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Air New Zealand’s naughty puppet corrupting kids

10/20/10

Last week Air New Zealand came out with two very funny, but sort of naughty, videos featuring a fuzzy brown puppet name Rico. Here’s the link to those earlier videos. Now there’s a third: a nursery rhyme gone very wrong Rico is on his way to the U.S. for a visit and I think I’ll […]

Feeling spacey?

10/18/10

If you’re a wee bit crafty, then NASA and Etsy, the online marketplace for handmade arts and crafts, want to hear from you. The two groups are hosting a “Space Craft,” contest seeking original handmade items or works of art inspired by NASA and NASA’s programs, such as the Space Shuttle Program, aeronautics, science and […]

Read a book, get miles. Or win a trip to Disney World

10/16/10

Remember reading? RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) and US Airways are working together on the third annual “Fly with US. Read with Kids” program and there are just a few weeks left to help them reach their goal of getting people to read to kids for 10 million minutes. Getting involved is easy: find a book […]

Tidbits for travelers: contests, diaper cream and commercials

10/15/10

Yesterday, I posted a version of my current USAToday.com column about some new airport amenities you might be seeing at an airport near you. Things like short-stay sleep/work rooms, cigar lounges and machines that dispense sports apparel. Here’s one more amenity to add to the list: a Nanny Caddy. These are vending machines filled with […]

Two new, slightly naughty, Air New Zealand videos

10/10/10

These new Air New Zealand videos are hysterical, adorable and a wee bit naughty…

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Really big things you can’t – and shouldn’t – miss!

10/07/10

(Courtesy Linda Clover) The World’s Largest Ball of Twine. (Cawker City, Kansas) The World’s Largest Catsup Bottle. (Collinsville, Illinois) And the World’s Largest Penny. (Woodruff, Wisconsin) Who can resist making a detour to see this stuff? Not me. And you shouldn’t either. Especially when 14 (possibly 15th by now…) of some of the biggest “can’t […]

Flying phone calls, free B&B stay, and free ice-skating

10/06/10

This is a truly great endeavor by some inns and B&Bs across the country. On November 10th, in observance of Veterans Day (November 11th), more than 300 B&Bs and Inns in more than 40 states around the country will be offering a free night’s stay to active and retired U.S. military members. Here’s the list […]

Las Vegas Airport contest; Phoenix Airport thank-you

10/02/10

Here’s another reason to pay attention to airports: you could win a free trip. Or at least some free popcorn Oakland International Airport just announced the winning photos in its What You Do With The Extra Hour Is Up To You photo contest. Three winners won vacations just for sending in photos depicting how they’d […]

Changi Airport offers free rides on the super slide

10/01/10

October 1st is Children’s Day in Singapore and to celebrate Changi Airport is offering everyone – kids and adults – free rides on the world’s tallest slide in an airport. Rides on the one-and-a-half story preview, or kiddie, slide are always free. But tokens for rides on the four-story Slide @T3 usually require a receipt […]

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