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Message from Susan Champagne/Owner, Magic Carpet Travel Ltd.
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is still some availability on our group cruises sailing in January and
February....call before it is gone. We are starting to see some good deals on the all inclusive packages for the winter. |
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Revolutionary new Boeing Dreamliner takes off Wednesday USA Today (blog) At a time many travelers see flying as an ordeal to endure, Boeing says the Dreamliner was designed to make air travel more pleasant from the moment passengers step aboard. Instead of a narrow portal, fliers will step through a tall, open archway to ... |
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A sneak peek at Carnival Cruise Lines' new drinking venues USA Today By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY NEW YORK -- Bellying up to the bar on a Carnival cruise ship is about to get a lot more interesting, thanks to a massive fleetwide overhaul unveiled on Monday. The line revealed plans for five new branded drinking venues that ... |
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Carnival Cruise Lines to Spend $500 Million on New Fun Ship 2.0
Initiative About - News & Issues By Linda Garrison, About.com Guide October 10, 2011 Carnival Cruise Lines will be making cruise vacations even more memorable with its new Fun Ship 2.0 program announced last week. The multi-year effort will offer guests new dining choices, ... |
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Port Canaveral begins construction on $60 million terminal USA Today The Cruise Terminal 6 complex is the biggest project at the east Florida port since 1995, when it constructed facilities to accommodate the then-new Disney Cruise Line. Construction has already begun on the pier portion of the project and it should be ... |
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5 Things Pilots Know About Air Travel That You Don't Money Talks News (blog) I thought I was a savvy airline traveler who knew all the tricks of the trade. But then I became a pilot – and learned just how much I didn't know. By Jason Steele | Aug 30, 2011 My view of airline travel changed dramatically after I earned my pilot's ... |
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Travel Bargain: Repositioning Cruises Offer Great Deals ABC News A 16-day transatlantic crossing from Barcelona, Spain, to Galveston, Texas, onboard Carnival Cruises' newest ship, the Magic, costs (drum roll here, please) $864. Not $864 a day. That's a total of $864,inclusive of all fees. That's $54 a day. ... |
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Top 5 Travel Scams to Know Before You Book Fox News By Mary Quinn O'Connor You picked your vacation destination, you did all your research, and you clicked that purchase button –only to realize you've become the victim of an all-too-common travel scam. You're not alone. According to the Better Business ... |
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Caribbean Shore Excursions!
Your ship is coming in and the cruise date is getting closer every day. NOW is the time to start planning your activities in each port of call. We send hundreds of our clients to the Caribbean each year and the most memorable things that they all refer to are the shore excursions. As an extension of our service to you, we have arranged for you to reserve selected excursions in advance at a discount over the higher onboard rates. In addition to the savings in money, you will also save valuable time onboard having to line up to get your tickets and waiting for hundreds of others off of the ship to select.
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Norwegian Cruise Line to base new ship in Manhattan MiamiHerald.com By Hannah Sampson The newest ship from Norwegian Cruise Line will call New York City home after it launches in 2013. Norwegian Breakaway, the 4000-passenger ship still under construction in Germany, is scheduled for delivery in April of 2013. ... |
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Travel Agents: We're Doing Very Well, Mr. President' ABC News By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY While thousands of traditional brick-and-mortar travel agencies have gone out of business in the last decade because of do-it-yourself Internet booking and a bumpy economy, a significant portion of business trips continue ... |
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Norwegian Cruise Line announces finalists in ship naming contest USA Today By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY What will Norwegian Cruise Line call its next two ships? It's down to five possibilities, including Norwegian Bliss, Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Getaway. • Norwegian Bliss, first submitted by David Menker of Dallas, Texas. ... |
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Disney Fantasy cruise ship construction completed with final
building block added Inside the Magic InsideTheMagic.net for more about the Disney Fantasy cruise ship! On September 3, 2011, construction was completed on the new Disney Fantasy cruise ship in Germany by lowering the final piece of the bow into place. The new Disney Cruise Line ship will ... |
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What's next for airline apps? CNN While some airline apps allow travelers to make flight reservations (a feature that Delta has not introduced but promises is coming), the world's largest carrier is one of the few airlines that gives customers the ability to adjust travel itineraries ... |
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Keep Your Shoes On: Simplifying Airline Travel to Boost the Economy Gather.com Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano announced yesterday that airline passengers will eventually no longer be required to remove their shoes at security checkpoints. This initiative stemmed as a result of increasing passenger ... |
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10 years after 9/11, the airline industry is looking up Los Angeles Times Yet even as the travel industry marks a decade of financial strain, the future seems a bit brighter for airlines. Airline profits have increased marginally over the last year, a reflection of growing demand for air travel and the public's grudging ... |
