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AirTran to Begin Flying to Key West in December

by jessica on Thu, 2009-09-10 14:59


AirTran airplane

Beginning Dec. 17, 2009 visitors to Key West can take advantage of AirTran Airways' nonstop jet service between Orlando and the island city. This will be the first scheduled service to Key West by a major low-cost carrier.

The AirTran flights will be available four times per week. Flights are scheduled Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Departures from Orlando International Airport are set for 11:30 a.m. with arrivals at Key West International Airport at 12:40 p.m. Return flights to Orlando are scheduled to depart Key West at 1:30 p.m. and arrive in Orlando at 2:40 p.m. The airline plans to use 137-passenger Boeing 737-700 aircraft for the route.

As well as nonstop Orlando flights, AirTran will offer direct same-plane service from Atlanta and connections in Orlando and Atlanta to destinations around the AirTran Airways network.

One-way coach fares between Key West and Orlando are to begin at $119 per person plus taxes and fees.

For more information and to book a flight, visit www.airtran.com.

Sterling Resorts Announces Huge Sale on Gulf Coast Beach Vacations

by jessica on Mon, 2009-08-24 00:30


Sterling Beach Resort

Are you looking for a last minute summer getaway? Sterling Resorts just announced a 60% off End of Summer Blowout sale in their luxury beach homes, condominiums and hotels, located along the gulf coast from Panama City Beach to Biloxi.

Sterling Resorts is famous for their Panama City Beach Resorts and Destin Vacation Packages. The End of Summer Blowout sale features many Destin condo deals and Panama City Beach condominium packages perfect for guests looking for a quick trip to the beach or a weekend getaway.

The 60% off discount is valid on select condominiums and homes for stays from now until 8/31/09 with a 3 night minimum. This promotion is not valid with weekly discount, monthly discounts, group reservations, existing reservations and holidays. Call 1-866-976-7922 for full details. Ask for promo code "Summer Sale."

For more information about Sterling Resorts, including its newest property Laketown Wharf, or to make reservations, visit SterlingResorts.com or call 1-866-226-1284.

Great Travel Deal from LA to Sydney, Australia!

by jessica on Tue, 2009-08-18 10:06


V Australia logo

Have you ever wanted to go to Australia? Now may be the time! V Australia just announced a travel deal where you can fly out of Los Angeles, California to Sydney, Australia and spend a long weekend away for as low as $720 per person!

The package includes 3 nights accommodations and roundtrip International Economy airfare departing Los Angeles. Do you want to extend your stay? You can add additional nights from just $66 per person per night. Better hurry though! The rates are based on travel departures between now and December 16, 2009 and must be booked and ticketed by September 30, 2009. Read more

Home Office Home Again: Random Observations After 2 Weeks on the Road


Home Office Highway collage

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

After two weeks on the road, it's the simple observations that bring clarity to the home office adventure. Like…

- Sponsor or no, the Verizon Mifi 'personal hotspot' won the day — hands down. It was a true fan favorite and winner of the HOH'09 Product of Choice. Hey, anything that keeps the hoards from beating me up for my Internet connection is worthy of praise. Teleworkers and road warriors alike will find this tool extremely useful.

- Yes, family, we WILL survive two weeks without a TV. And we did. We talked, played more Yahtzee and Racko than we ever thought possible, and watched burning embers in the fire pit. And yes, we surfed the Web. A lot. Truth be told, we watched a few DVD movies on Zack's HP laptop. But that's NOT TV.Read more

Never Lose Your Luggage Again!

by Justin Hubbell on Sat, 2009-08-08 00:30


ReboundTAG

Last year alone the number of items of luggage misplaced by airlines rose from 30 million to 42 million, an increase of 40%! ReboundTAG, a new UK startup has been working with help from IATA (International Air Transport Association) along with several airport systems developers to come up with a novel solution, by permanently attaching a microchip to a person's luggage.

There is also a barcode and number printed on the Microchip Bag Tag to insure that they function in airports where there are no microchip readers; when the luggage is found the owner receives an email and an SMS (text) to their mobile phone immediately.

The Microchip Bag Tags are made using a patented military grade encapsulation so that they are as close as possible to being indestructible, and can be used as often as desired anywhere in the world. The tags do not contain the customer's details at all, but have a unique ID corresponding to a private database. The Microchip Bag Tag also includes a second microchip that allows the most modern airports to encode your flight data onto the tag whenever you fly.Read more

Do You Have $1 Million to Spare?


Hard Rock Hotel San Diego

If so, you could buy the Hard Rock San Diego for a night this coming holiday season. You and all your friends could completely take over the hotels 420 guestrooms, get pampered at Rock Spa, have a private dinner at Nobu San Diego and close out the night with a rooftop party at Float Lounge. Hard Rock Hotel San Diego will in turn donate $100,000 to the charity of your choice.

The all-inclusive "It's a Hard Rock Life" package also includes round-trip private jet transport for 10 VIPs from a select destination in the United States to San Diego. When you land, limousine transportation will bring the group to the hotel, where the fun will begin!Read more

Ten Must-Pack Home Office RV Tools and Accessories


Must-Pack Home Office Tools

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

To paraphrase the once-almost-ubiquitous line from a popular credit-card commercial, 'What's in your backpack'?'

Whether a family cruise or a two-week road trip, I make sure to pack my backpack with all the essentials needed to create a home office from the road. And with every trip, I find something new to stash in my travel case. I'm sure road warriors and teleworkers go through the same exercise.Read more

Leap of Faith or Trust in The Cloud?


Cloud Computing

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

Call it a leap of faith.

Every time my family travels on Home Office Highway, I load up a flash drive with documents, files and notes for stories and columns in progress.

This year, except for a flash-drive built into a card reader for my camera, I brought no portable drive.

All my documents, files and notes were / are stored in the Cloud. Notes for my columns, interviews for pending stories, even all the notes related to our destinations, RV parks and other trip details were stored either to Google Notes, Gmail or Google Docs.Read more

Keeping the Mobile Office and Home Officer Online and Un-Harassed From the Road


Verizon MiFi in hand

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

More on the MiFi...

It's every home office, telework and road warrior's lament. At least those with kids (and a wife in search of 'net-time): How to get online, without attracting attention from the little scoundrels, who'll then want the Internet-connected laptop for their own.

Of course, RV parks across America promise "Free Wifi." Good luck finding a network that works...

Here's one review of the MiFi personal hotspot. Specifically, Daniel Terdiman said of mobile hot spot, it "converts the carrier's EV-DO signal into a Wi-Fi connection that up to five people can share. I had already used the MiFi to provide a signal for the iPod Touch at the very beginning of the trip so that, while sitting on a boarding airplane, I could download a large file from iTunes...Now, I realized that by turning the MiFi on and sticking it in my back pocket, I could become, in essence, a walking hot spot, allowing me to get online on the iPod Touch, no matter where I was. That meant that I could use the Skype app to make a phone call, run several other apps for one reason or another, and look up good places to eat using the device's browser..."

My two cents: This device has made working remotely seamless and breezy.Read more

Eco-Conscious Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte Now Accepting Reservations


Ritz-Carlton Charlotte

The eco-conscious Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte will begin accepting reservations today (July 24th) for stays beginning October 1, 2009. With construction and operations designed to attain LEED Gold certification, the contemporary hotel features 146 technologically-advanced guest rooms, a 13,000 square-foot penthouse Wellness Center with Aqua Lounge and saline-treated swimming pool, street-side BLT Steak restaurant, and more than 12,000 square-feet of meeting and conference space.Read more

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