What Would You Do with a Free Day in L.A.?

I'm heading off to attend a conference in Los Angeles in late March and have tacked an extra day onto the beginning of my trip - as per usual. As I've only been to L.A. a couple of times and only for very short durations, I haven't seen or done much more than shop on Rodeo Drive, a movie star home tour, trip along the Walk of Fame and stroll the beach and pier in Santa Monica. This time I'm … [Read more...]

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

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Here's a review that I posted to Amazon after seeing a number of negative comments about Patricia Shultz's "1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List". I received "1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List" as a birthday gift from a friend a few years ago and it has since become one of the most well-thumbed volumnes in our travel library. It's fun to scan our … [Read more...]

500 Destinations on My TripAdvisor Map

I just added a bunch more cities to my TripAdvisor map and am now up to 500 destinations as you can see from the screen capture in this post. … [Read more...]

Customer Service Hertz at Toronto International

This entry was originally posted on the Roamsters blog at http://rosalindgardner.com/customer-service-hertz-at-yyz/ We rented a car over Christmas from Hertz at the Kipling and Dundas Street kiosk in Toronto. The folks at that location were excellent... friendly, fast and helpful. We received an upgrade to a PT Cruiser for no extra charge, and when I remarked that the car was a tad dirty and … [Read more...]

Customer Service Hertz at YYZ

We rented a car over Christmas from Hertz at the Kipling and Dundas Street kiosk in Toronto. The folks at that location were excellent... friendly, fast and helpful. We received an upgrade to a PT Cruiser for no extra charge, and when I remarked that the car was a tad dirty and somewhat odorous, the car jockey ran in and returned immediately with a $15.00 voucher to use for either a car wash or … [Read more...]