The Super Bowl and Mardi Gras will make New Orleans a major travel hotspot this year. Photo: Medioimages/Photodisc
By Jeanenne Tornatore, Orbitz.com senior editor
What will be trending this year as the hottest destinations and best bets for deals? We’ve just released our 2013 forecast of all things travel and here’s the inside scoop: (more…)
Here he comes, Miss'd America, that other marquee event in Atlantic City -- this one with drag queens.
By Erin Behan
There’s the Miss American Pageant and then there’s the Miss’d America Pageant. Amazing what a difference one letter makes — and in this context, one chromosome. The Miss’d Pageant, at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 at 8 p.m. (tickets), is a spoof on the original, with drag queens in all their glittery glory competing for the crown, cash and prizes. (more…)
From childhood game to real-life kitsch: The Monopoly game on A.C.'s Boardwalk. Credit: Dougtone.
By Erin Behan
Yes there is more to Atlantic City than gambling (although with 11 casinos, there’s plenty of that, too), but once the cooler weather sets in you’ll have to skip sunning on the beach. On your fall or winter Atlantic City vacation, you might set your sights on something more pedestrian — a walkable Monopoly board, sitting in front of Bally’s Atlantic City. It’ll put life-long Monopoly gamers in the mood to wager. (more…)
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