Like many typical American families, Sarah Palin and her family spent the Memorial Day holiday weekend sightseeing – and kicking off a nationwide bus tour that will presumably culminate in the announcement of her 2012 presidential bid.
The travel industry, however, is recognizing a growing interest in vacations that combine aid work with weekend sightseeing or cultural immersion.
With the White House, the Capitol and oceans of monuments and museums, Washington has rarely wanted for busloads of students on field trips or families on a weekend of sightseeing.
Emilio Lobato, 53, his wife, Cheri, and their daughters, Katherine, 12, and Victoria, 10, were forced to spend an extra night in Washington following a long weekend sightseeing trip.
The royal treatment, provided by canine goodies subscription service BarkBox, took the pooch and her owner, Denise Corliss, to New York City for a weekend of sightseeing, gourmet treats and lots of love from the city the pair fearlessly served 14 years ago.
The fees include visas, orientation, housing in a serviced apartment, local transportation and social events, like networking activities and weekend sightseeing trips.
Sitting on a leather couch in his large house on Long Island on Thursday evening, Mr. Marx and Mrs. Gibaudo, over tea and strawberries, discussed how to avoid traffic during their weekend of sightseeing in Manhattan.
It's an unbeatable location, right on the arcaded Plaça Reial in the centre of the Barri Gòtic, but is really aimed at hard-core party people – the cheap beer and all-night comings and goings of the clubbers make it less fun for anyone here for a quiet weekend of sightseeing, especially in the larger rooms (mixed dorms sleep up to 20 people).
And that ring did a lot of sightseeing this weekend as Aniston made her way around her favorite city.
Jerry then realizes that he has no chance with Laura, but has already committed himself – and his one-bedroom apartment – to an entire weekend with her, including a five-hour sightseeing boat ride around Manhattan.
