Top 10 pet friendly destinations
1 Gazebo Inn Ogunquit, Ogunquit, Maine
2 Tierra Linda Bed and Breakfast, Galena, Ill.
3 The Sleepy Dog Guest House, Bisbee, Ariz.
4 Spruce Moose Lodge and Cottages, North Conway, N.H.
5 Brittania and W.E. Mauger Estate Bed and Breakfast, Albuquerque, N.M.
6 Best Western Cavalier Oceanfront Resort, San Simeon, Calif.
7 La Quinta Inn and Suites Madison American Center, Madison, Wisc.
8 Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge, Mass.
9 Hotel Monaco, Denver
10 The Paw House Inn, West Rutland, Vt.
SOURCE: TripAdvisor.com
Quote from the road
"Trips do not end when you return home - usually this is the time when in a sense they really begin."
AGNES E. BENEDICT and ADELE FRANKLIN
TRAVEL GEAR
A tough timepiece from Casio
The Casio Baby-G watch is one of the toughest timepieces ever made. A new Dolphin & Whale Eco-research Network Baby-G for women has been introduced and helps support educational and research projects undertaken by the International Cetacean Education Research Center. The watch is shock resistant and water resistant to 200 meters and has a backlight and world time. It retails for $99.
On the Web
Site offers travel deals and more
Hotwire.com has a new Web offering, www.travel-ticker.com, which features a number of bargain travel deals, some travel reporting and sections called Ways to Go, Places to Go and Reasons to Go.
Travel reading
The Disneyland Encyclopedia
By Chris Strodder,
480-page paperback,
$19.95, Santa Monica Press
For many travelers, just seeing a place like Disneyland isn't enough. They want to go behind the scenes or learn the history of each ride, restaurant and attraction. This wonderful book does just that and should be a must-buy for the hundreds of Utahns who are hooked on all things Disney. The book lists attractions both big and small in alphabetical order like an encyclopedia, offering information on when they were built and opened and background behind each one. The book not only includes all the attractions at Disneyland but shows some unbuilt concepts including Liberty Street, Rock Candy Mountain and Chinatown while revealing the fate of long-lost Disneyland attractions such as the real rifles in the shooting gallery on Main Street, the jet-packed Rocket Man who flew above Tomorrowland, the Matterhorn's secret basketball court, the futuristic Bathroom of Tomorrow and the Hidden Mickeys hiding in plain sight. It's a great read for history buffs.
World Currency
What your dollar buys
Rates paid domestically for each dollar changed. These figures are intended only as a guide. Rates may be more favorable abroad. (As of Aug. 13)
Argentina (peso) 3.0
Australia (dollar) 1.1
Brazil (real) 1.6
Canada (dollar) 1.1
Chile (peso) 520
China (yuan) ... 6.9
Denmark (krone) 5.0
Egypt (pound) 5.3
European (euro) 0.67 (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain)
Great Britain (pound) 0.53
Hong Kong (dollar) 7.8
India (rupee) 42.4
Indonesia (rupiah) 9,168
Israel (shekel) 3.6
Japan (yen) 109.7
Mexico (peso) 10.2
New Zealand (dollar) 1.4
Norway (krone) 5.4
Philippines (peso) 45
Poland (zloty) 2.2
Russia (ruble) 24.3
Singapore (dollar) 1.4
South Africa (rand) 7.8
South Korea (won) 1,035
Sweden (krona) 6.3
Switzerland (franc) 1.1
Taiwan (dollar) 31
Thailand (baht) 34
Venezuela (bolivar) 2,147.5
Source: Yahoo! Finance
