vacations

According to GasBuddy gasoline prices have gone up every week for the past nine weeks.

More and more people are doing vacations in cabins in the woods like Gatlinburg.

Moody Gardens is one of our favorite destinations for a weekend escape. Monkeys, sloths, and birds of all colors roam free. Plants and trees from rain forests around the world grow there. Around every turn and at every level, it's a real treat!

As the weather heats up, we'll all be planning trips to water parks and beaches around Louisiana. To make sure we all stay safe, the Louisiana Department of Health Beach Monitoring Program checks bacteria conditions at all of the state beaches. They've just released information warning the public that high levels of bacteria have been found at three Louisiana beaches.

As it turns out it is the little things that matter quite a bit when we choose a place to stay during our travels. How many of these items make your list of must have before you'll stay the night?

Vacations are nice except when you're the one who isn't on vacation and you have suffer vicariously through all of your friends gushing photographs.

Most of us take the same vacation every year. We know what we like and we know what we don't like. See if you agree with this survey's findings.

As we head into summer vacations, our friends at USA Travel are showing us the most visited monuments and memorials in the USA.

We tend to associate the end of summer and the arrival of fall with going back to school or getting back to work, as the vacation season is over. But that doesn’t have to be the case. The northern hemisphere contains some pretty remarkable fall destinations, perfect for weekend adventures or even weeklong getaways...

Imagine sailing next to the glaciers in Alaska, down the Grand Canal in Venice or along the beaches of the Bahamas, it's all here in a quick video that's easy to watch.

This might be your last chance have some of that summer fun. Colleges are starting to begin the fall semester. Mothers are frantically picking up school supplies for their little ones. The bikinis are going away, and the cardigans are here to stay.

It's vacation time, Acadiana! As the summer sun slowly assumes it's position, the mass exodus along I-10 will soon be underway. Every day, more and more people packed SUVs will be spotted carrying vacationers every which direction. Facebook ...

Taking a pet with you on vacation can be a challenge. Just ask Mitt Romney, who still gets grief about the time he strapped his Irish Setter — who was suffering from diarrhea — to the roof of his car during a family trip in 1983. Nevertheless, it seems that most pet owners still take their favorite furball on vacation with them.

High gas prices and a soft economy have many in the travel industry fearing that Americans are going to ditch the traditional summer vacation this year. But is that really the case?

It is almost Mardi Gras and with all of the parties, king cakes, and alcohol many of us have probably forgot about our New Years Resolution:  to get into shape.  Before we know it will be a week until Spring Break and looking in the mirror will not be a pleasant sight.  However...

If you’ve ever dreamed of going to outer space, your wish may soon come true — and you won’t have to join NASA to make it happen.

Are you planning on using your passport in 2012? According to a Travel-Ticker survey of 2,301 people, Italy is the most popular overseas travel spot for the coming year, with 43 percent citing it as one of their “dream destinations.”

To the untrained eye I might appear to be just a disc jockey, but those in the know understand that I am a paid observer of life. Of the many things these wise old eyes and ears have had the opportunity to observe over the years is television. As Kenny Rogers would say, I know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em, at least as far as when a great TV show is about to go belly up. I call it the

Hey, I'm ALL about taking vacations-as a matter of fact, I save all year just to go to the beach for a week! It's not only a family tradition, but it recharges me for the rest of the year at my wonderful, but very stressful, job. Enjoy your holiday weekend-I hope you are doing something fun, and remembering why we are REALLY celebrating Memorial Day.