hotel business.  Occupancy rates are at an all-time low and hotels all over the country are offering great deals right now and looking for ways to promote them inexpensively.  You can take advantage of the unbooked rooms at hotels and resorts in [...]

TOP SUMMER VACATION DESTINATIONS

Where are your listeners headed for summer vacation this year?  According to the American Society of Travel Agents’ 2009 Hot Spots for Summer survey, for the seventh year in a row, Orlando and Las Vegas remain the most popular summer destinations. Here is a list of the top ten domestic summer vacation destinations:
1.    Orlando
2.    Las [...]