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A lost and found fit for a king

6. December 2011

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The Breakers Palm Beach is an elegant oceanfront resort in Florida which sits on 140 spectacular acres. The hotel features a 36 hole golf course, nine restaurants and a lost and found thats contents could purchase a small island. According to the Breakers' Director of Security Arthur Birmelin the lost and found, which is the size of a two-car garage, features braclets, Rolex watches, and diamond earrings.

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A trip to Transylvania and other spooky spots

31. October 2011

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Happy Halloween everybody. In honour of Amigo's favourite day the TravelTST Blog takes a look at some of the spookiest places to take a vacation.

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G Adventures adds North American tours

24. October 2011

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I've written about Gap Adventures and their awesome tours on here before. Before we go any further though do note that they have changed their name from Gap Adventures to G Adventures and along with a new name they've added new tours. In the past their tours have taken travellers to amazing places like the Amazon or the Himalayas and while they still do that they've added North American tours.

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Pan Am fairly accurate says former flight attendants

26. September 2011

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Did anyone watch ABC's new show Pan Am last night? Well I didn't but the concept seems interesting enough. MSNBC wanted to see just how accurate the shows depiction of Pan Am flight attendants were so they asked two real ones.

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Snakes on a Plane…almost

30. August 2011

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Remember that movie Snakes on a Plane? Of course you don't but I digress. Some man in Florida tried to get through Miami International Airport security last week with not one but SEVEN snakes in his pants.

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Doctors don’t want pets in planes

23. August 2011

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The Canadian Medical Association says Fido shouldn't be boarding a flight with you. According to the Toronto Star the CMA is recommending that pets be banned from airplane cabins, with exceptions in place for service animals, due to the allergic reactions animals can cause for some people.

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Amigo’s back

15. August 2011

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Amigo is back. The break in updates was due to a trip to Japan, a country with so much to see and do I rarely found a free moment. Of course much has happened in the last month so let's jump back in. Some new route information to pass along.

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The 10 million mile man

13. July 2011

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It's said that getting there is half the fun, Tom Stuker would agree. Stuker has accumulated 10 million frequent flier miles with United Airlines. Stuker has been on nearly 6000 United flights and has visited all 50 states taken 200 round-trips to Australia and 30 to Asia.

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Sunquest makes travel decisions easier

12. July 2011

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Has this ever happened to you? You see a great deal on a vacation package and think to yourself 'yeah, that would be great for (insert name(s)) and I to on but (insert name(s)) is in a meeting all day and I can't get ahold of them.'

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Air Canada Vacations adds a trio of Caribbean destinations

7. July 2011

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Packages to Curaçao, St. Thomas and St. Kitts will be available to book for the upcoming winter season. Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean off the Venezuelan coast, will have nine resorts to choose from. St. Thomas is one the US Virgin Islands and Air Canada Vacations and will have eight hotels available there. Air Canada Vacations also has three hotels in St. Croix and one in St. John, other members of the US Virgin Islands.

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