Wednesday Travel Ticker: Holiday airfares to drop?

Bing Travel “fareologists” predict domestic airfare will drop 1.4 percent during the holidays, with tickets averaging $302. Hotel costs are staying flat, they say . . . . It’s usually grape harvest season by now along California’s Central Coast, but spring frosts and a cool summer have pushed the harvest back. Recent Indian Summer temps give growers hope that grapes will fully ripen . . . . Are the dollar and euro headed for 1-1 exchange rate? The euro continues to fall broadly as lack of progress on Europe’s debt crisis fuel concerns of bank problems across Europe. Some predictions have the exchange rate going as low as $1.20 per euro . . . . American Airlines held its 29^th annual Flagship Charities Golf Classic at the Wilshire Country Club this week to raise money for four children’s charities . . . . Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina will stage a giant haunted house Oct. 26-31 . . . . Pilgrims have come a long way. A Thanksgiving special at the Cotton Tree on Grand Cayman includes yoga, culinary classes and “an open-air pavilion surrounded by seagrape trees and perfumed with a fragrant infusion of island scents” . . . . The Orleans in Las Vegas is staging its first Asian food festival Oct. 1-2 . . . . A necklace that was aboard the Titanic has been stolen from an exhibition at Copenhagen’s Tivoli amusement park. The gold-plated necklace belonged to a member of a wealthy family who survived the sinking in 1912 . . . . Quote of the day: “I watched ‘Titanic’ when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.” (Stephen King)