Traveling Coachtag:blog.mlive.com,2016:/traveling_coach/12882010-03-10T21:16:08ZTop Travel News, Tips and DealsMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceLife as a lighthouse keeper at St. Helenatag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.32211852009-07-13T01:19:38Z2009-07-13T13:59:02ZKim SchneiderMary Ann Moore, vice president of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association and St. Helena's full-time summer keeper, greets our ferry before helping load volunteers into her zodiac for the trip to shore. Travel writing is a lot like...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Kim SchneiderMary Ann Moore, vice president of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association and St. Helena's full-time summer keeper, greets our ferry before helping load volunteers into her zodiac for the trip to shore. Travel writing is a lot like...
Twitterplaining your way to better travel issue resolutionstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.31722772009-07-06T16:29:42Z2009-07-07T17:33:01ZTired of getting put on hold by customer service or dealing with an endless phone system maze? Some travelers are finding instant resolution with Twitter, according to this New York Times piece. It's the virtual equivalent, the piece says, to...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Tired of getting put on hold by customer service or dealing with an endless phone system maze? Some travelers are finding instant resolution with Twitter, according to this New York Times piece. It's the virtual equivalent, the piece says, to...
In Grand Rapids, key to the city is now an iPodtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.31712902009-07-06T14:03:33Z2009-07-07T17:18:54ZKim SchneiderJW Marriott: one place to cozy up with the free iPod. Presents just for staying a couple of nights within a given city or county is the newest trend in travel deals. And I like it! I've already collected...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Kim SchneiderJW Marriott: one place to cozy up with the free iPod. Presents just for staying a couple of nights within a given city or county is the newest trend in travel deals. And I like it! I've already collected...
Live a photogs dream - a National Geographic cover phototag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.31235402009-06-29T15:42:21Z2009-06-29T15:49:15ZHere's one for the portfolio: a cover shot in National Geographic. Anybody can select and upload a favorite photo on the National Geographic website as a personalized cover for the magazine's "Your Shot" collector's edition ($19.99), featuring the best of...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Here's one for the portfolio: a cover shot in National Geographic. Anybody can select and upload a favorite photo on the National Geographic website as a personalized cover for the magazine's "Your Shot" collector's edition ($19.99), featuring the best of...
Joining the fun at Milwaukee's Summerfesttag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.31196292009-06-29T15:35:16Z2009-06-29T15:32:04Zprovided photo I have no idea what to expect at Summerfest, except for the 700-plus bands I probably won't be able to see in my one night at what the Guinness Book of World Records deems the world's largest music...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
provided photo I have no idea what to expect at Summerfest, except for the 700-plus bands I probably won't be able to see in my one night at what the Guinness Book of World Records deems the world's largest music...
Family vacation's on sale at Crystal Mountain - until 8 p.m.tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.31063112009-06-26T16:59:33Z2009-06-26T18:14:13Z Spontaneous travelers can save $50 off the price of a hotel room (and get it for $99/night), or $100 off a 2-bedroom condo (now $119), if they book a room at Crystal Mountain before 8 p.m. tonight for a...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Spontaneous travelers can save $50 off the price of a hotel room (and get it for $99/night), or $100 off a 2-bedroom condo (now $119), if they book a room at Crystal Mountain before 8 p.m. tonight for a...
Traverse City Film Festival announces part of 2009 festival lineuptag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30488332009-06-19T14:35:08Z2009-06-19T15:42:14Z Look for a new "kids festival" and a new film school at this year's Traverse City Film Festival. The festival today announced part of its lineup for the festival running July 28-Aug. 2, founded by filmmaker Michael Moore....Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Look for a new "kids festival" and a new film school at this year's Traverse City Film Festival. The festival today announced part of its lineup for the festival running July 28-Aug. 2, founded by filmmaker Michael Moore....
Silver Lake dunes area makes best beach towns listtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30405892009-06-18T16:21:58Z2009-06-18T16:32:53Z The best beach towns have more than great sand and surf, as anyone who's gone to the Silver Lakes dunes area can attest. The West Michigan stretch notable for its free-wheeling (and comedic) dune buggy rides, old-fashioned malt shops...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
The best beach towns have more than great sand and surf, as anyone who's gone to the Silver Lakes dunes area can attest. The West Michigan stretch notable for its free-wheeling (and comedic) dune buggy rides, old-fashioned malt shops...
Weekend getaway: McGuire's father's day "gift"tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30341962009-06-17T20:59:41Z2009-06-17T21:07:12Zprovided photo Spruce course You and Dad can spend the weekend (2 nights) at McGuire's Resort in Cadillac. And you'll look like a big spender when you pick up the tab for lodging, dinner, two breakfasts, two days of golf,...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
provided photo Spruce course You and Dad can spend the weekend (2 nights) at McGuire's Resort in Cadillac. And you'll look like a big spender when you pick up the tab for lodging, dinner, two breakfasts, two days of golf,...
This journey's a (1,000 mile) walk on the beachtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30326522009-06-17T18:42:36Z2009-06-18T12:07:00Zprovided photoLoreen Niewenhuis You learn a lot on a beach walk, especially when it's 1,000 miles long - around pretty much the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan. At least that's what Loreen Niewenhuis is finding as she walks the shoreline...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
provided photoLoreen Niewenhuis You learn a lot on a beach walk, especially when it's 1,000 miles long - around pretty much the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan. At least that's what Loreen Niewenhuis is finding as she walks the shoreline...
