Archives for December 2014

The Wanderlust Has Got Me

“The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire” – Robert W. Service | Travel Quote of the Day

My Home, America

“When it was time to board my flight, I took one last glance back. I knew that I had everything with me so it was not a ‘make sure I have everything’ glance. It was more like a parting glance to Philadelphia, my home, America – for I would not be coming back for ten […]

The Free Love Freeway

“Free love on the free love freeway, the love is free and the freeway’s long. I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway, I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone” – Ricky Gervais – as David Brent (Free Love Freeway) | Travel Quote of the Day

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Things Learned No Other Way

“People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way” – Lance Morrow | Travel Quote of the Day

Worn Out His Life In Journeys

“He who has never left his hearth and has confined his researches to the narrow field of the history of his own country cannot be compared to the courageous traveller who has worn out his life in journeys of exploration to distant parts and each day has faced danger in order to persevere in excavating […]

Adventure Wherever You Find It

“I’m still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it” – Jim Dale | Travel Quote of the Day

No One Likes A Straight Road

“No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get to his journey’s end” – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | Travel Quote of the Day

Match Game – Hotel Brand Edition

The hotel industry is running at record occupancies and rates. However, all the major hotel groups appear to be most interested in creating new hotel brands while business is strong. To see how well this approach is working, here is a brief test – Match the hotel brand with its parent hotel group. Be warned; there are 100 hotel brands for the top 10 hotel groups alone…

A Distorted Opinion Of A Place

“A tourist can’t help but have a distorted opinion of a place: he meets unrepresentative people, has unrepresentative experiences, and runs around imposing upon the place the fantastic mental pictures he had in his head when he got there” – Michael Lewis | Travel Quote of the Day

In A Frenzy And A Dream

“We wandered in a frenzy and a dream” – Jack Kerouac | Travel Quote of the Day