Florida Vacation
SOFIA - Supporting the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Effort
Just take our shortsurvey , download your choice of two different versions, and take a vacation without leaving your desk! ... [Read More]
Florida Parishes
Many New Orleans families built vacation and weekend cottages on the North Shore. Partially as a result of their presence, the region developed its own architectural stamp, the so-called North Shore house. This unique regional house type is a variation of the New Orleans shotgun. Characterized by a T-shaped floorplan, it is one room wide and three or more rooms deep. Instead of the standard narrow front porch, North Shore houses have a long and generous side gallery to allow occupants to take the air. Some North Shore houses have galleries on both sides. With their extravagant Eastlake turned columns, spindles and brackets, and copious Queen Anne shingles in their gables, these homes are the glory of the North Shore. Today, concentrations of these houses can be found in Covington and around Abita Springs. ... [Read More]
Resource Protection in the Florida Keys NMS
Protecting our coasts and oceans is as important for people living in Iowa, Kansas, or Colorado, as it is for those in Florida, California, or Hawaii. Our oceans and Great Lakes provide jobs, act as our favorite vacation spots, serve as natural classrooms for children across the country, hold the secrets to our past and the promises for the future. They are a national trust that we all have a responsibility to protect and enjoy. ... [Read More]
Florida Keys
Nearly 15,000 hotel/motel rooms, sites for camping and recreational vehicles, and vacation rentals are available in the Keys. Most hotel and motel rooms and vacation rentals are in Key West while campsites are distributed throughout the Keys. ... [Read More]
Florida telemarketer won’t call Missouri again, under agreement with AG Nixon
Jefferson City, Mo. — A Florida vacation company won’t be making any more telemarketing calls to Missourians under an agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon. Family Trip Travel.Com, which sells Florida vacation packages, will be permanently barred from making telephone solicitations into Missouri and also must pay $7,500 for violating the Missouri No Call law. ... [Read More]
Effects of Population Growth on Everglades National Park
Today, 900 people move to Florida daily; 39 million people vacation here some years; 12 million come in winter's dry season as water supplies naturally drop. The historic Everglades -- four-fifths lies outside the park -- feels this population pressure. Only California, New York, and Texas today outstrip Florida in population. ... [Read More]
East Central Florida Rip Current Program
Increased public awareness is also a goal of the east central Florida rip current program. The media will be called upon to bring greater awareness of rip current danger to those who use the beaches. Tourists are especially vulnerable since they are often not knowledgeable about ocean dangers and often do not pay attention to the news reports while on vacation. Therefore, there are plans to utilize the media to increase rip current awareness. ... [Read More]
FTC v. Robert S. Dogin
9. Once Defendant's telemarketers get a consumer on the telephone, they describe their "fantastic," "world-class" vacation to Florida and the Bahamas. The telemarketers tell consumers the vacation is worth as much as $1,500, but that the consumer will pay a much smaller amount to receive it, typically $398, $498, or $598. The amount Design Travel charges for its vacation has varied during the course of its operation. The telemarketers urge consumers to immediately "register for" or "secure" this vacation with a major credit card. Design Travel represents that the payment will cover the cost of their accommodations in both Florida and the Bahamas, as well as the round-trip cruise to the Bahamas. ... [Read More]
FTC: "Operation Trip-Up"
"Consumer complaints about travel consistently rank among the top five categories in an FTC-Attorney General complaint system, and annual losses to travel-related fraud are estimated to exceed $12 billion," said Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protec tion. "The goal of Operation Trip-Up is to stop the sources of a substantial number of deceptive travel offers, and to warn consumers about the many different types of travel scams they need to be aware of in order to avoid them. Our most universal advice is: Buy vacation travel only from a business you know, get the details of your vacation and any refund policy in writing before you pay , and be wary of pre-paying for multiple years worth of travel." ... [Read More]
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