Twitter for travel dealstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30303182009-06-17T14:27:35Z2010-03-10T21:16:08ZTwittering for travel deals wasn't on my radar much, until this week. A random email told me I'd won two tickets ($50 value) for Friday night's Divas Uncorked wine and food event on the Old Mission Peninsula. That was all...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Twittering for travel deals wasn't on my radar much, until this week. A random email told me I'd won two tickets ($50 value) for Friday night's Divas Uncorked wine and food event on the Old Mission Peninsula. That was all...
Admission's free this weekend at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Isle Royale and other national parkstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30166272009-06-16T20:07:17Z2009-06-17T12:05:12ZFees are waived this weekend and also the weekends of July 18-19 and August 15-16 as part of an interior department program to get budget-conscious travelers into the parks this summer. Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Fees are waived this weekend and also the weekends of July 18-19 and August 15-16 as part of an interior department program to get budget-conscious travelers into the parks this summer.
What are Michigan's best spots for a souvenir snapshot?tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30134812009-06-15T13:47:52Z2009-06-16T11:51:17ZThe Henry Ford Museum is currently besting the likes of the Las Vegas strip, the Roswell UFO museum and the Liberty Bell as one of the country's best places to "stand" for a photo. An interesting photo-sharing site, www.stoodthere.com, is...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
The Henry Ford Museum is currently besting the likes of the Las Vegas strip, the Roswell UFO museum and the Liberty Bell as one of the country's best places to "stand" for a photo. An interesting photo-sharing site, www.stoodthere.com, is...
Don't book without checking out these June travel dealstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.30071102009-06-14T16:04:10Z2009-06-14T16:43:59ZFree ferry trips for the kids, half price Mackinac Island lodging and golf deals with 70s prices are all June travel deals worth considering. Book a June getaway before June 17, for example, and you get a half price room...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Free ferry trips for the kids, half price Mackinac Island lodging and golf deals with 70s prices are all June travel deals worth considering. Book a June getaway before June 17, for example, and you get a half price room...
American Style Magazine readers name Saugatuck, Ann Arbor among top art destinationstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.29667562009-06-09T15:25:56Z2009-06-09T17:33:22ZAn easel on the Saugatuck's city sign has never seemed so appropriate. Saugatuck has been named the fifth best small city art destination town in the country for 2009 by the readers of American Style Magazine, up from 24th in...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
An easel on the Saugatuck's city sign has never seemed so appropriate. Saugatuck has been named the fifth best small city art destination town in the country for 2009 by the readers of American Style Magazine, up from 24th in...
Michigan beaches transported to Times Square as part of Pure Michigan national campaigntag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.28879542009-05-30T15:21:40Z2009-05-30T16:38:36ZTravel Michigan photoPure Michigan billboard now in Times Square If those beaches on that Times Square mega billboard look familiar, it's because they depict Michigan - part of the Michigan's most ambitious tourism marketing campaign ever. For the next eight...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Travel Michigan photoPure Michigan billboard now in Times Square If those beaches on that Times Square mega billboard look familiar, it's because they depict Michigan - part of the Michigan's most ambitious tourism marketing campaign ever. For the next eight...
Let the travel experts do your guiding with these notable travel books for 2009tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.28549362009-05-26T18:19:59Z2009-05-31T16:49:32Z Spontaneous travel has its charms. But when you've got limited time - and budget - it's good to get a little advice from the experts. These recently-published travel books have risen to the top of my stack, for a...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Spontaneous travel has its charms. But when you've got limited time - and budget - it's good to get a little advice from the experts. These recently-published travel books have risen to the top of my stack, for a...
There is such thing as free traveltag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.28529022009-05-26T13:41:24Z2009-05-29T11:58:05ZKim SchneiderSkipping stones: free I've never seen so many roundups of "free" travel options, probably because we've never been looking for them so closely. I head to Benzie County tomorrow to sample the dozen or so freebies (kite, bike rental,...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
Kim SchneiderSkipping stones: free I've never seen so many roundups of "free" travel options, probably because we've never been looking for them so closely. I head to Benzie County tomorrow to sample the dozen or so freebies (kite, bike rental,...
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium exhibit reopens with new animals, exhibitstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.28433252009-05-24T15:08:46Z2009-05-24T15:44:38Z One thing I most love about travel is the way it shatters stereotypes of other cultures, species even, which is probably why the trips that have most recently caught my eye are to a Polar Bear Migration, and to...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
One thing I most love about travel is the way it shatters stereotypes of other cultures, species even, which is probably why the trips that have most recently caught my eye are to a Polar Bear Migration, and to...
The newest Lake Michigan circle tour explores by cruise shiptag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/traveling_coach//1288.28220082009-05-21T17:39:56Z2009-05-22T11:56:55ZThe Niagara Prince, one of your two ship choices on a new Lake Michigan circle tour cruise. The trend toward "back yard" cruises doesn't have to mean a floatie in the blow-up swimming pool, at least not for Michiganders. The...Kim Schneiderhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/kschneid/index.html
The Niagara Prince, one of your two ship choices on a new Lake Michigan circle tour cruise. The trend toward "back yard" cruises doesn't have to mean a floatie in the blow-up swimming pool, at least not for Michiganders. The...