How to Rent a Car by the Hour
by Joy Anderson, Guest Blogger
editor of GermanyAtChristmas.com
I can’t remember the first time I heard about Zipcar, but I remember the first time I rented one. I was on a trip to New York, staying down in Soho, and needed a car for only a few hours to travel north of the city. But I didn’t know how to rent a car by the hour.
I knew from past experience that renting a car in Manhattan from a traditional agency was very expensive and sometimes not even possible due to lack of available vehicles.
In case you’re unfamiliar with Zipcar, its motto is: “Wheels when you want them!” The company describes itself as “the world’s leading car-sharing network,” with more than 605,000 members looking for a convenient, cost-effective, and enjoyable alternative to car ownership, allowing you to rent a car by the hour if that’s all you need.
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How to Legally Travel to Cuba in 2012
While independent travel to Cuba is still not legal for Americans, the Grand Circle Foundation is licensed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control to offer “Cuba: A Bridge Between Cultures,” a 12-day People-to-People program designed to foster meaningful cultural exchange between Americans and Cubans.
The program operates in small groups (12-20 participants) and is open to all Americans, although the program is geared to and paced for the 50-plus market. This is a unique opportunity to legally travel to Cuba.
The itinerary includes five nights in Havana, Cuba’s capital city; two nights in Cienfuegos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that’s also known as La Perla del Sud (the Pearl of the South) because of its beautiful harbor area; and three nights in Trinidad, another UNESCO World Heritage Site that recalls life in Cuba’s 19th-century glory days.
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Volunteer to Save an Endangered Site on Your Next Vacation
There are 936 World Heritage sites listed by the UNESCO as having special cultural or physical significance throughout the world. There are 35 on the endangered site list right now, including Everglades National Park in Florida.
These endangered sites are at risk of disappearing due to natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods, as well as man-made problems such as pollution, poaching, excessive tourism, and war. If you want to see sites like the Belize Barrier Reef, the Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra, Abu Mena in Egypt, and Simien National Park in Ethiopia, you had better visit them soon.
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