Vacation News Archive

'Online Vacation Center Holdings Corp. Acquires Curves Travel (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PLANTATION, Fla.----Online Vacation Center Holdings Corp., an aggregator of diversified Vacation sellers, today announced the acquisition of Tone & Travel, DBA Curves Travel, the licensed, travel Management Company of Curves International.

'Portugal: Police Seek Photos in Hunt for Girl (New York Times)
Tourists who stayed in Praia da Luz, in Portugal, where a 4-year-old British girl, Madeleine McCann, disappeared from a Vacation apartment, were urged to hand over any photographs that might contain clues to her kidnapper. British detectives would use advanced facial recognition software to scan the pictures and pass on any useful information to the Portuguese police. The British police said they ...

'CarMax Wants to Know: Is Your Car Ready for Summer Vacation? (The Auto Channel)
RICHMOND, Va., May 21, 2007 -- As the weather heats up, many people are finalizing their plans for a summer vacation.

'The Method to Finding the Right Vacation Home (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - Vacations produce a lifetime of memories. No matter where you go, you get to spend quality time with your friends, family and the people you care about. Many travelers realize this is priceless and have decided to investigate owning a vacation home or joining a destination club.

'How to Get the Best Hawaiian Vacation? Use Local Contacts (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - Whether you're dreaming of a Hawaiian vacation for the first time, or planning to return to paradise again, everyone knows the beauty of the land and the people. Planning a trip there can be difficult and expensive, but it doesn't need to be.

'Nearly half of Americans let vacation days slip (Boston Globe)
Almost half of American workers did not take all of their vacation days last year, even though many reported being "burned out" by their jobs, according to a survey conducted by Yahoo Hot Jobs.

'Rehoboth Beach, Del.: Washingtonians keep vacation spot hopping (USA Today)
Rehoboth Beach is such a popular vacation spot for Washington, D.C.-area residents that the Delaware seaside town has earned the nickname "the nation's summer capital."

'My turn: For a real extreme vacation, track six kids around Disney World (Charleston Daily Mail)
Got something exciting -- possibly dangerous -- planned for your summer vacation? A little whitewater rafting, maybe? Some scuba? Ooh, how about skydiving?

'Americans take less vacation time (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Futurists in the 1970s predicted that, by now, technology would have so shrunk our workloads that we?d all be paddling about in a leisure-and-vacation playland. How wrong they were.

'The vacation is over and now I need lots of rest (The Kentucky Standard)
Here?s a good one. Did you ever cram into a vehicle, drive 1,689.7 miles round trip to visit family, see some old haunts and bring along your wife, two little ones and half the furniture from your home? It?s not a joke. Vacation actually played out in that fashion.

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