Hotwire Travel Geek and Director of Advertising, Ty Flandreau, recently took his family to Maui to celebrate spring break. A few weeks ago my family and I took our annual spring break trip. Spring break is the trip our family looks forward to every year. This year, we headed to Maui for some beach, pool …
Monthly Archives: April 2016
It’s nearly May and we’ve emerged from hibernation. The days are finally longer, peonies are available at the grocery store and many Americans are packing up their down comforters. However, these days, the feeling of rejuvenation that comes with spring is often met with a bit of anxiety – we have officially entered wedding season, …
Budget Travel put together seven eco-travel tips for Earth Day to enjoy an environmentally friendly and relaxing vacation. Our favorite travel tip? Number five: See America First. There are so many beautiful and scenic spots to enjoy right in our own backyard, and you’re contributing fewer carbon emissions and saving money. Can’t go wrong there! …
While spring marks the beginning of baseball (we’ve previously written about the joys of spring training) and the end of basketball (hats off to the Villanova Wildcats and Connecticut Huskies on their recent championships), it’s also a season of activity for many other, lesser known sports—from those involving discs and saddles to those that require …
We had such a great time participating in our first #TravelSkills Twitter chat two weeks ago. It’s so fun and inspiring to be able to interact and get to know other travelers in the community that are just as passionate about travel and being slightly spontaneous as we are. Our top five favorite moments? Gogobot …
If you’re planning a trip to Australia soon, Brittany Adams, Product Manager and a member of Hotwire’s internal Travel Geeks, shares a few highlights from her recent trip to help you enjoy your time Down Under. With a long vacation ahead of me, it was a pleasure to be able to slow down (way, way …
Anyone can slap some cheese on a few pieces of white bread and fry it up in butter to make a pretty serviceable grilled cheese. Some might even choose to get fancy by using different types of cheese, rustic bread or pressing it on a griddle. In honor of National Grilled Cheese Day, we think …
HuffPost Travel posted an interesting and important article about the “vacation shaming” epidemic that occurs throughout America. “You’re taking another vacation?” “Didn’t you just go somewhere?” If you’ve ever been asked any of these questions, then you have been a victim of this epidemic. Travel offers so many benefits to an individual – increases happiness, health, creativity, …