Jaunted - Tag: Easter Travel

It's Not Too Late To Go Home for Easter

Jennifer Kester — 2010-03-30T11:45:14-05:00

Last night was Passover, and you know what that means—we're in the midst of another batch of major religious holidays that send people on frantic last-minute trips homeward. If mom's laying down the guilt trip about not coming home for Easter, it's not too late to regain your status as her favorite child by booking a flight to see the fam. But be sure to book your last-minute flight asap so that you can be home in time for Sunday supper.

Travelzoo is offering a great deal on flights to and from Denver that cost $39 and up one way. Kayak is offering flights from Los Angeles to New York starting at $259.

For West Coast travel, check out Virgin America's sale, which starts at $49 one way from San Francisco to Las Vegas. Prices obviously get steep the closer you get to the holiday, but if you are flexible with dates, you can score a deal. And for East Coasters, JetBlue has a sale where you can spend $49 for a one-way from Boston to Pittsburgh.

If you still can't bag a decent fare, there's always options like Megabus and Amtrak. But you know mom will spring for a plane ticket to have her No. 1 child home for Easter.

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[Photo: Anirudh Koul]

Brooklyn: Where to Find the Most Decadent Easter Treats: Chocolate-Covered Peeps

JetSetCD — 2010-03-22T16:44:10-05:00

Can we talk about chocolate for a second, please? It seems like every time we walk into a drug store or market, we're confronted with rows of vibrant foil-wrapped chocolate rabbits and Cadbury eggs. But there's so much more to be discovered in the world of Easter chocolates, and so while down in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn this weekend, we stopped by a few of the area's specialty stores and uncovered these mini miracles: chocolate-covered Peeps.

At $5 for a pack of four, they aren't cheap, but their name—the "Chirp-N-Dales," is too cute to resist. We got a pack of the dark chocolate-dipped bunnies, but the chicks in chocolate tuxedos were tempting too. They can be found at the flagship chocolaterie of chef Jacques Torres, who calls himself "Mr. Chocolate" and is often found guesting on talk shows or the Food Channel, discussing the ways of chocolate. He is someone who truly has fun with the rich stuff, because we usually swing by his chocolate-dipped Cheerios and espresso beans. But these Peeps had us at "hello."

More Peepin', after the jump!

Hop on the 'Jesus Trail' with the Holiest of All Easter Trip Packages

Jennifer Kester — 2010-03-17T11:35:06-05:00

A group of tourists enjoy the view from the Arbel Cliffs.

As Kanye once said, "Jesus walks with me," but you can walk with him too during Easter in the Holy Land. We told you about the Jesus Trail before, the rugged self-guided 40-mile hike through the Galilee in Israel. But now you can mark Christ's resurrection with a Jesus Trail tour package from Nazareth.

The Jesus Trail peeps offer "self-guided tour packages" that include accommodations, luggage transfer, orientation, site entry fees, guidebook, shuttle and optional meals. Packages start at $299 for six days and five nights. The bonus is that you can determine your own departure date (as long as it doesn't conflict with Shabbat observance). The company has a couple booked for a tour leaving Easter and another group departing the day after, and there's still time to plan your own holy holiday.

Is Good Friday Travel Going...Good?

juliana — 2009-04-10T15:11:35-05:00

Maybe you are taking advantage of this three-day holiday weekend that some kind bosses and the banks have bestowed on their workers (we are not one of the lucky) by escaping town for a while. Or maybe your parents insisted you show up for the family's Easter gathering and are on your way to your hometown.

On the other hand, maybe you are avoiding said family gathering with its Easter bonnets and plaid pants and have sought out an exotic trip somewhere.

Either way, if you're traveling on Good Friday we want to know how's it going so far? Whether you're traveling by bus, rental car, plane or elephant, keep us posted on all the good and bad things you encounter on your trip. But please, spare us the details of your chocolate bunnies and peeps overdose.

Tell us about your Good Friday Travel here.

[Photo: JetSetCD]

Washington DC: White House Easter Egg Roll Now Selling Tickets Online

egw — 2009-03-26T09:52:59-05:00

Why shouldn't a trip to the nation's best known address be a mouse click away? For the first time ever the White House announced tickets to its annual Easter Egg Roll would be available online, and harried parents with Blackberrys everywhere rejoiced.

The annual and largely secular event attracts thousands of kids to push hard-boiled eggs through the normally sedate White House lawn in a tradition originally begun by First Lady Dolley Madison. This year's Roll, held on April 13, has been given the tech treatment with tickets available here right now through Front Gate, as well as a fitness gloss emphasizing healthy living.

Whether that includes a balanced diet involving eggs is hard to say, but families who are already headed to Washington D.C. for spring break should snatch up a spot and the chance to meet the President and First Lady, who normally preside over the event. But luck has to be on your side: Unfortunately, when we were finally able to load Front Gate's dedicated page, it told us tickets would be available "at various times" and to keep checking back.

[Photo of the 2006 Easter Egg Roll hunt: teejayhanson]