Ashawntee Dingle has always loved to travel so it was no surprise that she would be so thrilled to start her own travel business.

Travel Luxurious is an incredibly convenient site and will certainly gratify all your travel needs with the following services available: Flights, hotel accommodations, car rental, vacation packages, cruises, golf packages, spa reservation, new & used car purchases, outdoor excursion, honeymoon registries, flower purchases, ticket purchases for sporting events, musicals, concerts, etc., travel insurance and passport services.


The website it easy to navigate and user friendly. It has a 24-hour customer service support should you have any issues with your reservation/confirmation.


The next time you plan on traveling be sure to make it luxurious...
Ashawntee Dingle
Referring Travel Agent

Liberty Travel has just reduced vacations to Fairmont resort in Bermuda by 45%
This $675 per person deal include round trip airfare from New York. Also included in this offer

- 3nights at the AAA 4-Diamond Southampton on Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
- Departure dates Aug. 22- Oct.11
- Roundtrip transfers in Bermuda

Must book by May 25th

For full details call Liberty Travel 800-447-1353
or visit http://www.travelzoo.com/Newsflash.asp?408871


MTV's most popular reality show "The Real World" has plans on taping their next season in Brooklyn. For those who aren't so familiar with the show...

"It is the true story of 7 strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped" and all through the season we (the viewers) get to "find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real".

The show premiered in 1992 in New York City and each season they choose a different location from Paris to Key West to Australia.

This year the cast is in Hollywood, as the season wraps up the producers are anxious to begin filming in Brooklyn as early as this summer. According to an article in the NY Post no leases have been signed but MTV has been eying various areas to house the strangers including DUMBO, Williamsburg, Park Slope or maybe even Coney Island.

As a Brooklyn native I am sometimes afraid that the latest developments in the borough will make Brooklyn lose it's character but I do believe that Brooklyn is a very progressive city, ready to claim it's place among the top cities in the world!!!

"The Real World: Brooklyn" (i like the sound of it) is slated to debut in early 2009 and I guess it's safe to say the best kept secret will finally be exposed...

Jet Blue is being sued for $2 million by a New York man who said he was forced to sit in the bathroom for a good portion of his flight from San Diego to New York. I had to get more details when I heard about this madness so here's how it went down...

Gokhan Mutlu was traveling on a Jet Blue buddy pass (a standby travel voucher that airline employees gives to friends), he was originally told that there would not be any available seats on his particular flight but shortly after that he was advised that the flight attendant would sit in the employee jump seat and he would be given the last available seat.

Everything seemed to be going as planned until the flight attendant decided 90 minutes into the flight that the jump seat was just waaay to uncomfortable for her liking so she complained to the pilot who then forced the man to sit in the bathroom. According to an Associated Press article the pilot told the man "He should be grateful for being on board" before suggesting that he go "hang out in the bathroom".

Mutlu surrendered and headed to the toilet, as the pilot headed back to cockpit and instructed the passengers to return back to their seats just before the aircraft hit turbulence . Needless to say, Mutla had no seat to return to...




The Bolt Bus is a new low-cost  bus line offering service on the east coast for $1. As of now they have 2 locations in NY, 1 in Philly, 1 in DC and they recently began servicing the Boston area. The Bolt Bus is a sub-division of Greyhound and has been rumored to be their "one- up" on the ever so popular chinatown buses. 

The Experience
As I planned my travel to DC this past weekend the Bolt Bus was in the front of my mind. I arrived at W 33rd St around 2:20pm and noticed the bus waiting at the corner. I was greeted by a warm woman who informed me that she was the driver and would be traveling non-stop to 11th and G Street in Washington DC . She suggested I stop and get a snack at the nearby Sbarro, it was pouring rain by this time and so I chose to board the bus. As I climbed the stairs onto the bus I noticed quickly that this was not the average greyhound or chinatown bus. I think my eyes saw so much more than my mind expected. 

I walked through the spacious aisle deciding which row of comfy leather seats I would make my own, as I settled in I could not help but notice all the extra leg room, there were a couple of 15" flat screens throughout the bus for movie viewing and power outlets behind each aisle seat to charge electronics such as cellular devices, ipods and laptops. Laptops? yep. The Bolt Bus offers free wi-fi internet access for all their riders (I'll be sure to bring my Mac along next time and  give you the lowdown on this feature)

Pricing
The BoltBus pricing system works on supply and demand. There is usually at least one seat available for $1 and the rest will vary in price I've seen some at $7, $10 $15 and $23. When the bus is beginning to sell out the fares will increase, but for routes that are not in demand the fares will remain $1. 

I give The Bolt Bus my stamp of approval!!!




CheapCaribbean.com has just reduced a 4-night Puerto Rico vacation from New York to $399 per person!!!!

The offer includes:

  • Roundtrip airfare from New York
  • 4-nights at the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa
  • Departure dates through December
  • Buy 1 round of golf, get one free
Visit Cheapcaribbean.com to take advantage of this offer, but don't forget to use promo code PR200

All AirTran Airways Destinations On Sale

Book your tickets by Tuesday, May 6th for travel throught November 12, 2008

Akron/Canton $79
Atlanta $99
Bloomington/ Normal $119
Charleston $94
Charlotte $119
Chicago(Midway) $119
Dallas/Ft.Worth $119
Dayton $119
Daytona Beach $99
Denver $144
Detroit $119
Ft.Lauderdale $109
Ft. Myers $109
Gulfport/Biloxi $109
Houston(Hobby) $119
Indianapolis $119
Jacksonville $99
Kansas City $159
Las Vegas $159
Los Angeles(LAX) $159
Memphis $119
Miami $109
Milwaukee $99
Minneapolis/St. Paul $119
Moline/ Quad Cities $119
Newport News/ Williamsburg $79
Orlando $99
Pensacola/ Gulf Coast $99
Phoenix $159
Raleigh/ Durham $119
San Antonio $89
San Francisco $159
San Juan $125
Sarasota/ Bradenton $109
Savannah/Hilton Head $94
Seattle $159
Tampa $99
West Palm Beach $109
Wichita $119

Rihanna extended her star tattoo when she was in New York recently...

