TRO Travelgram - Thursday, July 16

Destinations
The great gilded getaway
From beachfront luxury resorts to 30-cent abra water-taxi rides, indoor ski hills to desert safaris, Dubai offers something for everyone — and if what you are looking for doesn't exist, give it a few years. It will be built ... National Post

Driving Maui's Wild Highway
Tracing the island's edge on winding Highway 30—the Maui Loop—Andrew McCarthy finds history lurking at every turn... Travel and Leisure

Boston (Both Ways)
There are two versions of every big city: the one people call home, and the one tourists visit. A longtime Bostonian searches for common ground... Budget Travel Online

Tours and Activities
Fairway to heaven: the greatest holes in golf
As the 138th Open Championship gets underway at Turnberry, Charles Starmer-Smith picks his favourite golfing spots around the world... Telegraph (London)

Win-win: A volunteer vacation on a budget
You could pay a lot of money for the privilege of donating your labor to a worthy cause somewhere around the world on a volunteer vacation. But you don't have to... Seattle Times

North America's Most Bike-Friendly Cities
Where pedals get the medals... Forbes Traveler

Sampling Sazeracs in New Orleans
The five-day cocktail convention that invades New Orleans's French Quarter every July is a way for the country's mixologists to connect, learn, unwind and, of course, drink... New York Times

Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line: Lose your job, we'll refund your money
The world's biggest cruise line is following in the footsteps of rival NCL in adding a "job loss insurance" clause to its in-house insurance plan... USA Today

Grieving dad on verge of 'David-and-Goliath' victory over cruise industry
A Phoenix man whose daughter vanished from an Alaskan cruise in 2004 is on the brink of a long-awaited triumph after he helped push the multibillion-dollar cruise industry to accept new safety regulations... USA Today

Transportation
Friendly Skies? Not for Pet Owners
Airlines may be raising the price of in-flight food and checked luggage, but pet owners say the fees for flying with their furry friends are getting out of control ... [Back to Press Releases Main]