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Posted on: October 19, 2015
Family holidays are expensive enough without worrying that you’re being overcharged on flights. Airlines have secret squirrel type formulas designed to help them maximize revenue per aircraft, and prices can change by the minute for the exact same seat on the plane. Add in seat sales, reward point opportunities and flying
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Posted on: October 5, 2015
Built to commemorate Olympics, World Fairs, to drive tourism or display a city or business’s astonishing skill in architecture and engineering, there are dozens of towers around the world. Canada has four towers across the country, appearing in the background of many a tourist photo, or as the perfect vantage
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Posted on: September 24, 2015
“This was way more fun that I was expecting it to be,” my five-year-old said in a stage whisper as we sat at a picnic table enjoying ice cream cones after a three-hour adventure through Fort Whoop-Up, a national historic site in Lethbridge, Alberta. Considering the competition for her time
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Posted on: September 9, 2015
Between hotels, flights and restaurants, vacations are expensive endeavours, and occasionally come with some major pitfalls. In addition to the dozens of street scams you’ll find at your destination, from fake room service menus to fake purse and jewelry shops, shysters have gotten more sophisticated and familiarizing yourself with these
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Posted on: July 27, 2015
On a recent trip to Portland, I crowd-sourced friends before heading to “beervana” for suggestions on where to eat and drink. Everyone agreed – VooDoo Donuts was a must visit. As a travel writer, that meant just one thing. Though VooDoo received all the accolades from tourists, I would bet
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Posted on: July 13, 2015
“If we bought this car, I would never spill my yogurt down the seat cracks,” vowed my five-year-old solemnly. “If we bought this car, I would never let you eat yogurt in this car,” I deadpanned back. We were taking a road trip in a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, and my
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Posted on: May 8, 2015
I’m by no means a festival addict, but I’ve been to a wide variety of music festivals since discovering them in high school. I wasn’t much more than a kid myself when I attended my first all weekend festival … but would I take my kids to a music festival?
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Posted on: April 29, 2015
Las Vegas offers something for everyone – stag parties, adrenaline seekers, couples needing a break from their kids and even families. My favourite way to party in the city of sin? With my best girlfriends, of course. On a recent trip to Vegas we let loose and explored the Strip
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Posted on: April 20, 2015
“We should have bought American dollars when the dollar was par,” my husband said to me recently, after watching yet another news anchor bemoaning the state of the plummeting Canadian dollar. With four stateside trips planned over the upcoming few months, we were feeling the pinch each time we went
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Posted on: April 10, 2015
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… or so the saying goes. But when I visit Sin City, I can’t wait to get back home and tell everyone about my Vegas adventures! After all, my trips aren’t just about shopping and shows. You can do anything in that city, and
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