26. August 2010

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Breezes Resorts offer special promo for single parents

I don’t have kids but I’ve been around kids and from what I gather they can be quite a handful. And I imagine being a single parent would only increase the demands placed upon you. So if that’s the boat you’re in I think it’s fair to say you’ve earned a vacation and I’ve got just the thing. Between now and Oct. 31 four Beaches Resorts in the Turks and Caicos and Jamaica are waving their single supplement fees for single parents who come down for a holiday with their kids and stay for three nights or more. Packages must be booked by Oct. 23.

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6. September 2010

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Did Steven Slater quit at JetBlue?

It's now official, Steven Slater, the man behind the greatest exit of all-time, is no longer with JetBlue Airways. Slater sprung to fame last month when he grabbed grabbed a beer, deployed the landed planes emergency chute and slid down. He says the incident came about after getting into an argument with a passenger. But here's the weird thing according to his lawyer he wasn't fired.

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2. September 2010

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Air Canada Vacations starts blog…you’re welcome

Amigo doesn’t consider himself a trendsetter but that could change. Air Canada Vacations has taken a page out of my book and has started blogging. If you want to check it out you can here. Personally I’m waiting until baggage tag clothing catches on, that’s when I’ll know I’ve made it.

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31. August 2010

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Two Yemeni men held in the Netherlands over concerns they may have been plotting a terrorist attack

Here’s the latest edition of what could very well become a regular column tentatively titled ‘The Dumb Things People do at Airports’. Two Yemeni men are currently in custody in the Netherlands as authorities believe they may have been doing a practice run for a terrorist attack. The men were both flying through Amsterdam on their way to the Yemen capital of Sana'a.

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30. August 2010

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Rocky Mountaineer gets you to Whistler in style

I have often been accused of looking like a tourist in my own city. When I go downtown I like to stare at the skyscrapers and wander around aimlessly (for the record I live in Vancouver) but this weekend I took it a step further as I journeyed on one of the regions most popular attractions: Rocky Mountaineers’ Sea to Sky Climb train trip from Vancouver to Whistler.

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24. August 2010

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Always remember to take the knife out of your shoe before flying

Who needs a suitcase when you can get creative by sticking stuff in your shoe. We all remember Richard Reid, the man who attempted to blow up an airplane by detonating an explosive in his shoe, well now he’s got company in the category of dumb people hiding stuff in their shoe.

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23. August 2010

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New patdown procedures more intimate

The last time you left Las Vegas did you find the screener that was giving you a patdown was a little more touchy feely? Well chances are they were and what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport is one of two American airports experimenting with a more thorough patdown procedure.

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