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Cruisers have more options — at a cost MiamiHerald.com Mainstream cruise operators such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Line say they would rather keep fares low and let customers decide where they'd like to splurge rather than include alcohol and fancy meals in ... |
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Atlantic City Reuters By Patricia Reaney ATLANTIC CITY Oct 7 (Reuters) - Atlantic City, with its miles of sandy beaches and cool ocean breezes, has been attracting visitors since the late 1800s. It boasts the first boardwalk in the United States and was long synonymous with ... |
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How to pick the perfect cruise USA Today Some lines are much more focused on families than others. In addition to Disney Cruise Line, which has staked its business on families, mass-market lines such as Royal Caribbean and Carnival are leaders in family-friendly cruising, with extensive ... |
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Norwegian Cruise Line offering sushi a la carte on most ships MiamiHerald.com By Hannah Sampson Godzilla Rolls, salmon sashimi and edamame will now be available a la carte on most of Norwegian Cruise Line's ships. While sushi was previously offered in some specialty restaurants, sushi bars will now be considered separate ... |
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Google's Travel Site Takes Off RedOrbit Google is bringing its search prowess to airline travel with the purchase earlier this year of ITA Software, which provides flight data, according to various media reports. This new avenue, named Google Travel, brings it in direct competition with ... |
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Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain Talks About 'Best Job In World' Hartford Courant The 55-year-old star of Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations," who rose to fame after his 2000 memoir, "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," is coming to the Palace Theater in Waterbury Tuesday, Oct. 25. ... |
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On the Spot: Dissecting Spirit Airline's carry-on luggage fees Los Angeles Times By Catharine Hamm Los Angeles Times Travel editor Question: I took a trip to Las Vegas last month on Spirit Airlines. The tickets were expensive, but I didn't have time to book ahead of time. What upset me, though, is that the airline charged me $40 ... |
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efficient air travel to Rome? | Air Travel Forum | Fodor's
Travel Talk ... Spouse and I are taking trip to Rome, November. We're taking cruise return to US . Question is is it legal to purchase roundtrip air, yet use one-way with intention ... |
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Cruise review: Carnival Cruises and their 'fun for all'
ships Daily Mail By David Simpson As part of our occasional series profiling the big cruise companies, SeaView's cruise expert David Simpson gives the low down on Carnival Cruises, the cruise line that believes in 'fun for all'... Carnival certainly believes in making ... |
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Travel Picks: Top 10 toilets around the world Reuters With this in mind the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled this list of the "World's Top 10 Toilets." Reuters has not endorsed this list: Who would have thought that a loo in the middle of such ... |
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Disney Cruise Line adds second 2012 Hawaiian trip SILive.com (blog) It seems the Disney Cruise Line has been listening to its guests, who asked — make that demanded — that DCL make more than one visit to Hawaii during its 2012 West Coast season. Disney Cruise LineThe Disney Wonder will be making a second excursion to ... |
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Children Onboard Cruise Ships CruiseMates Cruise Guide It has truly felt as though I was raised on cruise ships, and many of my most memorable experiences as a child are from these cruises. I have also seen the changes over the years as cruise lines have modified and expanded their youth programs and ... |
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Airline groups oppose fees in Obama's deficit plan CBS News The airlines say security is a national-defense function and they pay an unfair share. The administration argues that those who use the air-travel system — airlines and passengers — should pay for it. The aviation fees are part of Obama's ... |
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10 questions to ask for the perfect cruise Detroit Free Press Carnival is known for a gregarious, fun-loving crowd. Celebrity draws a quieter, more style-conscious customer. Some lines are much more focused on families than others. In addition to Disney Cruise Line, mass-market lines such as Royal Caribbean and ... |
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Business travel: Boeing's 787 aims to raise bar in comfort Reuters [ID:nLDE78O01A] Marketed as a panacea to passenger discomfort, the Dreamliner's inauguration is, after three years of delivery delays, being closely monitored by the travel industry. "Comfort and cost are concerns of the business traveler and the 787 ... |
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Family vacations buoy cruise ship popularity Florida Today People are so busy these days, and (with a cruise ship) you walk on and, from there, things are taken care of. Cahill: If you go to most land-based vacation spots, they're selling a room. We don't sell rooms. What we're selling, or creating, ... |
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Don't wing it - seek lower air fares now Boston Globe The savings are potentially big enough to make the car rental and extra travel time worth your while. Pick two airlines. Most airlines sell one-way flights at reasonable prices. One airline might be cheaper for the outbound flight and another for the ... |
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Travel apps that really help CNN By Brett Snyder, Special to CNN Editor's note: Brett Snyder is the founder of air travel assistance site Cranky Concierge, and he writes the consumer air travel blog The Cranky Flier. This is part of "Our Mobile Society," CNN's weeklong series ... |
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