Tuesday, January 1, 2013

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Travel clichés we vow to avoid in 2013 (but probably won’t)

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:43 AM PST

Hotels will no longer be perched. We'll eat, not dine. We'll enjoy, not luxuriate. Or so we say
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A recent Wall Street Journal article belittling clichés the Style & Substance blog staff hopes to avoid in 2013 -- throw under the bus, fiscal cliff and iconic were three terms called out for opprobrium -- got us thinking about our own overuse of travel jargon.

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New York sees record number of tourists in 2012

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:01 PM PST

It's not your imagination -- it really is getting tougher to find a cab in "the world's greatest city"
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Don't hold your breath waiting for hotel rooms to get affordable in New York City.

With Gotham welcoming a record 52 million visitors in 2012 (a 2.1 percent increase over 2011) the city solidified its standing as the United States' premiere city destination.

And the out-of-towners are spending.

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52 weeks, 52 things to do in 2013

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:02 AM PST

Damn we're organized. Print this out, stick it to the fridge, fill your year with fun and cheer
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Another year gone, another year in which you missed out on 95 percent of the cool things happening around the world.

No more excuses.

This list sets up your 2013 how it should be -- planned to the hilt with amazing, riotous, joyful, Facebookable things to do and photograph in as many countries as possible.

Now stop reading. Start planning.

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