tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:58 +0000http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/noreply@blogger.com (Christine)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-1963925801554915647Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:36:00 +00002010-01-30T17:46:29.379-08:00gay-friendly travelMexicoIt had looked like Mexico City was poised to become the next hot spot for gay travel when Mexico City's legislature approved gay marriage on December 21, in the first such law passed anywhere in Latin America.Now Mexico's attorney general has lodged an appeal at the country's top court against Mexico City's approval of gay marriage which had started a heated debate in this overwhelmingly Catholichttp://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2010/01/same-sex-marriages-in-mexico-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-1589930037734367138Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:04:00 +00002010-01-30T17:30:11.149-08:00WestJetCubaairlinesSunwing AirlinesAir TransatCanjet AirlinesFour Canadian charter airlines will be granted permission from the Government of Cuba to fly between multiple domestic locations within Cuba.Canada provides Cuba with over 40 percent of its overall tourists. 2009 saw a record number of Canadians tourists in Cuba with over 900,000 visitors.While the US government embargo still forbids ordinary US citizens from visiting Cuba, Canadians have made http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2010/01/cuba-multi-destination-flights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-3966552826231770766Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:21:00 +00002010-01-05T17:30:19.578-08:00Westjet is having a flight sale on lots of its Canadian and USA flight routes with prices as low as $50. for a Toronto to Quebec City flight or to Vancouver ($150), Calgary ($75), Halifax ($75.). Flights to USA destinations are also on sale with bargain flight prices like $100. for Toronto to Miami or Fort Lauderdale, and $200. gets you on a flight to Los Angeles.The catch? You need to book by http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2010/01/cheap-flights-toronto-to-miami.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-1579109210146315373Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:09:00 +00002009-09-09T12:23:07.273-07:00Torontoairlinesair travelPorter AirlinesPorter Airlines announces new non-stops flight from Toronto to BostonToronto's small stylish airline, Porter Airlines, has announced that starting September 14, 2009, Porter will start offering non-stop flights to Boston, 3x daily.Porter Airlines flies out of the Toronto Islands airport which is located in downtown Toronto, making it the convenient choice of travelers with business meetings or http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2009/09/non-stop-flights-toronto-to-boston-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-8550237696709772325Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:44:00 +00002009-09-09T09:55:30.534-07:00WestJetTorontoU.S.A travelairlinesair travelCheap Flights - Air Deals on Toronto / Miami Florida Flights Canadian airline WestJet is offering bargain basement cheap flights on many Canada/USA destinations, including Toronto / Miami FL for $95. each way. Toronto to Fort Lauderdale is $149.; Toronto to Orlando, Florida is $139, and flying to Tampa is now $135.Book by September 10, 2009 (11:59 p.m. MT) for travel until December 17, 2009.To http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2009/09/cheap-flights-toronto-to-miami-florida.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-8420115455136654795Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-08-22T10:51:24.976-07:00CanadaOntarioCobourgcigarsNorthumberlandCuban Cigars for Sale at Cheap Prices at Alderville, Ontario, CanadaA good selection of Cuban cigars can be found in an unlikely location about 90 minutes east of Toronto, Ontario in Canada - an Indian reservation store called "Alderville Outfitters", 8966 Hwy. 45 in Alderville, north of Cobourg, Ontario.Now local cigar aficionados in Northumberland County don't need to trek to Toronto to stock http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2009/08/cuban-cigars-for-sale-in-canada.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-6158029238542683029Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:34:00 +00002009-08-22T10:53:00.613-07:00travel warningsunsafe travelMexicoMexico Travel Advisory Advice - Crime ReportDrug-related violence in Mexico has been scaring tourists who are considering an all-inclusive vacation in Mexico. Daily accounts of drug war violence is reported in the media both in Mexico and abroad.More than 11, 000 people have been killed since the end of 2006. Mexico's nationwide toll from drug-related slayings is sometimes over 30 per day. http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2009/08/mexico-travel-advisory-advice-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-5507137490711666670Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-07-14T08:15:59.849-07:00WestJetOttawaTorontoairlinesair travelMontrealAnyone with a reason to travel between the triangle