Author: Heather Cassell
Lucky Girl Gets Flight To Herself
“I got a whole plane to myself when I was accidentally booked on a flight just meant for moving crew,” she captioned her Reddit post Wednesday.
Blame it on the “bomb cyclone” hitting the East Coast and overworked airline agents scrambling to rebook passengers or just sheer dumb luck: She got a deal!
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25 Years Of Adventures With The Women’s Travel Group
“It’s every traveler’s dream to get to Timbuktu,” said Phyllis, 70, founder of The Women’s Travel Group. “It’s such a cool name and it’s such a weird and remote place.”
Reaching Timbuktu in Mali, a West African nation, is one of her most memorable trips.
“That night we sat around on the grass,” dirty and drinking beers, “Saying, ‘I can’t believe we got to Timbuktu.’ That was the coolest feeling,” she said.
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Queer Comedy Show Will Benefit Sonoma School Destroyed By Fire
Quoting Oscar Wilde, he said, “Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
“Having comedians joking around and helping by making people laugh is completely appropriate and I’m eternally grateful,” he said, noting that it isn’t so much the money being raised, but “the feeling that people care.”
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Popular Tour Guide Killed in Devastating Costa Rica Plane Crash
American adventure tour guide Amanda Geissler was living her dream when her single-engine airplane slammed into the side of a mountain along in Costa Rica New Year’s Eve.
There were no survivors. Two American families and two pilots Juan Manuel Retana and Emma Ramos perished with Amanda in the Nature Air crash December 31.
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Why You Need To Book For 2018’s Holiday Season Now
Don’t be left out in the cold next Christmas or New Year’s Eve if you plan on spending the holidays anywhere other than at home.
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World’s Busiest Airport’s Day In The Dark, Flights To Resume
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Went Dark Sunday Afternoon Diverting And Grounding All Flights Causing Major Headaches For Travelers Around The World by Heather Cassell As darkness descended upon Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the world stopped at the busiest airport in the world. The power outage affected more than 30,000 people. More than 1,000 departing flights […]
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Gifts For Galivanting Women On Your Christmas List
We here at Girls That Roam love to travel. But just as much as we will hop on a plane or train or simply drive down an open road we love to have our wanderlust inspired during the days when we are reminiscing about our adventures and planning new ones.
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SFO Gives The Gift Of Free Parking For The Holidays
SFO Tests A Potential Relief To Holiday Traffic At The International Airport by Heather Cassell Picking up and dropping off your friends and relatives at San Francisco International Airport became a little easier and a little less expensive earlier this week. Now until January 8, 2018 short-term parking will be free for 30-minutes or less […]
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Holly Golightly Can Finally Have Breakfast At Tiffany’s
You will feel like the jewel inside the Blue Box Café at Tiffany and Co., the luxury jeweler’s new restaurant at its iconic store in New York.
Just like that amazing proposal you dreamed of and waited for or are dreaming of. The wait is worth it for Tiffany’s new café that opened November 10.
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Napa Is A Perfect Holiday Getaway
The vines might look eerie and twisted as winter descends upon California’s famed Napa Valley, but spirits are up following October’s devastating fires.
The holidays are a great time to visit California’s premiere wine country.
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A Royal Remembrance Of The ‘People’s Princess’ In Long Beach
Long Beach’s Queen Mary Offers A Royal Experience With Princess Diana Exhibit
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New Tour Caters To LGBTQI Travelers in Porto
Porto – most famous for creating port wine – is naturally attractive to queer travelers.
The city is charming with its collection of Baroque, Brutalist, Gothic, medieval mosaic, neo-classical Beaux Art architecture to contemporary designs nestled among the hills at the mouth of the Douro River.
Porto’s wealth today comes from its rich historic cobblestone streets and architecture and the heart of its people who love the city and want to show it off.
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