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ShamrockFest – A Wild and Crazy St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!

If you’re looking for a way to go all out for the “Wearin’-O-The-Green” this year, head to ShamrockFest in Washington, D.C. This isn’t your laid-back St. Patrick’s Day celebration – this is definitely thinking outside the box. Well, ShamrockFest will have green beer – and beer packages that include Guinness, Harp, and Killians. But that’s…

3 Top U.S. Spring Break Trips

Fodor’s, one of the world’s largest and most popular publishers of travel guidebooks, has listed 3 top U.S. destinations for spring travel for 2012. Each of them also offers a great selection of budget-friendly timeshare rentals. Below are excerpts from the Foddor article by Elissa Richard. New York City.Why Go Now: Baseball season openers: Yankees…

Timeshare Travel #TravelTuesday – Colorado

Hiking in the La Platta Mountains of the San Juan range near Durango, CO – submitted by Zack F, Denver, CO. Submit your photo to #TravelTuesday! Just send it via email to us at: learnmore (at) redweek (dot) com. Let us know your name, where you are from, and where the photo was taken.

New Attractions at Disney’s California Adventure Park Almost Ready

Tom Staggs, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, has announced that the five-year expansion of Disney California Adventure park will be complete on June 15 with the opening of Cars Land, Buena Vista Street and Carthay Circle Theatre. The Happiest Place on Earth will get even happier with four new attractions – Radiator Springs…

Spring Break and 8 Top iPad Travel Apps

Have iPad Will Travel! Just in time for Spring Break timeshare vacations and the start of the 2012 travel season comes this list of Top 8 iPad travel apps (so far) for 2012, as compiled by the web sites Market Watch and PhoneReview. 1. XE Currency Converter – a currency converter will obviously come in…

Timeshare Spotlight: Silver Anniversary for Desert Springs Resort

For a quarter-century, Desert Springs has been a major part of Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley tourism scene, drawing travelers from around the globe. The resort, which spans 450 acres, marked its silver anniversary in February. It takes about 1,200 employees to operate Desert Springs, which includes five restaurants, two Ted Robinson-designed championship golf…

Timeshare Travel #TravelTuesday – San Diego

A Silver Strand Beach sunset in San Diego, submitted by Shirley V of California. Submit your photo to #TravelTuesday! Just send it via email to us at: learnmore (at) redweek (dot) com. Let us know your name, where you are from, and where the photo was taken.

London Olympics 2012 – Moving Right Along

Planning a timeshare vacation to London? Here’s an update on the London Olympics 2012, which will be held July 27 through August 12, 2012. In January, with still six months to go, the Olympic and Paraolympic Village site was officially completed and handed over to the London 2012 Organizing Committee (LOCOG). Immediately following the handover,…