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Archive for the ‘Travel & Tourism’ Category

May 14th, 2008

Win A Trip to Australia Zoo for Bindi Irwin’s Birthday

One of the places I dream of going one of these days is Australia. For some reason I’ve always loved what I knew about the continent. I was also a big fan of Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, and here’s a chance to win a free trip to his home zoo down under.
Do you […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2008

Mobile Edge for the Mobile Professional

When I bought my wife her laptop I wanted to make sure she had a good bag to go with it. I wanted a bag that gave her plenty of room for cords and accessories, while remaining stylish as well.
It’s too bad at that point I hadn’t heard of Mobile Edge.
They have bags and […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 6th, 2008

My New Favorite iGoogle Theme

Google has added quite a few new themes to their options for their personalized iGoogle homepage. Including a number of great looking ones from some famous artists.
My favorite though is this new sunlight earth calendar. I just like the idea of seeing how the available sunlight changes depending on the time locally and what […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 25th, 2008

Public Service Announcement: Men Stay Away from the Congo

This is just a quick little PSA to all of my readers out there that are male and may have been thinking about traveling to the continent of Africa, specifically Congo.
This is all I can really share without tipping my hat:
If you were brave enough to click the link above, you have undoubtedly crossed Congo […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2008

Winning A Disney Vacation

The goal for this year is to take my family back to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. We went there for our first time the year before last and had an absolute great experience. The benefit of our first trip is that it was a Christmas gift from my in-laws and free makes everything […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 8th, 2008

Disney Dreams Come True Sweepstakes

 
I probably shouldn’t be sharing this with you since it just reduces my own chance of winning.
That wouldn’t be quite fair though so here it is. Disney has a sweepstakes going on right now where you can win one of five magical Disney vacations in their new Disneyland Dream Suite.
Click on the link below […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

January 31st, 2008

Evolution of Security - New TSA Blog

 
After spending seven years in the travel industry I built up a pretty good list of gripes and annoyances with the procedure of booking travel, selling travel and actually traveling.
The Transportation Safety Administration has launched a blog where they want travelers to share their opinions and suggestions for travel.
From their website:
There is no […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 27th, 2008

Go on a Crazy Blind Date

Bored? Lonely? Looking for some fun.
Maybe you need to go on a Crazy Blind Date.
Crazy Blind Date is a place where you can coordinate a date on extremely short notice. Online dating sites are cool, but sometimes you just want to go out immediately, with reckless abandon. We understand it’s not for everyone, but […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 26th, 2008

Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition

Currently I’m playing Scrabulous on Facebook, but I’m also a huge Monopoly fan. That is unless I’m playing with my wife and her sisters, because they gang up and cheat. You know how it is, they don’t charge each other rent and make outrageous deals on trading properties.
Awhile back I played a version of […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

January 15th, 2008

Really Fun Travel IQ Game on Travelpod

A friend sent me this really fun game that tests your travel IQ. Considering I spent almost a decade in the travel industry I should do very well at this.
The game not only checks to see if you know what state various cities are located, it also gives you points on how close […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

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