of Canadian cites of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, has just been given one huge travel incentive to do so by WestJet airline today.WestJet has just announced $9. flights - yes that isn't a typo, it's nine dollars!Book by July 14, 2009 (11:59 p.m. MT) for travel until September 30, 2009.For pricing and availability, visit www.westjet.comhttp://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2009/07/cheap-almost-free-flights-toronto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-4239786890518777852Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:05:00 +00002008-09-09T11:14:39.142-07:00airlinesair travelWestjet offers $9. flights from Toronto to Ottawa or MontrealIf you aren't already subscribed to WestJet's email newsletters - you should be! Subscribers get email alerts for special time-limited super sale prices. Today's ONE DAY ONLY sale is offers flights from Toronto to Montreal or Ottawa for only nine dollars. The regular price is $89. so it's a whooping $80. savings if you book today - http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/09/almost-free-flights-toronto-to-montreal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-1692545013075586504Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:15:00 +00002008-08-10T14:53:38.044-07:00U.S.A travelU.S. Deparment of Homeland SecurityHomeland Security can do whatever it wants with your laptop, cell phone and electronic gearThe search and seizure of personal laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders - without warrants or cause - is a privacy issue that all travelers, U.S. citizens and others, need to be aware of when entering the country, according to the executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/08/laptops-searched-seized-by-us-border.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-1353599935259353722Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +00002008-04-05T16:26:07.619-07:00Air Canadaairlinesair travelpet-friendly travelpet travelAir Canada forced to change its pet travel policy and accept pets traveling as checked baggage againAir Canada's ban on small pets traveling as checked luggage cargo on passenger planes has been overturned by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). Last summer, Air Canada had imposed a ban on pets that passengers wanted to have travel with them on the same flight; and pet-unfriendly airline Airhttp://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/04/air-canada-pet-travel-policy-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-8937808741388659835Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:22:00 +00002008-04-03T11:57:20.722-07:00FLOAT YOUR FANNY DOWN THE GANNY River RacePort Hope's annual "Float Your Fanny Down The Ganny" river race takes place on Saturday, April 5th, in Port Hope, Ontario. Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny is an exciting ten-kilometer race that takes place on the Ganaraska River, and draws crowds of up to 15,000 spectators. River mania takes over this picturesque historic town of 15,000 every spring as http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/04/port-hope-ontario-river-race-adventure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-7594959953349325242Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:50:00 +00002008-03-21T10:22:32.892-07:00FloridaTourist killed by sharks in FloridaVienna lawyer Markus Groh, 49, had a fatal shark encounter about 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was part of a group of Austrian tourists taking part in a tour conducted by Scuba Adventures, a Riviera Beach Florida business which advertises "unique shark trips" and "face to face" encounters with sharks off the Florida coast. To ensure http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/03/fort-lauderdale-florida-shark-kills.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-3392360335869335333Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:58:00 +00002008-03-16T14:18:01.010-07:00Couples who thought getting married at a tropical resort in Dominican Republic was the dream wedding setting may be in for a rude and illegal awakening. That romantic wedding ceremony on the beach in Dominican Republic may have been picture perfect - but not legal.Investigators in Dominican's National Department of Investigations have uncovered what they are calling a wedding scam involving more http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/03/dominican-republic-wedding-scam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-2639451997912700986Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:58:00 +00002008-03-04T19:12:05.814-08:00Torontoairlinesair travelCanadians who travel would be wise to subscribe to Canadian airline Westjet's e-newsletter. The email from Westjet airlines that I received on February 28, 2008 offered a one-day 80% off sale on major route flights - the only catch was that the sale was just for that one day and flight had to be booked on that day. (Travel was valid from March 1 to June 25, 2008).Example super sale air fares werehttp://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/03/westjet-airline-flight-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-7440055063628939358Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:57:00 +00002008-02-03T17:14:21.791-08:00New YorkTorontoairlinesair travelPorter AirlinesIt's official - Porter Airline starts 7 flights daily Toronto - New York via Newark.Porter Airlines has officially announced that beginning March 31, 2008, the airline operating out of Toronto City Centre Airport in downtown Toronto, will start offering air service between Toronto and New York.Porter adding the New York - Toronto flight route has been much anticipated ever since Porter Airlines http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/02/porter-airlines-starts-flights-toronto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-7837183667137896486Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:13:00 +00002008-01-21T20:04:53.610-08:00travel healthitalyenvironmentHazardous Waste Enrages Residents of Naples and Worries TouristsTravelers touring Italy might start giving Naples in the Campania region of Italy a wider berth as garbage - and damning health reports - continue to pile up.Research released last year by Italy's National Research Council found that people living closest to the waste disposal sites with the least regulation - where trash is dumped http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/toxic-garbage-in-naples-italy-worries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-4102516913126945950Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-01-13T09:54:52.511-08:00ParisCialisViagraTravelers going to Paris that were planning to rely on chemical assistance for evening endurance should be extra careful when purchasing their performance pills of choice, as imitation clones of the popular drugs have been infiltrating the French marketplace.A shipment of 224,000 fake Viagra and Cialis anti-impotence pills worth 2.4 million euros ($3.5 million) was intercepted and seized by http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/viagra-and-cialis-seized-in-paris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-2759712294071648623Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +00002008-01-11T11:22:12.490-08:00When you travel, do you feel lost when not connected? If so, then like some of us other net addicts, you REALLY want to know where all the best free wireless networks are so you'll be able to get your net fix. If you're traveling in North America, one of the hottest spots for free Wi-Fi is in Canada, in Montreal, Quebec.Montreal now has about 155 free wifi internet hotspots with more than 60,000 http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/montreal-quebec-is-tops-for-free-wi-fi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-8927696444437819158Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:47:00 +00002008-01-09T19:19:34.032-08:00CanadaOntarioBrightondetoxayurvedicspasspa packagesThe Elemental Embrace Wellness Spa Retreat So it's January 2008, and maybe you never actually got around to making New Years rsolutions, but now you've started to think...maybe you really should do something about all the excesses of December...or maybe the excesses of 2007. If so, we have the perfect spa packages that will put you on an ancient wellness path.Elemental Embrace in Brighton, http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/wellness-detox-package-specials-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-2275686723966906958Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:27:00 +00002008-01-06T16:51:57.915-08:00travel warningsunsafe travelterrorismNairobiKenyaSince the December 27, 2007 elections, Kenya remains an unsafe travel destination for tourists and has left tourists already in Kenya holed up in their hotel rooms and scrambling for flights out of the country.The U.S. government has posted travel warnings for American citizens. U.S. citizens should be aware of the risk of indiscriminate and random attacks on civilian targets in public places, http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/tourist-travel-warnings-for-kenya-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-7594087645615051638Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:21:00 +00002008-01-06T13:04:01.562-08:00New YorkTorontoairlinesair travelPorter AirlinesAlthough you won't find any information about the rumored new flights between Toronto and New York at the Porter Airlines website at www.porterairlines.com, their recent full-page ads in the January 5, 2008 Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, more than hinted at it, with part of a large red apple icon on display and the words "Some news is just too big to hide. A new destination coming soon."Porterhttp://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2008/01/rumor-porter-airlines-adding-toronto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716917658636972950.post-4385994455893102688Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:44:00 +00002007-09-02T07:47:20.342-07:00Bookmark this page and check back to find out the latest travel news, hot travel tips and miscellaneous current travel info.http://www.worldtravelguide.com/travel-blog/2007/09/welcome-to-world-travel-guides-travel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)0