With TBEX coming up in Vancouver, it got me to thinking about doing this post that I have wanted to write about for a while. Over the past year and a half, I have spent almost 6 months up there.  Usually, Americans do not think of Canada as a destination because of the higher airfares, especially when an advanced purchase ticket to Toronto from the east coast can cost the same amount as the deals to Asia.  I'm not going to talk about the cities, as each of the cities I've been ...

As I previously mentioned, I found some Air Canada wine glasses at a local dollar store, and would look into making them available if there was interest.   There did seem to be some interest in this unique airline collectable. I went to the store and bought out their supply, and only have 8 glasses available for readers.   Now the big thing is cost.  I wish I could offer these extremely cheap, but that is not realistic unless somebody decides to cover the cost of shipping to ...

 With all of the traveling I have done across the continent, there are actually few cities in North America that I have wanted to visit and not yet made a visit.  In Canada I've done Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, but the furthest west in Canada I've ventured is London, Ontario.  Vancouver is the one remaining city in Canada I've been really wanting to visit.  Thus, I've been looking for an excuse to visit there, especially after seeing all of the promotion before the ...

Yesterday, United was forced to apologize for reactivating the two flight numbers that were involved in the September 11th attacks.  Unfortunately, that is one of two major 9/11 mistakes that United was cought in this week.  However, for this new controversey, a picture provides the best descripton.

Yes, that is a United ad right accross the street from Ground Zero.  Add in the phrasing of the ad, and you can understand the controversey.  The company that ...

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Ok, so a few weeks ago, I decided to attend an event in Charlotte.  While I was trying out some new properties, I still come back to the Embassy Suites Charlotte because the facilities are decent, and it is hard to beat the manager's reception every night, especially after a long day of travel.  

Because this is a standard embassy suites, I'm ...