Vacation News Archive

'Travel: We're looking for readers' vacation pictures (Louisville Courier-Journal)
We're looking for readers' Vacation pictures to use in future editions. E-mail your photos to travel@courier-journal.com. They should be at least 200 dots per inch and a minimum of 6 inches wide.

'Prize winter vacation takes Seattle family by surprise (Grand Forks Herald)
A Seattle family has left the cold Northwoods after being surprised with a winter camping Vacation that will be featured on a reality TV show. Craig Matthews, his wife and two teenage children applied for a free mystery Vacation through a Discovery Channel show. Instead of landing in a warm, sunny spot, woods and a dogsled greeted the Matthews when they took off their blindfolds.

'InnSuites may shift to vacation condos, rentals (BizJournals)
Five InnSuites Hotel properties in Arizona are proposed for sale as vacation condominiums, as InnSuites Hospitality Trust continues its transformation.

'Action Line: State law firm says vacation policy must be honored (San Jose Mercury News)
Q I remember reading in your column some time ago that in California, it is against the labor law to have a company policy that effectively says ``use it or lose it'' with respect to earned vacation time.

'eCruises.com's Free Insurance Protects Travelers' Vacation Investment (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Savvy travelers are booking cruise vacations through eCruises.com to take advantage of the free travel insurance provided by the company to protect a traveler's vacation investment.

'Florida No Vacation For Miners (KTSM)
So much for a Florida vacation. UTEP's fun in the sun turned into disappointment and frustration as Shalana Taylor turned an ankle and the Miners lost to Central Florida 61-56.

'New Colorado Map Lists Top 10 Vacation Experiences (Hispania News)
DENVER, (Jan. 4, 2005) ? Adventure unfolds in Colorado with the new Official Map to Colorado, featuring a list of the state?s top 10 all-time vacation experiences.

'Most Adults Will Take Vacation in Next Six Months (Youngstown Daily Business Journal)
Jan 16, 2006 11:52 a.m. ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Most U.S. adults -- 74% -- say they'll travel within the United States for their next vacation, according to a recent poll by Harris Interactive.

'Vacation the real work for parents (Bradenton Herald)
After a vacation on some sun-kissed sands or snow-capped peaks, many of us would rather be on the losing end of a red-hot poker than return to work. But there is one subset of employees for whom returning to work can provide the blissful respite they hoped their vacations would offer. They are called parents.

'Britons prefer relaxing, sex on vacation (New Kerala)
LONDON: Britons on Vacation would rather lounge around relaxing, doing nothing, more than anything else, a survey finds. A survey of 1,800 British people by Real Holiday Reports.com found that 45 percent preferred to relax while on Vacation, while 24 percent wanted to have sex.

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