First up, I gotta give some love to the cost: Going from LaGuardia to MCI directly on
was in the low 200's on a holiday, and, yes, I got
on the flight.
If you're into shopping, KC offers just as much as any other major city. (But there was nothing I couldn't find there that I couldn't also find in Dallas, my favorite shopping destination.)
could stand up to any in Big D, but my personal favorite was the upscale
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KANSAS CITY, MO

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What do Kansas City, Riviera Nayarit, Vancouver, Peru and Lithuania have in common? They've all been named the top places to watch in 2009 by
So, what got Kansas City in the mix with such exotic destinations?
The Sprint Center is one the cornerstone of Kansas City's revitalization, and mentioned by the smarttravel.com article posted on USA Today's web site.
Right next door to the Read the rest of this entry »



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. In doing so it rubs shoulders with the likes of Cape Town in South Africa and the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The varied list also includes lesser-known cities such as Gdansk in Poland and Vilnius in Lithuania.
, a city of some 416,000 inhabitants, might lack a knock-out single attraction like Edinburgh Castle or Bath's Royal Crescent, Anna Paynton from DK Eyewitness Travel Guides said it had been chosen because of its varied character. Read the rest of this entry »



Buenos Aires will be one of the best cities to visit during 2009, according to a leading travel guide.
The DK Eyewitness Travel Guides series has included the Argentinian capital in its Top 10 Cites for 2009 list, meaning property investors in the country could be in line for a substantial boost when tourism levels increase.
Buenos Aires features alongside other major destinations such as Cape Town, Copenhagen and Washington DC, while the ancient Read the rest of this entry »



The West Country city edged out more obvious rivals like its neighbour Bath, Edinburgh or Oxford to be included in the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides series 'Top 10 Cities for 2009'.
In doing so it rubs shoulders with the likes of Cape Town in South Africa and the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires.
The varied list also includes lesser-known cities such as Gdansk in Poland and Vilnius in Lithuania.
While Bristol, a city of some 416,000 inhabitants, Read the rest of this entry »



NYC & Company, New York City's marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today applauded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's admission of South Korea and six Eastern European countries into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), marking the 22-year-old program's first new additions in more than ten years. Beginning today, citizens of South Korea, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia will be eligible to travel Read the rest of this entry »



Selling hard themselves as favourite tourist destinations, five domestic centres and four countries are here to woo leisure travellers at a three-day exhibition at the SGS Magnum Mall in Pune Camp. The exhibition is being organised by the India International Travel Exhibition (IITE) and will conclude on November 3.
Vying with Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands to woo tourists from the city are Malaysia, Read the rest of this entry »



Today, 11:24am
Coolgorilla unveils London Travel Guide for users of Apple device.
UK-based iPhone app developer Coolgorilla has launched its London Travel Guide for the device.
The download includes an array of features such as ground and aerial video footage, embedded maps and touch-to-dial telephone links.
There's also a 'traditional' 200 page virtual travel guide, which covers 50 of London’s major attractions, restaurant Read the rest of this entry »



PARIS --The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete strangers around their Paris, the one not found in travel books -- for free.
And forget stereotypes of the francais-only French. The Paris Greeters are happy to speak English, or nine other languages of your choosing.
These local volunteers are not certified tour guides, but regular Read the rest of this entry »



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