JetBlue’s New Service: Fort Lauderdale to San Jose, Costa Rica with flights for $129

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JetBlue Airways announced today plans to add daily nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, beginning on  June 27, 2013. Flights are available for purchase today at www.jetblue.com/new for as low as $129 one way. Sale dates are for travel between June 27 and August [...]

Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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 A flavor of the South Pacific in south Florida When my sister suggested we take my dad to the Mai-Kai for his birthday dinner in Fort Lauderdale I asked why so far away. She said, “don’t you remember mom and dad took us there when we were kids?” I was too young so I didn’t [...]

JetBlue: Fort Lauderdale to Bogota for $99 (one-way)

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JetBlue Airways is connecting South Florida with Bogota, Colombia’s renowned capital, with a new daily nonstop flight between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport starting on May 7, 2012. To celebrate, the airline has launched a special $99 one-way fare. “We’ve been flying to Colombia for more than three years and [...]

Bahamas to FL-NY/CT-Chicago-L.A.

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Greetings! Last week we left off from the Bahamas, and if you are following me on Twitter, then you know that from there I traveled all around the U.S. Highlights included attending my brother’s surprise birthday party in Connecticut and the grand opening of an amazing new luxurious hotel in Chicago. We also have my [...]

Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne

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A couple of days later I flew five hours from LAX to Miami on American Airlines. I chose American’s 9:30 a.m. flight since it was on a 767 and all those planes are outfitted with Wi-Fi (on domestic flights). When we landed my seatmate said to me, “You worked the whole flight,” and I said, [...]

Hyatt Regency Bonaventure

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By Hannah L. Uram: I catch my first glimpse of the hotel as the limo pulls into the parking lot. It’s not as big as I had thought it would be, something that I later appreciate. Clebert, my driver, opens my door and retrieves my luggage before saying goodbye with a big smile. I grab [...]

Twitter Cruise In The Bahamas

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A few weeks ago I was invited to partake in the first-ever Twitter-only press trip. It was hosted by Princess Cruises and they invited ten fairly popular travel tweeters (@Galavanting,@Cajun_Mama, @CruiseCritic, @EveryWhereTrip, @ARoadRetraveled, @NancyDBrown, @ExpertCruiser, @BrilliantTips, @Trazzler) and their guests. I signed up not only because I’m all about the Internet and wanting to be [...]

Fort Lauderdale To L.A. on Virgin America

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On Sunday, I flew one of Virgin America’s (VX) newest routes; Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Los Angeles (LAX). I’ve flown Virgin America before, but only on a short hop from LAX to Seattle (SEA) so I didn’t really get to experience what it’s really like. Well, here’s my play by play. CHECK-IN: Check-in at the FLL [...]