MapQuest Original

Look at this old timeless classic. It kind of resembles the modern day UPS truck except the UPS trucks are enclosed. Back then when this vechicle was in use there were less streets, roads and highways but you could still easily get lost.

 Driving directions were straight from a map or a yap, (someones mouth).

Drivers were always stopping and asking for directions.

Your first choice in asking for directions was the person walking/standing/loitering on the street, that is, if that person had looked knowledgeable and or trustworthy.



The second choice for driving directions was the filling station. The filling station employee was always getting asked for driving directions, so you hoped they knew what they were talking about.



The third choice was if you were in a rural area, and it would not be a choice it was a last resort. You would sheepishly, as you were walking past sheep, tuck your tail between your legs as you walked past various animals with tails, and go knock on a farm house door and admit you were lost and needed directions.

The good and bad part of doing this was you remembered all of those farmers daughters jokes, of which we're going to tell none.

MapQuest Original

Sometimes you get the picture, sometimes you don't get the picture and we are not talking modern photography that utilizes pixels, sd card, or upload to your pc, 15 years ago it would have been film, developing, and a second set of pics free.
Other descriptive terms of the point we're trying to drive home which is about driving home or anywhere else are, clueless, out to lunch,brain dead, incapacitated, and the funniest derogatory term ever, nincompoop.
Sometimes you are lost, sometimes you are really lost. Fifteen years ago you were really lost because you didn't have MapQuest.
Nowadays  you don't have to be a brain dead lost nincompoop, to which we say thank you MapQuest.

Vacation~ Deals, Discounts, Savings

Vacation planning using MapQuest can save you a boat load of money. All the way from a toy boat load of money to a kayak, to the S.S. Minnow. The smart pick would be the kayak, the toy boat is to small and the S.S. Minnow sank, which marooned Gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, and the rest, or the following season they gave over due credit to the professor and MaryAnn.

On MapQuest all it takes is about 5 clicks to bring up a Hotels price rate for a room and the 5 clicks are very quick, you dont sit there waiting and waiting for the page to load they're almost instant.
Or you can enter your criteria and scan all the hotels at once on one page or multiple pages.
Another great feature is most hotels websites have their link right there on MapQuest and with one quick click you can visit their website find deals, discounts, amenities, availability and on and on.
Stay safe and have a great vacation you deserve it.
What to do with a theoretical kayak full of saved money should be real easy.

MapQuest and TomTom team up to create a WinWin.

MapQuest's maps will now be powered by TomTom.

What we find unusual is that when you go to TomTom's website and look at who they partner with you do not see the MapQuest

logo? But you do see that Google is one of many a TomTom partner. The last time we checked MapQuest and Google are staunch competitors, so how did TomTom swing such a deal? Maybe TomTom forgot to tell Google or hoped they wouldn't notice.

Anyway congratulations to MapQuest and TomTom for creating a better, improved mapping and directions system/alliance.



Don't forget vacation season is coming up, and you don't want to waste any precious vacation time being lost, and MapQuest is your go to, when you want to, go to.