JetBlue Service to Central and South America

JetBlue is adding flights to new destinations.

Service to Colombia began on January 29, 2009 into Bogotá. Daily nonstop flights from Orlando.

Service to Costa Rica begins on March 26, 2009 into San Jose. Daily nonstop flights from Orlando.

This will be JetBlue’s first time into Central America.

Rates start at $49 per person each way, but taxes and fees are additional. At the time of this blog, we got a rate of $187.70 per person round trip including all taxes and fees. All inclusive resort options in Costa Rica include the Barceloa Playa Langosta, the Occidental Grand Papagayo and the Paradisus Playa Conchal starting at $629 per person for a 3 night stay including private transfers. Also popular this year is the Costa Rica’s Great Outdoors package including white water rafting and several other activities priced from $1, 299 pp

Sustainable Travel: Adventure Trips

Adventure Center is a One-stop source for world-class sustainable adventure travel experiences at affordable prices. Choose from a range of over 1,000 adventure vacations worldwide including hiking and biking trips, cultural tours, African safaris, Antarctica expedition cruises, and much more. The environmental effects of a trip are key considerations during the itinerary design process. Everyone involved with the organization of a trip, from tour leaders to office staff, promote and adhere to sustainable travel principles, which travelers are encouraged to embrace.

Backroads, Country Walkers, National Geographic and Mt. Travel Sobek are all adventure companies offering unique itineraries including hiking, biking and walking trips to lessen the environmental impact and allow travelers to be culturally unobtrusive.

Would you be more likely to travel with a company that promotes environmentally friendly practices over one that doesn’t?

Support Climate Change Research in Antarctica

Antarctica is currently the fastest warming area on the planet, with temperatures & related ice-melt increasing at an even faster rate than had been predicted. The effects of global warming will have an impact on marine, animal & human life around the planet.

Join a mission with luxury tour operator, Abercrombie and Kent aboard MV ‘Minerva’ with award-winning scientist Dr. James McClintock to an Antarctic research station, where they present equipment critical to the monitoring of Antarctic climate change. Along the way, travelers journey in Zodiacs and on land to explore the region’s coastline and wildlife.

Book now, and you also save $1,000 per person on this voyage, as well as other 2009-10 Antarctica trips.