The Phoenix Traveler

Members of the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau offer discounts and special offers throughout the year. If you’re headed to Scottsdale any time soon, you can check out what’s available now by clicking here. On the page, you’ll find a checklist. Check off what you’d like and print out your own coupon booklet.
Some of the savings you’ll see include discount travel packages at various hotels, free appetizers at participating restaurants, dollars off on massage therapies, discounts on theater tickets and tour packages, shopping incentives at upscale malls, and even a free lunch.
It might be worth a visit.

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You may have seen this book, or maybe not. But Sam Lowe, the author of Arizona Curiosities (now in it’s second edition), happens to be a funny guy with a lot of quirky stories to tell, including one about the time he interviewed a couple at a nudist colony in Tonopah. And, yes, they were unclothed. Well…he was, after all, in search of the “bare facts,” as quoted from his book.
Not only is Sam funny, but the guy’s also got guts.
Guess that’s why Marshall Trimble, the state’s official historian, recommended Lowe to the publisher, Globe Pequot, as the guy …read more

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Most people I know who live outside of Phoenix know that I write about Phoenix. They know that’s one of my specialities as a freelance writer. So if they plan to be visiting, they don’t hesitate to ask me for travel recommendations. Recently, I got an e-mail from a new acquaintance who said she and her husband would be spending five days in Sun City West. “So I’d love to get your suggestions on good restaurants, best places to hike, etc.” She said they could go anywhere, but for hikes they’d like something that was wheelchair-accessible.
The first place …read more

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