TGIF Friday Newsletter Vol 22
Travel, Good Stories, Issues & Fun Stuff
TRAVEL GOOD STORIES ISSUES FUN STUFF
This is the twenty-second TGIF Friday Newsletter, humbly brought to you by Marinarena Creations! Sit back, relax with your preferred refreshment and check out news and stories I have been reading lately plus some miscellany fun thrown into the mix.
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CURATED TRAVEL STORIES
Get a lowdown on all things travel. Recent news bits, tips, travel deals, cultural trends,
BOOKING.COM
Plan your Major League Baseball ALL STAR trip
today via my BOOKING.COM link
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BOOK BABY QUIP
For families with small kids who love to travel…
use my Baby Quip link for equipment rentals to help ease vacay on-the-go
Baby and the Beach
Beach towns to explore for families, according to BQ ARTICLE
TRAVEL, AND THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Check out “Travel” features on EVIE
Evie on Substack
GOOD STORIES
As it turns out, not all is crazy upside down in the world. Lots of stories are out there that focus on the good. I’ve narrowed down a few for you.
GROWN MEN GET SOME LOVE
Dads, especially, getting recognized, praised and doted on ARTICLE
HONDURAS, PRESERVED
How fishermen are helping to preserve the landscape ARTICLE
ISSUES
A topic of interest with a tie-in to travel.
Current Flight Travel Concerns
Frommers is quote diligent when it comes to offering advice on up-to-date isssues with flight travel, including fare hikes, reduced quality of service, flight and airline cancellations and other displeasures.
2 recent articles have seized the attention of those frustrated with the “status-woe” of the airline industry, one of the “Big 3” U.S airlines and the other about the recent Silver Airlines cancellation and how this may eliminate low-cost airline growth (ARTICLE)
also…
Dreaded AI rears its ugly head again!
How AI is being used for, ugh, surge pricing for flights, as well as hotel rates. Boo! ARTICLE
FUN STUFF
On the lighter side of things…
In Travel with Identifaction News….
Costco cards do NOT count as Real IDs, silly Yankees! ARTICLE
Don’t Mess with Nature
Happy Summer! Play some summer classics now!
Rest in Peace, Sly Stone
Starts off…
“ I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass
I lay there in the sun
And felt it caressing my face
As I fell asleep and dreamed”
Rest in Peace, Brian Wilson