It's cute...



Saturday night, I'm lounging in BK with "The Lawyer" (P.Roberts) and "The Mogul" (L.Janell) we're thinking about what the night will bring us, well more like deciding what we will bring the night and so we decided to travel to SEA.

For those of you who are uninformed about this hotspot I'll take the opportunity to inform you. It's a Thai restaurant/ lounge in the Williamsburgh section of the most progressive city... yep...BROOKLYN!

We arrive at SEA only to find out that everyone else in Williamsburgh chose this exact hangout spot for tonight and we're faced with the ultimate headache of finding parking...as we circle the blocks...breaking our necks to find a spot... YES! he's coming out we got a spot, we pull in but we're all wondering the same thing "Is this a legal spot?"  We thought it over briefly and was on our way inside. 
The atmosphere was fun and very loud, lots of people obviously. We make our way to the bar area and order drinks and appetizers. The Village Steamed Dumplings were great, but the Pad Thai could probably win the "Best Pad Thai Award", if only that exists. The drinks were great and when the bill came it seemed like something was missing, that's how reasonable the prices were. 

All in all it was a great trip... so good 
that I'll suggest you take that trip to SEA... it's just that hot :)
SEA
114 North 6th Street Bklyn, NY 
718.384.8850
Highlights of the night:
  •  L. Janell reconnects with her long lost friend
  • We meet the Spanish version of "The Clumps"
  • Some random guy threatens to "drop dime" on us for sitting down without being seated, as if no one ever told him that "snitches get stiches". 
  • The Mojito
← restroom dècor before "The Mojito"














restroom dècor after "The Mojito"→




and Drumroll please....

  • The car was not towed when we got outside!!!!!!

Here's to a fabulous night at Sea

Have you ever been in the airport, at your gate most likely waiting to board only to hear an announcement over the intercom stating that your flight has been overbooked? I am almost certain you have because overbooked flights are a fact of life!!! But back to the point, the attendant goes on to ask if anyone would like to "volunteer" to give up their seat on the flight for some sort of compensation. Depending on the length of your travel, they may offer a voucher between $200 and $400; other times they offer a first class seat on the flight you're bumped too; or even a combination of both. 


The question at hand... Is the "Voluntary Bump" worth it? 

Ofcourse it all comes down to your individual situation, but if you can stand waiting around in the airport for an extra couple hours the "Voluntary Bump" may actually may be gratifying! (but ONLY for those with a flexible itinerary, time to waste and ultimately the willingness to sacrifice their travel plans for a possible weekend trip in puerto rico or first class flight to some random city they've been dying to visit.)

On the other hand, for all the play it safe, I'd rather not take the risk type of people the "Voluntary Bump" would never be worth it, but hey... to each it's own right? 

What's funny to me is that their are some people that actually do this for a living, like making sure they're flight is overbooked and arriving at the airports with hopes of capitalizing on the "Voluntary Bump". They visit sites like   www.seatcounter.com  and actually research inventory management, (aka overbooking). These people know the markets with higher tendency of no-shows, they know the airports most likely to offer the best compensation, they mastered the system and they profit from it regularly. 

So next time you have the "Voluntary Bump"  option, it'll be up to you to make that nail-biting decision....

DEAL OR NO DEAL 



So Kanye has launched his new online travel program and it's pretty neat if I may say so myself...
The site allows you to purchase Kanye concert tickets and other performance-related merchandise, but that's not what makes the site cool. Get this, at the same time you can book your travel reservations for the event. Now that's hot!

I spent a while on the site and decided that it's worth talking about.

But I'll let you be the judge of that...


*photo courtesy of www.kanyestravel.com

I resent that every time I travel, something crazy happens. But I think what I resent more is the fact that anyone's travel that I am in any way involved, turns out to be some outrageous never-to-be-forgotten experience...


It hit me a couple weeks ago that I may have some sort of traveler's curse. I flew my bff Tevie Milan down to NY for her b-day and she had troubles at the airport. It bothered me because she always has completely seamless travel experiences and as soon as I'm involved it gets shaken up a bit.

Before this was Detroit...
Ironically I link up with Khaliah Jackson on the M60 (who knew there was a bus that took you to LGA?!?) We are pressed for time and wishing the bus speeds up it seemed like forever before we reached the US Airways departure door. We reached the counter and WHAT?!?
Flight overbooked?... US Airways puts us on the next flight out to Chicago.. hoping we can make our original connecting flight. We get to Chicago and the door closed for our next flight 2 minutes before we arrived. So now we're getting frustrated because we HAVE to be in Detroit by the morning!!! When we're told the next flight wouldn't get us to Detroit until nearly 11am we move on to plan B then C and finally D... we got a Greyhound bus from Chicago to Detroit... it only took us an astronomical 8 hrs. :-( we made it however but this experience definitely goes down in history.

Not to mention the return..... a flight to Philadelphia when we needed to get to NYC... ended up taking Amtrak from PHILA to NY. We all came back to NY with some sort of ailment... from the Flu to Acute Bronchitis :-(

I don't know when I'll be back in Detroit after that. I did get to eat at Coney Island... but missed the hype that surrounds that place?



 

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