National surveys say that many Americans are thinking twice about taking summer vacations, apprehensive about what the future holds — if the recession hasn’t hit them hard already.
Weddings are serious business. Vow renewals - not so much. This month, Heidi Klum and Seal renewed their vows in a wacky, trash-tastic ceremony in Malibu. But for me, there’s no place I’d rather re-tie the knot than Las Vegas.
May 23 (Bloomberg) — More Americans may forgo backyard barbecues and go on road trips this Memorial Day weekend to take advantage of discounted hotel rooms and a 38 percent decline in gas prices.
(Information in this article comes from the book “Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States” by Cindy S. Aron, which is available at the Parlin-Ingersoll Public Library in Canton.) For most of us, Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer. And with school out (or almost out) and warm weather becoming the norm, most of us begin to think about vacation. Once confined as …