5/06/2008 at 5:04 PM
Tags: Travel Gift Cards, Travel Snapshots (all tags)
"They" say that gift cards are impersonal, but if someone bought us a $200 gift card on JetBlue or Southwest, we wouldn't say the gifter "didn't know us well enough."
Plus, it's incredibly easy to buy travel gift cards. We snapped this shot in our local Pavillions supermarket in Los Angeles which has one of those amazing Gift Card Malls featuring any retail outlet you can imagine. Spotted in the travel section were gift cards to JetBlue, Southwest, American Airlines, Travelocity, Marriott and even Chevron and Shell gas stations.
There are even more travel gift cards out there, too. For instance, Vegas.com just unveiled a gift card, and our sis site, HotelChatter rounded up the gift card offerings for hotels.
One card they probably won't sell in the supermarket? The Four Seasons gift card which stores up to $100,000 in credit.
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by juliana
4/28/2008 at 10:00 AM
Tags: Skybus, Flickr, Travel Snapshots, LCCs, Low Cost Carriers (all tags)
In other imploded-airline news, Skybus isn't as gone as you may think. We're still parsing all the will-they-won't-they comeback rumors, but in the meantime, you can reminisce about the short-lived ULCC on Flickr.
The Skybus Airlines Group has a big inventory of plane porn. You'll find shots of anything from the A319 wingtips to ex-CEO Bill Diffenderffer posing with his FAs. Big-time plane spotter DRust--whose photos have appeared on Jaunted--is the group admin.
You'll also find some not-so-nice Skybus memories on Flickr. You'll remember that when the carrier declared bankruptcy, it straight up stopped flying, stranding some passengers away from home. Flickr user JDuffey posted a comment-of-the-times in response to someone telling him "Sadly they went out of business today!":
I thought you were joking but it appears to be true. How am I going to get home now?!
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by pbb
4/15/2008 at 2:00 PM
Tags: Signs, Italy Travel, Travel Snapshots, Languages, Il Terraglio (all tags)
No Italian prostitutes fell victim to hit and run accidents this week in Treviso and we owe it all to clearly marked road signs. But not so clear is the neon sign atop a warehouse just past prostitue alley. It simply reads F.A.R.T. Spa.
Neither a day spa nor a place that freely promotes flatulence, the dingy building actually houses Europe's leading manufacturer of transformers for neon technology.
F.A.R.T. (Fabbrica Apparecchiature Radioelettriche Treviso), has posted the secret to its international success on its website: It's a combo of a family-owned "special formula" and "patented vacuum sealing system." Heh.
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[Photo: Bryan]
by CourtScott
3/21/2008 at 3:56 PM
Tags: Travel Snapshots, Flickr, Markets, Tourist Attractions (all tags)
We've been coming to you live from Uruguay this week, where we've been scouting the chivito scene, taking in plenty of sun and trying not to eat more than two steaks a day. (It's been hard.)
Stopping at places like Mercado del Puerto in Montevideo hasn't made it any easier. This big meat market--as in they sell meat--touts more beef than we could eat in a year. It also makes for some cool photos, if we do say so ourselves.
We'll be bringing you a full report on our Uruguay Field Trip next week. Until then, our Flickr pool is the place to check out more travel snapshots.
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by pbb
2/27/2008 at 4:35 PM
Tags: Public Art, Art, Travel Snapshots, Flickr (all tags)
Last time we checked out Rockefeller Center, workers were setting up the world-famous Christmas tree. The latest newcomer to tourist central is a bit of public art, which you know we love.
An installation by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Electric Fountain got switched on this morning and will be sparkling in Rock Center until April 5. If this isn't enough, another Noble and Webster piece will be on view at Deitch Projects gallery in Soho, starting February 29.
Send in your snaps, or drop 'em in our Flickr pool.
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by pbb
2/13/2008 at 12:30 PM
Tags: Travel Snapshots, American Airlines, In-Flight Entertainment (all tags)
HotelChatter editor Juliana hopped a flight to Florida the other day, and, sadly, she reports rain in the Sunshine State. (Totally reminds us of a childhood trip to Disney World during which it rained for like 40 days and 40 nights.) But this ain't a photo of rainy weather, so what is it?
Juliana explains:
So this was taken Sunday, American Airlines flight 1260 from LAX to Ft. Lauderdale. This is the view from seat 30A. Um... Yeah so even if we wanted to watch "Bee Movie," which of course we didn't, it would be physically impossible to see the screen. Do you think Virgin America will start this route anytime soon??
Probably not. But Miami's rumored to be the carrier's next destination, so sit tight!
Send in your snaps, or drop 'em in our Flickr pool.
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by pbb
2/12/2008 at 1:15 PM
Tags: Travel Snapshots, Tourism Advertising, Tourism Marketing, Contests (all tags)
We were on the way home from our geeky weekend in Philadelphia when we cell phone snapped this ad. It's touting the new Take Pity on Me! contest from the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.
If you find yourself buried under snow, frozen and fatigued, Scottsdale can help. The CVB is giving away a four-day trip to Southern Arizona. All you have to do is submit a photo or video of you suffering from the winter blues.
Starting March 3, the top 10 photos and top 10 videos will go online and website visitors will pick the best of the best. Our advice? Go all out for this thing. No video has ever been a smash-hit on the web thanks to its being unoriginal and boring. Let us know if you enter, and we'll vote for you!
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by pbb
2/05/2008 at 4:00 PM
Tags: Travel Snapshots, LAX, Airport WiFi, WiFi, Flickr (all tags)
HotelChatter editor Juliana just sent us over this travel snapshot, live from the Southwest terminal at LAX. While the general WiFi access is $10 for a day pass on T-Mobile, these things are even more overpriced.
Juliana attached this message with her photo:
Takes credit cards: Visa, MC and Amex. Charges $.25 per minute. Also takes cash but $1 minimum. How come the Southwest terminal in McCarran in Las Vegas has free WiFi but not here?
An excellent question. Perhaps an even better question: Why would anyone pay this much to get online?!
Send in your snaps, or drop 'em in our Flickr pool.
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