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Reflections of TBEX 2012: Keystone Took My Breath Away
I’ve had a few days to reflect on my Travel Blog Exchange 2012 experience in Keystone, Colo. Not only was the professionalism bar raised over last year’s TBEX but so were bars for conference content and functions. Importantly, the conference site location rocked. Almost literally. Sitting at more than 9,000 feet above sea level, we […]
Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Travel Matters!
Happy National Travel & Tourism Week! As I’ve mentioned in a post last month, May 5 – 13, 2012, is the day to celebrate the power of travel.
Continue ReadingSo, You Want Work in Yellowstone National Park? Here’s What to Expect
Thousands of seasonal workers spend the summer employed in Yellowstone National Park and can anticipate everything from answering “odd” questions to feeling geysers rumble and sitting in a bear jam to counting twinkling stars in a pitch black sky. I was once one of those employees and if you’re interested in working in America’s first […]
Continue ReadingT is for Travel and Tourism Week, May 5 – 13, 2012
Ready to do something fun? May 5 – 13, 2012, is National Travel and Tourism Week and the perfect opportunity to get out and be a tourist in your own town. Established in 1984 and presented by the U.S. Travel Association, National Travel and Tourism Week celebrates and educates the public on the economic and […]
Continue ReadingScrape Hotel Soap at Clean the World and Save Lives during an Orlando Vacation
“I feel like I’m peeling potatoes,” I said to the Clean the World worker while using a dinner knife to scrape the outer layer off a used bar of hotel soap. She smiled and handed me a vegetable peeler. During a recent business trip to Orlando, Fla., I planned my itinerary to arrive a few […]
Continue ReadingWomen’s Outdoor Weekend Scheduled for March 16 – 18, 2012, Near Fort Myers, Florida
If you’ve always wanted to give camping, kayaking, and maybe fishing a try, then consider attending the Women’s Outdoor Weekend at Caloosahatchee Regional Park March 16 – 18, 2012, near Fort Myers, Florida. Local outdoors-women will be helping out and showing ladies a variety of outdoor activities including a hayride, wood burning, archery, camp cooking, […]
Continue ReadingFree Museum Admissions on Sept. 24, 2011, for Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Free is good for every traveler’s budget. Now in its seventh year, Smithsonian magazine is working with museum partners across the United States to offer free admission during Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day on Sept. 24, 2011. Last year I took advantage of free admission into the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art and this […]
Continue ReadingLecturing as Part of Edison State College’s Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall 2011
I’m so excited to announce I’ll be lecturing on travel to participants of Edison State College’s Lifelong Learning Institute on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, between 1 and 3 p.m. at the Charlotte Campus in Punta Gorda, Fla. Details will be posted on the Institute’s website in August including the full course schedule and pricing. (I’m […]
Continue ReadingShould I Be Concerned Someone with My Name Now Has My Hotel and Airline Frequent Traveler Numbers?
“There are 17 of you,” the general manager of a Hilton Garden Inn said in the message he left on my voicemail. He was referring to the quantity of Hilton HHonors members with the name “Jennifer Huber.” About two weeks ago, I received an email from a specific Hilton Garden Inn in North Carolina thanking […]
Continue ReadingDay in the Life: Kayaking to Dignitaries
When my day job and blogging habit collide, the result can be a wild and wooly day, such as Wednesday. It wasn’t a bad day, just fast-paced, like any other day this time of year. So what’s a day in the life of Solo Travel Girl? Nothing typical and can’t say no two days are […]
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