Links of the Week

Sorry for the light posting lately!  More coming soon, but for the meantime, check out these links: 1.  Make the most of Google Maps for travel (hotel finder features and sightseeing features!) 2.  Sure, seat recliners can be annoying, but would you do this?

Pulling the Trigger: A Cautionary Tale

For those of us who are always looking for a good deal, a better deal- no, the best possible deal!- buying travel can be scary. I have often have customers ask me about the best time to purchase travel, as though there may be some golden 15 minute window each week when travel operators drop […]

Eating in London

  Here at Magical Mystery Tours we’re very excited to be helping Nikki, Bobbin, and Jennine plan their first trip abroad!  They’re going to London!  They mentioned that they were eager to try some good food in London. While the MMT team has spent some time in London, we thought that this was a question […]

Best Stops on a Cross-Country Road Trip?

I just got an email from my friend Sandy asking for suggestions on where to stop on a summer road trip from California to Pennsylvania.  I’ve never driven across the country, but I’ve spent a lot of time in fly-over country (only have 5 states left to hit!), so this was a fun question to […]

On the merits of trains…

I showed up at Penn Station in NYC at about 5:15, saw there was a 5:17 train to Philly.  Bought the ticket, ran through the station, and am going to be in Philly in an hour!  No taking my shoes off, no taking my computer out, no questioning of whether I had over 3 oz […]

A short trip to Munich, Germany

My wife and I decided to do this short trip to Germany for a few reasons: My wife’s brother Matt is studying in nearby Salzburg, Austria and it was his birthday weekend; I had a few vacation days I needed to use; Germany is awesome. We have been to Europe multiple times before, and it […]

A weekend in Austin

This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive Austin guide, but just a list of some of the fun things I saw and did there this past weekend. 1.  SXSW – I was already in Fort Worth last week, so why not go visit Austin during South by SouthWest?  As a gal who’s mostly just been to […]

Hello! Welcome to Magical Mystery Tours and our new blog!

We’re still getting things up and running around here, but hope to use this blog to update you on all things travel related: stories about great trips, travel advice, product reviews, and links to various other travel articles and sites (umm…yeah, expect a lot of links while we get things going, but eventually we should […]