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Destinations – Getting Sudsy in Oakland and Berkeley
A few days ago while riding Amtrak from Sacramento to Oakland I overheard a group of business colleagues talking about where to get a good beer in San Francisco. I butted in and offered them some easy to get to … Continue reading
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Rail Another Tehachapis detour for the Coast Starlight!
This just in! Amtraks Coast Starlight is going to detour once again via the Tehachapi Mountains and the San Joaquin Valley due to trackwork near Santa Barbara. The days the trains will detour are 25/26/27 January on northbound train 14, … Continue reading
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Car Rental – Using a rental car as your airport shuttle
Maybe the next time you need a lift to an airport you should rent a car instead of taking a shuttle. I am a believer in using the Chico airport as much as possible and one of my fondest … Continue reading
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Car rental Is car sharing headed for the Big Time?
Hertz, the worlds largest car rental firm announced on 16 December 2008 that it is entering the car sharing market with its new Connect by Hertz division. The first cities served by Connect by Hertz are New York, London and … Continue reading
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Running Mission 10 in San Juan Bautista, 24 January 2009
Im going to plug one of my favorite races and no, I dont get a complimentary entry due to the widespread exposure that only Planes, Trains & Automobiles can provide. Ha! In fact, Im not going to be able to … Continue reading
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Airlines America by Air at the Smithsonian
In case you havent noticed, I like transportation. Especially trains and planes. When I was in D.C. in February 2007 I toured the Smithsonians Air & Space Museum for the first time, and marveled at the great exhibits about the … Continue reading
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Car Rental Step right up for your Hertz free car rental!
I saw an advertisement in the front section of todays San Francisco Chronicle for a remarkable deal from Hertz. The car rental company is offering a free weekend day through the end of March. This is not a buy one … Continue reading
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Airlines To reconfirm or not to reconfirm
If you want this to be the quickest blog read ever then just take the following message to heart and go on to something else: Always reconfirm airline reservations! Would you care to know why you should? Then you have … Continue reading
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Airlines – PlaneBuzz
Google Reader (which I love and posted about recently) has an Amazon-like feature that suggests other blogs one might be interested in based on those to which the reader already subscribes. Thats how I heard about PlaneBuzz. PlaneBuzz is a … Continue reading
Airlines Southwest news; Airfarewatchdog charts for baggage and other fees
There have been some interesting developments recently with Southwest Airlines. Southwest to New York LaGuardia Some readers may recall that Southwest had a codeshare arrangement with the now defunct ATA (American Trans Air). This tie-up allowed Southwest to market travel … Continue reading
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