Southwest Plane Landing

Although you won’t see a Southwest Airline plane flying out of South Carolina until next year, the state is all abuzz about Southwest’s announcement to expand service to Charleston and Greenville Airports. This comes on the heels of more big travel news for South Carolina, where Carnival Cruise Lines kicks off expanded service out of Charleston, with year-round cruising starting on May 18th. In years past, Carnival has cruised seasonally during the winter, but this marks the first time they’ve sailed year-round.

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It’s time for another fun-filled edition of Travel Around the Internet, with your host, the Internet. Here’s how it works, a few years ago Al Gore was experimenting with a series of tubes and… you’ve heard it? How about this: we search Twitter for interesting travel links, click on them and then, assuming we find them worthy, we share them with you, the reader.

Long story short, we care.

Sometimes Disney comes to you!

JetBlue is celebrating 10 years with $10 fares!

Are you a parent looking for something to do with kids in Seattle? Do you want it to be a great deal? Do you want it to help others? Well, you’re in luck.

Looking for an easy way to find the right national park for you?

Going to San Antonio for Memorial Day?

MTV and Coke want to make you a star!

Austin and San Diego want you to boycott Arizona.

Gadling has 5 great travel apps for the iPad.

Fun travel site that is new to us: Traveler’s Barista

What do Canadians think about vacations?

See how easy that was? And fun! Let your links fly, fellow travelers. We’ll salute them!

That’s right, Travelers! It’s time for another rousing edition of Travel Around the Internet where we find interesting travel links via Twitter and reader suggestions. Buckle up!

Looking for new iPhone Travel Photography apps? Here they are!

Upgrade: Travel Better tells us about the birds and bees, but not really the bird part.

Did business travel just change forever? Ask CNBC.

Check out the Ireland Travel Show (and stay here!)

Five reasons to travel Europe by train.

Traveling with kids? What’s happening in your destination city?

Learn about the Chemde Chemre Monastary!

Israeli airport not a fan of the scan.

JetBlue is offering $9 tickets within California — seriously.

Spring break is still in the air! Where will you stay? Check out these Spring Break hotels.

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Hello, and welcome to our weeklyish look at what’s hot on in travel.  We comb through feeds, links and tweets to find the best of the best — or the first 10 or so that we find, depends on the mood.

Please enjoy.

Obama signs Travel Promotion Act into law.

The New York Times says more taxes and more fees for air travelers. Personally, I’m against it.

Airlines and unions may disrupt U.S. flight.

The new hotel room key? Your iPhone (or the like).  There’s a booty call joke here, but I’m not seeing it.

Gadling questions the security of security.

Iran knows what’s in a name — and they’ll impound your jet for it.

Frommer says to bet on Vegas.

British Airways to use fuel made from city waste.

CNN reports a rise in voluntourism.

Wild Blue Yonder shares outlandish eateries across America.

A kid pushing tin? The FAA isn’t amused.

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Once again, thank you for your time and here’s to safe and happy travels!