Author: The JetSetter Team
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Luxury Hotels for Less Than $200 Nightly
If you’re shocked that a luxury hotel might go for as much as $200 per night, nice to meet you, our name is reality and we’re here to let you in on a secret. There are plenty of places to bed down around this big blue marble that charge well over one thousand dollars for…
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Airports Can Opt Out Of TSA Screening
At the risk of beating an already dead horse into a bloody pulp, did you know that airports are not required by the Patriot Act, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), or George Washington’s mother-in-law to allow TSA employees to man those infernal full body scan devices that are causing such a ruckus? It’s true and…
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See the Northern Lights from a Swedish Ice Hotel this Winter
The ICEHOTEL that is recreated and expanded upon every year near the Torne River stands alone as a unique work of art that invites you inside to sleep upon it. If you thought you would be roughing it at a crudely hewn, primitive construction, you may be wrong but you may be right. Well-heeled, adventurous…
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Americans Least Adventurous Travelers
Is it true that American travelers are much more likely to sticks in the mud when it comes to adventure vacationing? Granted, the survey conducted by the UK company Opinion Matters only questioned citizens of five countries – United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom – so can’t be claimed as definitive,…
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Air Travel, Torquemada, and the TSA
Now that we have full body scan devices at an increasing number of airports, passengers fall into two general categories. The first are those who march forward toward the scan with an air of resignation, sort of like 1984 drones. The second are those who intend to keep the private details of their body outline…
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October in Key West – Or Any Other Time
There are two primary seasons in Key West, loosely defined as: 1) Fantasy Fest 2) the rest of the year For Jetsetting readers out there in search of the ultimate in wholesome family entertainment, we’re pretty sure there’s a mouse up in Orlando that would be better suited. But if you think it won’t warp…
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United States Attractions from Sea to Shining Sea
In the midst of the average Jetsetter’s urge to hop on an airplane and head to alluring international destinations sprinkled across the map, stop for a moment and consider that there are still home grown attractions you might not have seen yet. At The Jetsetter Show, we say “Hip, hip, hooray!†for your globe-trotting endeavors…
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Jetsetters – Strike First to Defeat Jet Lag
If we are to listen to conventional wisdom and the opinion of some “experts,†we would say that it takes the human body approximately one day to fully recover from each time zone you cross traveling by air. By that logic, six time zones would equal six days! Your vacation or business trip would likely…
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4 Tips For The Perfect Honeymoon
no effort expended on your part is next to nil. Not that a perfect (or as close as humanly possible) honeymoon is out of the question but you better start making plans sooner than the day before. It is absolutely amazing how romantic you can be when you don’t have to make a frantic stop…
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What You Don't Know About Expatriation
Deciding to officially expatriate is a big step – let’s put that in capital letters – BIG STEP, and it behooves anyone interested in the process to make damn sure they are intimately familiar with all the ramifications before they go. Perhaps putting it in all caps isn’t called for. Let’s say expatriation is simply…