March is Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month which is a concern for many travelers and as you may remember the condition that took the life of NBC TV correspondent David Bloom life while he was covering the war in Iraq This year the Coalition to Prevent DVT has created an educational program focusing on preventative care through simple movements that can be done anywhere and anytime mobility is restricted As part of DVT Awareness In Motion David Bloom’s widow Melanie Bloom has partnering with Mary Ann Wilson R N founder and host of the PBS broadcast “Sit and Be Fit ” on an educational video that features movement (more…)

The 22 year old son of actress Cybill Shepherd has been arrested for allegedly stealing from fellow passengers on a recent flight

Two brothers contemplated this website idea back in December 2008 while waiting at their departure gate in Phnom Penh Cambodia Several pages of scribbled notes were drawn up on the mind to an ongoing problem and possible answer that travelers namely themselves faced in their various global travel pursuits GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS Sure one can hold their plane ticket hotel room car rental and even attractions online but something very important was wrong in the new age of travel e convenience Simply put how does one get from the airport to their desired destination and where does one get all of these ground transpor (more…)

A while back we discussed some neat iPhone apps for the gay traveler But there are hundreds of useful apps for just about ALL nbsp travelers Here are some more of my favorites Traveling by car maybe this holiday season You might want nbsp Trapster Get alerts you as you approach police speed traps What a concept Since you are driving by car you may also want CHEAP nbsp GAS nbsp Find the cheapest gasoline nearest to where you are then map a route to where the cheap gas is Maybe you are flying and woke up late That s a nightmare to be in nbsp NEXT nbsp FLIGHT 2 99 nbsp Next Flight tracks scheduled departures from more than (more…)

Are your traveling companions soap opera divas or members of The Joint Chiefs of Staff Is preparing for your vacation like baking an old family recipe or reading directions for a computer program You will wonder no longer when our guest blogger Sheila Glazov offers you tips from her latest book What Color Is Your Brain A Fun and Fascinating Approach to Understanding Yourself and Others Sheila acirc 8364 8482 s book and personality profile simplifies the complex nature of your character traits and talents and explains why your perspectives differ from the viewpoints of others Understanding the people you are related to o (more…)

I only got an iPhone about a twelvemonth ago and let never traveled out of the nation with it till last month when I went to London Prague and France I am thinking this will be cool nbsp to try all these great apps for gay travel text some friends back home and send them some photos and watch my email from my phone instead of waiting to use the one PC in the hotel lobby How cool NOT Common sense told me that international roaming rates would be outrageous so I just made any calls Only 2 To my father and nbsp my nbsp mother nbsp in law nbsp Roughly nbsp 2 30 nbsp per minute A nbsp 15 minute call nbsp was nbsp 35 Ouch I s (more…)

13 Glitzy Gutsy Comedian Pam Ann Aims to Make Skies Less Friendly More Trendy with Eleven City USA Tour Following the immense success of her sold out European and Canadian tours earlier this year A List hostess to the stars Pam Ann announced she will touch down for her first USA tour in 5 years The glamorous Pucci clad comedian will launch her American tour in Boston on October 10th with stops in Chicago Denver Los Angeles San Francisco Dallas Houston Miami Atlanta and DC dates below The final performance will have place October 28th in New York City at the celebrated Hammerstein Ballroom I am coming to the USA to bring (more…)

A gay Toronto couple was detained for 28 days in Dubai for carrying the prescription arthritis drug Celebrex which is prohibited in the United Arab Emirates UAE Rocky Sharma and Stephen Macleod who have been together for 10 years were stopped upon arrival in Dubai on Aug 2 where they planned to pass the day before reverting to Toronto from a vacation in India Macleod had a bottle of the prescription arthritis medication Celebrex in his suitcase They were told Celebrex is a controlled substance in UAE and even though they did not present themselves to border officials as a couple both partners were detained acirc 8364 33 (more…)