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NASA won’t disclose air safety survey
Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized. (AP)
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What’s New On Tripso
iPods go cruising
What’s the latest amenity on cruise ships? No, it’s not Asian spa treatments and it’s not Wi-Fi. It’s iPods. A growing number of cruise lines are now loaning out iPods, fully stocked with music, and offering tours and shipboard information as podcasts. Anita Dunham-Potter says the pocket-sized digital music phenomenon is a big hit with cruise travelers. (Anita Dunham-Potter on Tripso)
From Tripso’s Forums: A recent discussion on touring Paris brought this response: “Although the sightseeing is fantastic… my best times were when I was living the city, not just visiting it.” Join the discussion.
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More travel news
Wind-whipped fires scorch Southern California
Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing an entire community to evacuate. (AP)
Mobile phone use backed on planes
Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace. (BBC News)
Boston losing tourism stature
Once deemed the most European city in America and routinely ranked as a top travel destination, Boston’s place in the minds of travelers has been eclipsed by up-and-coming cities in recent years. (The Boston Globe) (Registration required.)
How to avoid the world’s top tourist traps
Not all overcrowded, merchandise-swollen travel hot-spots are created equal, and some deserve to be flagged as full-fledged tourist traps. (ForbesTraveler)
Fall color, without the crowds
Off the beaten leaf-peeping path in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Missouri and the Pacific Northwest. (The New York Times) (Registration required.)
Today’s Travel Blogs
Does Internet Brands stock delay mean trouble for travel?
Internet Brands made a few headlines in the travel industry when it bought the online forum FlyerTalk in March. It wasn’t the company’s first travel acquisition. It already owned several other sites, including WikiTravel and CruiseMates. If you’re an investor, you may have also noticed that Internet Brands filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Security and Exchange Commission this summer to go public. But that’s not all. (Elliott.org)
Best drunk tourist story ever
A tourist who was 12 beers deep decided it would be a good idea to go for a late night drunken swim. Matt Martin was camping in northeastern Queensland, which everyone knows is the land of saltwater crocs (thanks Steve Irwin!). When he jumped into the river at Cow Bay he landed on a crocodile. (Jaunted)
Sleeping in the airport
It wasn’t all that many years ago that I might have considered sleeping at the airport a routine part of travel. But as financial circumstances change and age becomes a factor, I now consider “roughing it” to be sleeping in a 2-star hotel. (Fly Away Cafe)
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