Category: Holiday Travel
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Mardi Gras and New Orleans
What you see concerning Mardi Gras on TV every year is the tip of the Carnival iceberg. And if you’re up for a wild party, mostly traveling through equally raucous crowds along Bourbon Street, there you are! But Carnival and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is so much more, a slice of Americana steeped in…
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Travel Tips and Activity Ideas for Thanksgiving
Let’s admit it: American Thanksgiving has changed drastically from a hallowed day of giving thanks and celebrating the pilgrims’ discovery of North America, to a commercialized occasion for eating egregiously and flailing over football. However, one thing that has not changed about Thanksgiving, held on the fourth Thursday of November, is the tradition of Americans…