Find where to stay with Fido and Fluffy
Pets can make absolutely wonderful travel companions. The process of finding pet-friendly accommodations, however, can be a less-than-wonderful experience. Fortunately there are several websites that specialize in helping your little Rover or Fluffy enjoy your vacation along with you. Reviews of our favorites:
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Informal friendliness meets cool architecture in Chicago
At most of the world's wine bars there's a direct correlation between the quality of the decor, the quality of the wine and the snootiness of the clientele. At Chicago's Avec Restaurant & Wine Bar high design and highly delicious wine have been refreshingly paired with a friendly, ...
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Why Maui Jim sunglasses are worth it
We are surprised how often we meet people heading off on a nice, reasonably expensive holiday with cheap sunglasses. Their logic goes something like this: I'm afraid of something happening to my sunglasses, and I might loose them, and since all sunglasses are basically the same I'll just ...
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Between Oxford and London, between trashy and luxurious
Sometimes it's a fine line separating gaudy from opulent, and trashy from romantic. Straddling those lines is the Crazy Bear Hotel in Old Beaconsfield, England
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Jackets (or bear skins) required
At almost any bar in the world you can get a drink with ice. At a few you can get a drink in ice. While sitting on seats made of ice. At a table made of ice. Surrounded by walls made of ice. The concept of the ice bar ...
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Airfare, hotel rooms, cruise tickets and all-inclusive vacations at a discount
Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of posts Spot Cool Stuff is launching on cool travel deals. Awesome airfare discounts, spectacular cruise sales, reduced resort rates, guidebook bargains, high-value all-inclusive vacations—we keep an eye out for current deals on them all, aggregating the best into a ...
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