Vacation News Archive
30-Oct-2006
- 'A summer home now, a permanent place tomorrow (Haaretz Daily)
Many people dream of buying a Vacation home in Tuscany or Provence, where they can escape to on weekends or on hot summer days, to wander between the vineyards during the day, buy fresh bread and cheese from the local farmers and sit in front of a fire in the evening, with a glass of fine brandy. - 'Take a Vacation, but not from Your Skin Care Routine (Hope Star)
(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. - 'Swapping homes to get a vacation (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Do you dream of a Fifth Avenue shopping spree or would you prefer to hit the slopes in Aspen over Thanksgiving? Of course, in these sought-after locales finding lodgings that are merely overpriced instead of grossly outrageous is not easy. Hotel rates have been on a tear lately and they are practically out of reach during peak vacation times. - 'Running Around During a Vacation (Washington Post)
"Fun-in-the-sun vacations just don't do it for runners," said Thom Gilligan, president of Marathon Tours & Travel in Boston. "We're Type-A personalities and we feel a need to be active, even on vacation." - 'Perfection Has Little Place in a Vacation Home (The Ledger)
FORT LAUDERDALE - Naming his vacation getaway was the easiest part of Jack Fhillips' two-year renovation project. - 'Court says workers must get earned vacation time or pay (North Platte Bulletin)
Workers in Nebraska are entitled to collect pay for unused vacation time when they leave a job, the state Supreme Court said Friday. - 'Rift with A-Rod? Jeter says it's all good (The Buffalo News)
ST. LOUIS - Derek Jeter was so stung by the New York Yankees' early playoff exit that he took his first European vacation to get away from it all. He said last week he knows there are going to be changes on the team's roster in 2007, maybe a lot of them. - 'Turn Timeshare Tours into Vacations to Remember (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - We've all seen the offers. Fabulous vacation packages in exciting destinations with wonderful resort accommodations - all at a price that's too good to believe. So what's the catch? - 'What North Jersey's kids did on summer vacation, from Wildwood to Japan (NorthJersey.com)
What North Jersey's kids did on summer vacation, from Wildwood to Japan.. When 8-year-old John Scandale came back from a trip to California with his parents, he decided to chronicle the experience . We then asked our readers to send in what you did on your summer vacations. - 'Warmer temps expected this week; cool down by weekend (Sun Herald)
If you have any unused Vacation days left at work, this is the week to take them. This week's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-80s and light northeast breezes -- perfect beach-going weather.
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