Taking Your Camera on the Road

The following is the press release and announcement of my newest book, Blogging Tips.

Fodors offers "8 Ways Travelers Waste Money on the Road", which offers some good basic tips:

Not reading the fine print on the credit card for foreign transaction fees.
Avoiding hotel websites - online prices can be cheaper.
Travel only during high seasons - off season can save you money.
Renting cars - use your feet, trains, buses, and [...]

According to the International News Tribune, the health chief of the EU recommends a smoking ban for the European Union countries.
The European Union's health chief urged all countries in the bloc Tuesday to prohibit smoking in public places, following bans in Ireland, Italy and Sweden.
Banning smoking in places like bars, restaurants and the workplace is [...]

BBC News reports an air tax increase for all flights from the UK.
Laws doubling the amount of passenger duty people pay when taking flights from the UK have come into force.
The increase was announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown last December. He said airlines should pay more for damaging the environment.
Hundreds of thousands of people have [...]

Here's an interesting tidbit few people know about Lorelle. She creates great snow sculptures.
Indeed, I do. I have a long history of creating fun snow sculptures.
When I was young, my mother would travel every November around her birthday to a warmer climate. She'd head for Hawaii, Mexico, Arizona, anywhere but the cold Pacific Northwest. As [...]

Your next vacation destination? Why not choose space as your next destination?
Not just "get some space" but really get into space with the space tourism program with Virgin Group:
The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Richard Branson's Virgin Group of London and Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., plans to begin test flights of [...]

Is your trailer worth a million dollars? What about your motor home? How would you like your trailer to be worth a million dollars?
According to a CNN report (print version), residents of a trailer park in Florida are preparing to sell their trailers and trailer lots to a developer for more than a million dollars [...]