Vacation News Archive

'Before vacation, alert the police (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
ARLINGTON -- Arlington police can help discourage unwelcome guests while you're away on Vacation.

'Go-today.com Introduces New Vacation Packages to Africa (SYS-CON Media)
Go-today.com has added Africa to its extensivelist of travel destinations. Now available is a variety of exciting new Vacation packages for travelers todiscover the exotic charm of Africa. Travelers can view lions and elephantsin their natural habitat at Kruger National Park and experience one of theSeven Wonders of the World at Victoria Falls. From bustling cities andcountless historical sites,

'Westerners are leaving their vacation time behind (Provo Daily Herald)
When work clashes with a vacation, for many Americans work wins. Employees increasingly are giving up their hard-earned vacation time to slog through another workday, and those in the laid-back West are the worst offenders. That's according to several recent travel-industry surveys that illuminate the relationship between work and play.

'MAIL BAG: No special breaks for nonrental vacation site (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Q: A friend owns a vacation home at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. She said if she sells, she has 45 days to buy another piece of property, perhaps a condo in Florida, before she owes tax on her profit. Is this correct? Sue E.

'Workers way too busy to make vacation push (Houston Chronicle)
Americans are so overworked, John de Graaf laments, that they do not have time to show their support for more time off. De Graaf heads up Take Back Your Time Day, an annual event that will feature activities Tuesday in several cities, aimed at pushing proposals to require employers to provide paid vacation, family leave and sick leave.

'Staff sergeant comes to Glenwood for first family vacation in six years (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
Operation Vacation is a program that brings to the Roaring Fork Valley military personnel who have fought overseas. Bob Johnson, a Realtor for Vicki Lee Green Realtors, in Glenwood Springs, coordinated with the Army to create the program that hosts soldiers in Glenwood every month.

'Take a Vacation, but not from Your Skin Care Routine (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - Summer vacation offers a time-honored tradition of getting away from it all - from the pressures of the office to the hectic car-pool schedule and everyday errands. It's a chance to be carefree and forget the constraints of the day-to-day.

'Set heater on `vacation' Q: I read your suggestion in a recent article... (Akron Beacon Journal)
Set heater on `vacation' Q: I read your suggestion in a recent article about turning a gas water heater to the vacation setting if you'll be away from home for a long time. If the heater doesn't have that setting, can it just be set on ``pilot'' instead?

'Palestinian strike imperils school year (AP via Yahoo! News)
Eighth-grader Thaer Shweikiyeh, who dreams of being a doctor one day, was excited about going back to school after the summer vacation. Instead, he's been selling onions in the local farmers' market for the past two months, and his new school bag remains unused.

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