Vacation News Archive
24-Oct-2008
- 'Alternatives to Renting Luxury Vacation Homes Make Traveling a Breeze (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - Planning a family Vacation can be difficult. Finding the right condo or home to rent can be time consuming in itself, let alone getting all the groceries and supplies you need after you arrive. If your Vacation is more work than relaxation, it's time to look at alternatives. - 'AG: Injured officers, firefighters continue to accrue sick, vacation leave credit Posted on Oct. 22 (Missoulian)
HELENA - In a formal opinion released Wednesday, Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath held that when police officers and firefighters are injured in the line of duty and continue to receive salary benefits, they also continue to accrue Vacation and sick-leave time as if they were still on the job. - 'A ski vacation that was all downhill (CNN)
Colleen Bosler prepays for a hotel at a ski resort during Christmas. But she misses her plane, forcing her to reschedule. The resort offers her credit, but she has to cancel her make-up vacation, too. The hotel is giving her until May to use the credit, or it will expire. Is that fair? - 'No vacation for alleged Disney Scammer (Miami Herald)
Nancy Alvarez, 20, is accused of selling bogus Disney vacation packages through the Internet to families across the country. And so authorities want to make sure she doesn't take her own vacation. - 'New PhoCusWright Study Finds Vacation Rental Market Taking Off (Centre Daily Times)
A new PhoCusWright study on the dramatic growth in the vacation rental market indicates that companies like Zonder, the leader in real-time, online booking of private homes, cabins, condos and villas, are well positioned to overcome distribution barriers and are making this attractive rental option accessible to consumers. - 'Don't send nutrition on a holiday while you're on vacation (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Pack snacks and consider all options for meals when taking the family on vacation. - 'School Board reins in vacation pay (The Houma Courier)
HOUMA - The Terrebonne School Board has amended a policy to keep its workers from collecting unused vacation days from year to year and cashing them in for a retirement windfall. - 'MSU WOMEN'S HOOPS MEDIA DAY: Spartans vacation in gym (Detroit Free Press)
EAST LANSING -- The Michigan State women's basketball players didn't get much of a summer vacation. Team members returned to East Lansing in late June and worked on their game with an intensity rarely seen around the program. - 'Board disagrees on vacation rental rules (The Union Democrat)
A study session on vacation home rentals was cut short Tuesday as the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors reversed itself on the need for a permit process and more regulations. - 'Taking Ubuntu Ibex on vacation (ZDNet)
Humacao, Puerto Rico. Where Ubuntu Ibex will be put to the test. Well, it's time for little rest and relaxation. As of Saturday, I'm officially on Vacation for a week -- the Gantt charts, the Visios, the component models, the time sheets,...
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