The NFL season is just around the corner, and what better way to enjoy a game than getting the opportunity to check it out in person. If you’re a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals, and we feel for you if you are, you might just get a free trip thanks to Chad Ochocinco—yes that's his name, as he changed it to match his number.

Number 85 is good at running his Twitter account, he’s got like 7,000 updates, but he needs a little help to keep the momentum during the regular season. Too bad the league frowns upon cell phones on the bench. Thus, a contest has bloomed ... ]]> kjb 2009-08-31T09:12:14-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/8/4/181630/8165

Ok, we're using the word "celebrity" loosely here when talking about Samantha Ronson but the DJ is often in the headlines thanks to her famous-for-being-a-wreck girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan. Still, despite what some folks think, Samantha is a rather in-demand DJ, always jetting off here and there to spin at some party, club or private event.

Last week, her work took her to Dallas where she played a party at the W Dallas. It should have been a quickie in and out but thanks to airport delays, her United flight got grounded. And apparently, even dating Lindsay Lohan will not get you special treatment when rescheduling your flight. Samantha tweeted:

yeah it really sucks- they told me they could get me there tomorrow- hmmm- f*ck you very much UNITED.

She then went on to tweet that she prefers American over United and that she learned her lesson a long time ago about checking musical instruments as an Italian airline once lost her guitar. Oh, if only she made a clever YouTube video about it she could have been reimbursed!

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So the Tour de France ended yesterday and our favorite celeb Twitterer Lance Armstrong was not able to capture his former glory, finishing only in third place. Naturally, we had to check up on his Twitter page to see how he felt about that and while we were there, we learned that he used a vacation rentals agency to secure housing for his family in France.

Thanks to @homeaway for hosting me and my family in Paris

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Maybe it's the arduous work of spreading the funny from coast to coast, but comedians on Twitter seem to do more than their fair share of observing the indignities of modern travel. Just this morning Paul Feig, creator of "Freaks and Geeks" and executive producer of "The Office," had a fun security experience with someone who apparently hadn't flown since 2005 when the liquid restrictions were put in place. Sure, we might have had the same experience, but we weren't fast enough on our feet to wring out this kind of hyphenated hilarity. (He then took a shuttle and tried to buy painkillers.) ]]> egw 2009-06-17T13:19:38-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/4/28/125150/550

Celebs have invaded Twitter! Celebrities Twittering is a social media perfect storm. This elite sect of Twitterati is extremely thumbnail photogenic, well-trained in innovative ways of seeking attention/letting it all hang out, and most importantly for us travel geeks, constantly traveling the world. This week we're looking at who's Tweeting what from where. Any Celeb Twitterers we should follow? Let us know.

Tony Hawk doesn't seem so sure of what Twitter is and he only started doing it a few months ago because he was hearing so much about it in the media. Sigh. But we'll forgive him that because he's started a Twitter Treasure Hunt with skateboards.

Recently Hawk and his friends stashed signed Tony Hawk skateboards in different cities across the US and in some international places and then Twittered clues to his followers about where they were. The directions were pretty specific so it was really just a race to see who gets there first.

CNN's iReport interviewed Hawk about the treasure hunts and he said while the organization of the whole event was challenging, mostly in terms of reading the @replies, he does want to do again on a larger scale. It took him some time but he finally managed to retweet the replies of people who found his skateboards, like these cute kids.

Of course, Hawk is not the first celeb to conduct these sort of Twitter treasure hunts. Lily Allen has been doing it at each concert stop, twittering locations where tickets will be given to out to Twitter followers. And while he's no Lance Armstrong, we can't knock people who give things away for free.

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John Mayer's Mayercraft is departing from San Pedro, California today and if you aren't one of the lucky ones on the ship, you may still have a chance to go. The Mayercraft Carrier website still says there are less than 100 cabins left, starting at $879 per person. (Call 1-877-SIXTHMAN to book.)

Meanwhile, John, an avid and sometimes annoying Twitterer, has prepped for the four-day cruise to Cabo by making sure his "area" is all waxed for the return of the neon yellow Borat-style mankini. Um. Ok.]]> juliana 2009-03-27T12:09:14-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/23/94544/7450

With Caribbean resorts and hotels offering tons of incentives to lure guests away from watching their stock portfolio crash and burn, it's nice to see that Bruce Willis has manned up and done what we could not do--he chose Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos as his destination wedding location.

Bruce married model girlfriend Emma Heming at his private home with tons of celebs in attendance, including ex-wife Demi Moore and her hubby Ashton Kutcher. Word is that all those invitees were shacked up at hotels nearby. Could the brand-new Gansevoort Turks and Caicos have been one of them? Or perhaps the hideout favored by Derek Jeter and his galpal Minka Kelly at the Nikki Beach Resort was used?

We checked Demi and Ashton's Twitter profiles (here and here) but there were no real clues about where they were shacking up. Although, Ashton did post a pic of Demi bending over in her white bikini and she felt the need to tweet "I am madly in love with my husband!" on Bruce's wedding day.

Either way, we bet the island is breathing a sigh of relief over the cash influx on the island. See, celebrities can do good!

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