The Raphael, a boutique hotel across from Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, is marking the near completion of its restoration with a “renovation celebration.”

The package includes a night in one of the newly finished rooms, a $10 dining certificate for…

Megabus.com, an express bus service that sells fares as low as $1 via the Internet, says its business is booming despite the slowing economy.

The service says it has served 2 million riders since it began in April 2006. Last year, the service…

Visitors to the College Basketball Experience can shoot free throws in front of a video of a hostile crowd. Photo by Tom Uhlenbrock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kansas City is one of five international “Destinations to Watch” in 2009, according to SmarterTravel.com. KC was…

Megabus.com has a new mobile alert system that lets customers know about delays with an automated voice message.

Customers can sign up for the mobile alert system while booking a trip. Currently only five percent of Megabus.com arrivals and departures are delayed.

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I know this is a little last minute, but if you’re headed to the Lake of the Ozarks, this is the weekend for the 16th annual Laurie Hillbilly Bar-B-Q Cook-Off. It’s going on today and Saturday at the Laurie Fairgrounds…

It’s hot and gas is $4 a gallon. But you still want to go on vacation.

This summer we’re giving you vacation options that are closer to home. We’re calling them “Midwest quick trips.” We’ve got Columbia, Mo., covered, and this…

Megabus.com, a low-cost, express bus company that offers $1 fares, announced it will begin double-decker bus service between St. Louis and Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City and St. Louis and Bloomington-Normal today. Megabus.com became the first bus company in…

From the Associated Press
If you’d like to explore your Irish roots this summer but you can’t make the trip to Dublin, chances are there’s an Irish festival near you - including one in Dublin, Ohio, that is one of the…

Kansas City has a few things going on for the active and engaged Midwesterner, such as….
- First Fridays in the Crossroads Art District: Every Friday from July 6 through Aug. 3  when more than 60 art galleries stay open late.
- Where…