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Film Auckland Map Our Too Brief Location Scout in Auckland
Three days into our travels we begin Day One of our filmmaker's tour of New Zealand.  The skies are a brilliant blue, the light is surprisingly soft, and Ron, my producer husband, is excited to meet reps from the Film New Zealand office who will be showing us around Auckland. We are on the...

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Air New Zealand Flight Crew Movies Take Us to New Zealand, Act I, Scene 1
Act I of our Moviemaker's Tour of New Zealand takes us aboad Air New Zealand and onto the Premium Economy Class adventure. So how did my husband Ron and I choose a vacation adventure in New Zealand? Well, it really chose Ron, who won air tickets and eight nights' hotels for two at a movie...

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New York Omni Berkshire Place Hotel A Hotel So Family Friendly You Can Raise Your Kids There
Having posted a recap of current trends in family travel from our recent Family Travel Conference, I wanted to mention some insights gained from our lead sponsor, Omni Hotels and Resorts. My family had actually stayed at an Omni Hotel in Dallas and another in Boston in years past, with not much...

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Manchester Visitor Information Center How the Apple Retail Experience May Revolutionize Travel Services
I believe the Apple retail experience will revolutionize travel planning and may even put an end to those boring Visitor Information Centers. In my experience, Visitor Centers or VICs are usually some functional building filled with tired staffers surrounded by lots of brochures, a few maps and...

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City of Kiev, Ukraine Have you ever been to Ukraine?
When we all don’t fully understand much regarding a country, we all really fill within the gaps alongside clichés - and in addition Ukraine, the particular very good unknown of Europe, has had a lot hurled at it. Wide-scale counter-espionage? No, not even inside Odessa. Communist...

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Kids at Yellowstone National Park c. Austin-Lehman Adventures Planning Your Family Adventure
With all the holidays now behind is us, it’s time to start working on the “next big project” and that is more often than not this year’s family summer vacation! The good news is this doesn’t have to be a nightmare or a stressful experience for anyone… ...

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London's Tower Bridge Visiting London – Enjoy Traditional and Tomorrow's Cultures
London is a vibrant and most visited city across the world. It will be easy for you to locate your preferred flights to London at affordable fares and make sure you book affordable hotel accommodation options online for they are relatively cheaper. London is posh and sassy, at the same time it is...

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Kathleen Whitney, Aruba Vacation Winner Texas Gal Wins Families Dream Big Aruba Vacation
Why does Kathleen Whitney from Austin, Texas have such a big smile? Because she's just won a dreamy family vacation to Aruba.  Kathleen was one of several thousand participants in the recent Families Dream Big giveaway, and as winner, will soon experience an Aruba family beach getaway with...

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Airport Wait Will New Technology Reduce the Stress of Travel?
When Andrew Curry discuses the future of travel in Travel Daily News he makes it a point of saying he tries to avoid techno-centric visions of the future, stuff like flying cars and all-wise robots. Still, that does not stop Curry and his fellow author, Eberhard Haag, head of global operations at...

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Torii, Miyajima, Asia, Hiroshima, Nature_walk A Trip to Hiroshima
When I was twelve my family toured Hiroshima, a prefecture in southern Japan where the United States dropped the Atomic Bomb in 1945.  We visited Miyajima, the island just off the coast of Hiroshima. The first thing we did was get shaved ice.  I have never had better shaved ice in my life...

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