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Sunday Travel Funnies—MapQuest: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Can you imagine diligently creating a travel itinerary for your family’s vacation complete with maps, timelines and coordinates—only to find that once you hit the road all your hard work was for naught? To say you’d be irate may be an understatement. If you are planning a trip to Ozark Mountain Resort any time soon—be warned—this blog is for you. For the past two years, dozens of visitors trying to make their way to the picturesque resort located in southwest Missouri have not rolled into the parking lot of the 150-acre vacation spot… instead, they’ve pulled into the driveway of … Continue reading →

Denmark: “The Happiest Place on Earth”

“The Happiest Place on Earth.” No, this isn’t a blog about a Disney theme park. Rather, the title typically used to describe the land of Mickey and Minnie has been adopted by a European scientist to describe a country not everyone would consider a prime vacation destination. According to Adrian White, an analytic social psychologist at the UK’s University of Leicester, Denmark has won the title of “the happiest place on earth.” White used responses from 80,000 people worldwide to create a “world map of happiness,” though some say its better classified as a “map of subjective well-being.” The study … Continue reading →