Viewing by month: October 2008
Thanksgiving in New Orleans -- without leaving home.
We like traveling at Thanksgiving. And as much as we love turkey dinner like mom used to make, we've had some nontraditional dinners that made us rethink the whole thing.
Last year, we went to Seaside, Florida, which is close enough to New Orleans to have fantastic Cajun food. This year, we don't want to get on a plane, but we still want a New Orleans food fix.
Enter cajunturkeyco.com, who sells a 10 -12 pound Cajun turkey for $52.50, plus shipping.
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Lufthansa one-day sale.
If you’re feeling good about your finances, there are some deals out there for spontaneous travelers.
Lufthansa is having a one-day sale on October 22, 2008. Details are unavailable, but the last one-day sale, which took place on October 1, 2008, offered fares as low as $257 each way for winter/spring travel from the U.S. to Europe
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Roundtrip from LAX to Sydney for as low as $760.
The Airbus A380 represents the biggest aviation advance in decades. The biggest, most technologically sophisticated plane in the air, the A380 offers unprecedented comfort and amenities including live Internet access in every class of service.
Because it burns 17% less fuel per seat than other aircraft, it's ideal for long-haul flights. And Qantas begins their North America schedule this week -- the first Qantas A380 arrives from Melbourne at LAX tomorrow.
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