Business Free Stuff
Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia
Stanley Park is a FANTASTIC place to spend a free afternoon in Vancouver, which you’ll see is a favorite of locals and visitors alike. The park stretches for miles along English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Coal Harbour and the sea wall runs the length of the park. There are numerous ways to spend your time at the park, from walking or biking along the sea wall, visiting the lighthouses, lawn bowling, Pitch & Putt golf, visiting the rose garden or the aquarium, swimming in a pool or the sea (if …
Date: August 14th, 2007 |
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New York City Free Musuem Admission
New York City has a plethora of museums and if you’re in the city at the right time, you can see them for FREE. Double check by contacting the museum to make sure times listed haven’t changed. If you’re around on a Friday evening and you want to see some great museums, you’re in luck. Many of the major destinations in the city have free admission on Fridays between 6:00ish and 8:00ish.
American Folk Art Museum: Free on Friday after 5:30.
Asia Society and Museum: Free on Friday from 6:00 to 9:00 pm (except …
Date: July 26th, 2007 |
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AirTran Airways Football Hall of Fame Promotion
AirTran Airways, who I’ve decided has edged American Airlines out as the airline with the best promotion, is giving one lucky sports fan and a guest the chance to win a football-packed weekend trip to the 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement and Game Celebration in Canton, Ohio, from August 3-5, 2007. Wow.
What do you get?
Two Roundtrip Tickets on AirTran Airways to Canton, Ohio
Hotel accommodations at the Comfort Inn — Hall of Fame
Sideline Seating at the sold-out AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game, featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints
Preferred reserved seating to the Enshrinement Ceremony
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Date: July 22nd, 2007 |
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FREE Doubletree Cookies!
There are few things I am passionate about this world, and one of them happens to be the Doubletree Chocolate Chip Cookies. Those little morsels can make my entire business trip worthwhile. Well, in celebration of our Nation’s Birthday, Doubletree Hotels is offering the delightful cookies FREE to anyone who walks in to the hotel. You don’t even have to be a hotel guest.There is a limit of one fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie per person, which is a shame.
People may simply walk into any Doubletree hotel …
Date: July 2nd, 2007 |
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Top 10 Places to Watch Fireworks on the Water
Here they are, the Top 10 Places to Watch Fireworks on the Water for the 4th of July in the United States. Okay, I maybe didn’t need to specify they’re in the U.S., but you never know who may question such a thing.
Austin, Texas: Marked by beautiful symphony music and a spectacular fireworks display, Austin’s Town Lake is the place to be for this annual celebration. Rent a kayak or bring your own boat to find the best seat in the house on the water. (July 4, 9:30 p.m., Zilker …
Date: June 17th, 2007 |
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Amtrak’s $100 Liquor Credit
Amtrak is offering a promotion that I can get behind - free booze on certain routes in November and January. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to get this deal taking the train in to the city. It is only available on GrandLuxe trips on the California Zephyr between Chicago and San Francisco, the Southwest Chief between Chicago and Los Angeles, or the Silver Meteor between D.C. and Miami or Orlando.
These trips are “separate, special cars that attach to regular trains and operate primarily as sleeper cars. The idea is to revive …
Date: August 2nd, 2007 |
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Free Things to do in New York City 2007
New York is a seriously expensive city for those of us in the U.S. I know, it’s like bargain shopping for our friends in the U.K., but for everyone else it’s one hard city to have a good time in on a budget. There are still things you can do on your business trip to the city that won’t break the bank.
Summer Stage is a series of free concerts and events that take place throughout the summer in Central Park. It breaks my heart in to a million pieces …
Date: July 26th, 2007 |
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FREE Apple iPhone from Omni Hotels
Omni Hotels is offering customers what they really want - a FREE iPhone. On Wednesday, July 25, the chain will give away one iPhone per participating hotel and one via a separate online sweepstakes.
“Eligible consumers and Omni guests will be encouraged to enjoy complimentary apples and “apple-icious” drinks in Omni lobbies across the country and register for a chance to win one of Apple’s new revolutionary iPhones.” Are those apple-tinis?
The entry forms for the give away will be available in lobbies of participating hotels beginning Monday, July 23. …
Date: July 22nd, 2007 |
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The Business Travel Widget
Can’t get enough of the Business Travel Logue? Well, now you can have your very own BTL widget on YOUR website! Thanks to the brains behind the operation, a Business Travel Logue widget is now available. This handy tool will allow you (and others) to keep up to date on all of the latest business travel news.
Get it here and feel free to plaster me all over the web.
Date: June 30th, 2007 |
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Quail Hill Open Space in Irvine, California
The new Quail Hill open space has opened for the enjoyment of residents and visitors to Irvine, California. Hikers, bikers and outdoor enthusiasts can now enjoy the rolling meadows of Quail Hill, after ownership of the distinctive open space along the I-405 freeway was formally dedicated to the City of Irvine at a community celebration earlier today.
This transfer is part of the historic Open Space Agreement approved by Irvine voters in 1988, which guarantees that beautiful places throughout the city, such as Quail Hill, Bommer Canyon and the Jeffrey Open Space Trail, will be protected forever as the company …
Date: June 15th, 2007 |
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