Expatriate Executives Find Challenges in the New China
November 28th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Some people leave the United States in search of adventure. Others expatriate because they don’t like the look of things on the home front. And then there is the business class of expatriates – young and upwardly mobile corporate executives who have been entrusted the keys to the company image and sent off into an [...]
Vacation Theft Survival Guide
August 30th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »We all know it’s probably not going to happen, but what if it does? We’re talking about when you set your bag down on a busy street corner in Paris (or anywhere else your vacation habits take you) and the the thing disappears the moment your attention drifts. Worse, that was the day you were [...]
10 Towns Resisting the Great Recession
August 19th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Perhaps claiming the following 10 towns have been completely untouched by the recent Obama recession is a little farfetched. There surely have been at least a few citizens with recent experience in job loss, inflation and foreclosure, but, according to Moneywatch.com, these towns are the Top Ten Places to Live in the United States this [...]
Resurrecting the Surprising Past of San Francisco
August 4th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »San Francisco, California. Depending upon your political and cultural persuasion, the very name probably conjures a certain procession of images to mind, and they might all be correct. Today this central coastal California city is famous for food, far-left politics, and gay marriage. Not too long ago it was ground zero for a bunch of [...]
Start Looking for QR Codes to Your Favorite Websites
July 29th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »If you haven’t heard about Quick Response (QR) codes yet, you have now. As is the usual inevitable reality, stuff that has been way cool in Japan for years eventually finds it’s way to our shores. So it is with QR codes. But what does this have to do with your favorite travel website? Stay [...]
Gunkhole Cruising – What’s That?!
July 17th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »For some, the over-the-top nature of a big name cruise ship experience is all they could ever want from life. These floating homages to eating, gambling, entertainment and more set the stage for a perfect vacation. To others, the in-your-face excess of it all ruins the experience of going to sea. Now there’s an alternative [...]
Do These 7 Things BEFORE You Leave
June 19th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Getting ready to depart on vacation, it seems like there are a thousand things to do. Why not make it 1,007 and tend to these additional items before you step out the door to catch that flight or tour bus? Contiki Vacations came up with the following list and we think they are right on [...]
5 Ways to Avoid Getting Ripped Off in Europe
June 12th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »Usually a Yankee in Europe sticks out like a sore thumb. While it’s very rare that we find ourselves the victim of a violent crime, petty theft, pick pocketing, and purse snatching are another matter completely. Imagine YOU were a European thief. Wouldn’t the prospect of an unwary American wandering aimlessly around your neighborhood fill [...]
Best. Beach Books. Ever.
June 8th, 2011 by The JetSetter Team | No Comments »While literary quality is very much a matter of taste, snobbish English teachers who are ALWAYS right notwithstanding, we thought readers might find the following list of the best beach books ever inspiring enough to down a few this summer. The list was borrowed from NPR and based on a survey of 16,000 people who [...]
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