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CityPass Discounts


Dec 03

Posted: under Adventure Holiday News, Destinations and Places, Lodging and Hotel News, New York, Restaurants News, Sights and Attractions, Transportation News, Useful Tips and Gadgets, Vacation Rentals News.
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Save some money by taking along the CityPass if you are traveling to:

The CityPass is a little ticket booklet that can get you VIP perks, avoid long box-office lines and upgrades at no extra charge. Skip a line or get a complimentary audio tour. The CityPass can get you up to 50% off of admission to some of the best and major attractions in North America including Chicago’s Field Museum, Statue of Liberty, Disneyland and Seattle’s Space Needle. The CityPass has no blackout dates and is available at any CityPass attraction or online at Citypass.com.

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New York Travel: The Most Visited Attractions


Oct 05

Posted: under New York, Sights and Attractions.
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Tourists flock to world renowned attractions as if magical spells were attracting them. People from around the world cannot get enough of these various types of attractions, whether man-made or natural.

In this day and age, people are as well-informed as ever as they gather travel tips on the internet. They are able to see pictures and gather facts on the most amazing attractions out there that will personally touch them. The United States, Europe, and East Asia fare well in the amount of awe-inspire attraction sites they feature.

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Entire vacations are planned around these wonders as people often elect to stay in vacation rentals in order to soak in as much as they can. Here is a list of some of the top 20 most visited attractions in the world, according to Forbes.

-Times Square, New York City, NY:
35 million

-National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the war memorials):
About 25 million

-Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.:
16.6 million

-Trafalgar Square, London, England:
15 million

- Disneyland Park, Anaheim, Calif.:
14.7 million

- Niagara Falls, Ontario and New York
14 million

- Fisherman’s Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif.:
13 million

-Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris, France:
8 million

-The Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China:
At least 7 million

-Eiffel Tower, Paris, France:
6.7 million

-Empire State Building, New York, NY:
4 million

-The London Eye, London, England:
3.5 million

-Palace of Versailles, France:
3.45 million

-Pyramids of Giza, Egypt:
3 million

-Pompeii, Italy:
2.5 million


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Do More Casinos Increase Tourism?


Jul 20

Posted: under Destinations and Places, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Sights and Attractions, United States, illinois.
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Casinos seem to be so popular and common that sometimes it feels like there is always one right around the corner or a short drive away. With the economy how it is, many gambling destinations have offered deals to entice more people to try their luck. These lowered prices are not just concerning hotel deals, but all accommodations. These days you can find a wonderful vacation rental for less than you could ever have before and most like just a few minutes drive to the gambling establishment of your choice. With new casinos popping up all over the country, it may be a good time to rent a sure thing before you try your luck on a new hotel.

There are a number of brand new casinos that have recently opened all over the country. Jumer’s Hotel & Quad Cities recently opened its doors in Iowa and Illinois with 1,100 slot machines and 24 table games. Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino opened its doors in August 2008 with 350,000 square feet of 3,200 slot machines and 100 table games in Indiana. In June of 2008, Turtle Creek Casino welcomed guests from all around Michigan and beyond to its 1,300 slots and 40 table games. Finally, the Sands Casino’s 3,000 slot machines and 200,000 square feet of shopping have called Bethlehem, PA home since May of 2009.

Casinos and the traffic they bring to an area are always quite the stimulus to a lacking tourism industry. But the more there are and the closer they grow together, will casinos lose their appeal? Will the distance from one gambling destination to another grow so small that the idea of trying your luck loses it’s excitement and becomes just another Friday night? Lets hope not. The excitement and preperation it takes to plan a trip to Atlantic City, NJ or to Las Vegas is half of the fun, if it becomes as easy as just hopping in your car, will people make the drive?

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Madrid, Spain’s Missing Arms


Jul 15

Posted: under Destinations and Places, Madrid, Sights and Attractions, Spain.
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Spain is a wonderful destination with many sights and attractions throughout, but if you have been to Madrid’s Palacio Real recently, you may think part of a very important attraction in Spain has gone missing. The Royal Armory at the Palacio is one of the richest and most important collections of arms in the world and draws visitors from around the world. The fact of the matter is, a portion of the arms is not missing, but has been lent to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, a testament to just how impressive the collection is. “The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits of Imperial Spain” will be on display in Washington through November 1st.

Do not worry if you have already booked your Spain vacation rentals and the Armory was at the top of your list, the museum only borrowed a portion of the collection, the vast majority is still safely guarded in Madrid.


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