The Traveler's Journal  
Press Releases - The Traveler's Journal

Informative Press Releases for Travel

Press Release information you can use!

 

The following information is provided by the travel supplier or its public relations representative. The Traveler's Journal can accept no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any material in this section.

Consumer Traveler Today: July 31

08-01-2011

 

Consumer Traveler Today: Weekend what we’re reading: Decline of weddings in Vegas, jousting in Italy, vacation time in Europe 
 

Link to Consumer Traveler

Weekend what we’re reading: Decline of weddings in Vegas, jousting in Italy, vacation time in Europe

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:00 PM PDT

This weekend we look at the slowdown of weddings in Vegas, jousting in Sulmona in the Abruzzo in Italy and, finally, the amount of vacation that Europeans take each year.
        

Big Mac world economics — not a bad way to see where currency rates are out of whack

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT

For years, I have used the price of a Big Mac at McDonald's as my benchmark for well-adjusted currency rates. I have always thought that if the price of a Big Mac was the same in the U.S. and in a foreign country that the exchange rates were more or less OK. If It cost more, there was probably a bad exchange and if it cost less, I'd be planning another trip.