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Question: Motel rooms in the Twin Cities these days are reasonable, but used to be better. For example, if visiting here 75 years ago, what was the common rate to have a hotel room for a night in Bloomington-Normal? Answer: From a 1948 edition of Duncan Hines' "Lodging for the Night," a book that listed room rates around the United States, one room, with a bath, at the Illinois Hotel (today's Illinois House) in downtown Bloomington was $3.50 a night. Didn't need a bath? Only $2.75 a night then. 26 Bloomington-Normal restaurants from years past Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips ...

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Dive into Nashville's diverse music and entertainment offerings with a mix of music's past, present, and future with cuts of country, bluegrass, rock, pop, Americana, gospel, classical, and blues, all blending in perfect harmony. See a show at the classic Grand Ole Opry, experience a writers' round at one of the world's preeminent listening rooms - the Bluebird Cafe in Green Hills - or see where artists like Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, and Elvis recorded classic hits at the Historic RCA Studio B on Music Row. Elevated Experiences in Nashville | Visit Nashville TN - Visit Music City

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Experience an idyllic menu of personalized tours connecting five hotels with the astonishing variety of historical, cultural and natural attractions surrounding them. Photo courtesy of Nick Fewings via Unsplash "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife," wrote Jane Austen two centuries ago. And so, a hotel group in possession of five splendid English properties must be in want of a road trip to tie them all together. Iconic Luxury Hotels partnered with Luxury Vacations UK and experts in "tailored journeys" in Britain and Ireland to develop a menu of personalized guided tours that connect their five hotels with the astonishing variety of historical, cultural and natural attractions that surround them. If the term "guided tours" summons up images of buses, crowds and a guide hoisting a colorful umbrella to summon her flock to the...

Welcome to Friday Around the Planet, a roundup of some of the travel-related news and inspiration you might have missed over the past week. After a 30-month break in visits, I finally took my first transatlantic flight over to Europe since the beginning of the pandemic. After landing in Paris, I ventured down to the wine region of Bordeaux where I sampled the red blends and delectable pastries the region is famous for while also checking out charming towns like Saint-Émilion and Cognac (yes, home of the liquor).   Between the trains and the cobblestoned streets, it was fantastic to be traveling in Europe again—like seeing an old friend.  I know there are many others anxious to get overseas as well. That pent-up demand for travel that everyone has talked about (for nearly as long as I have been away from Europe) is about to come true. Airlines are reporting solid bookings in June and July so make sure you book in advance and arri...