travel http://wvxu.org en Fewer of us traveling this holiday weekend, but not by much http://wvxu.org/post/fewer-us-traveling-holiday-weekend-not-much <p>AAA is projecting a slight decline in Memorial Day travel.&nbsp; The automobile association says 34.8 million people will be traveling more than 50 miles from home Thursday through Monday.&nbsp; Last year it was 35.1 million.&nbsp;&nbsp; The automobile association estimates 1,312, 559 Ohioans plan to travel for the holiday, also a slight decline from last year.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The economy's been doing better, but....</strong></p> Wed, 22 May 2013 16:28:43 +0000 Mark Heyne 12886 at http://wvxu.org Fewer of us traveling this holiday weekend, but not by much Travel expert and author Patricia Schultz is coming to Cincinnati http://wvxu.org/post/travel-expert-and-author-patricia-schultz-coming-cincinnati <p>Is it time to start planning that summer vacation? Not exactly sure where you’d like to go? The solution may be at the <a href="http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/"><strong>Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County</strong></a> on Saturday, May 11. Travel expert <strong>Patricia Schultz</strong>, author of the impressive and completely revised <a href="http://www.amazon.com/000-Places-See-Before-second/dp/0761156860/ref=sr_1_1?tag=wvxuorg-20&amp;s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367260763&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=1000+places+to+see+before+you+die"><strong>1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition: Completely Revised and Updated with Over 200 New Entries</strong>,</a> will be speaking about national and world travel at the downtown branch at 2:00pm. She joins Mark Perzel on the phone to discuss this completely rewritten update and the one place she never tires of visiting and revisiting.</p><p> Fri, 03 May 2013 05:31:20 +0000 Mark Perzel 11992 at http://wvxu.org Travel expert and author Patricia Schultz is coming to Cincinnati Cincinnati Among Top Spring Break Destination for Families http://wvxu.org/post/cincinnati-among-top-spring-break-destination-families <p><strong style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="http://livability.com/top-10/top-10-spring-break-destinations-families-2013-quick-getaways" target="_blank">Livability.com</a></strong><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> has named Cincinnati as one of the top Spring break quick getaway destination for families.</span></p><p><strong>Among the top reasons to visit Cincinnati, the article listed:</strong></p> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:13:10 +0000 Jim Nolan 9929 at http://wvxu.org Cincinnati Among Top Spring Break Destination for Families Julia Duffy Ward http://wvxu.org/post/julia-duffy-ward <p>Our favorite local world traveler,<a href="http://www.units.muohio.edu/english/People/Faculty/Q_Z/WardJulia.html"> Julia Duffy Ward</a> from Oxford, recently traveled to <a href="http://www.norway.org/">Norway</a>, to the last village accessible by road on Norway’s largest island. She shares her commentary about this adventure in her audio essay,<strong> “Patriotism in the Land of the Midnight Sun.”</strong></p> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:32:00 +0000 Julia Duffy Ward 4323 at http://wvxu.org Julia Duffy Ward