If you’re visiting a new city or want to rediscover a place you’ve visited before, check out Google Labs’ new City Tours. Released in June, City Tours provides suggestions for sights to see in thousands of cities around the world.
The interface couldn’t be simpler; just input a city and country in the search box (click [...]
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If you’re an avid traveler, you’ve likely heard about Air New Zealand’s “Bare Essentials” safety video – part of the airline’s “Nothing to Hide” campaign – in which all of the employees featured in the video (and accompanying tv ad) wear nothing but body paint.
Proving an airline can have a sense of humor during tough [...]
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Fodor’s editor Doug Stallings covers 5 times you should always use flyer miles, and 4 situations that are more suited to purchasing tickets with cash: Frequent Flyer Miles: When Should You Use One or the Other?
In addition to some solid tips, Doug’s article also includes links to several sites useful to frequent air travelers.
One of [...]
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SmarterTravel published their “Carry-On Bags: The Ultimate Guide” a few days ago. Click on the link to view the original post; you can view and save the Free guide.
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Click on the following link for a complete rundown of current airline fees (booking, ticket changes, baggage charges, buying miles, beverages, snacks, use of lavatory, (I made up that last one), etc. etc. etc.) which was compiled by USA Today’s Gary Stoller:
Charts: Airline Fees (USA Today)
NOTE: these fees are subject to change!
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If you’re having trouble keeping track of the ever changing luggage size and fee guidelines from domestic and international airlines, TravelSmith is trying to demystify the situation.
Their “Carry-On & Check-In Luggage Guidelines“, available as a free pdf, gives a fairly complete rundown as of 6/19/09.
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Have a frequent flyer miles or other type of award points credit card? Interested in getting extra miles or points at no cost and with little effort? Read on…
There’s a lengthy (it goes back to June of 2008) thread at FlyerTalk devoted to this subject. Briefly, here’s how it works:
Buy $1 Native American or U.S. [...]
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I’m not sure how I managed to book a 42 minute layover in O’Hare, but I did. UA8089 was scheduled to arrive at ORD at 7:17am this morning and my connection, UA6518, was scheduled to depart at 7:59am. This normally wouldn’t concern me too much, but I was traveling with golf clubs. [...]
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Face it: most airport food is horrendous. Burgers, greasy fries, bland pizza… we’ve all fallen prey to grabbing crappy fast food between flights.
But there are better alternatives.
More and more U.S. airport restaurants feature good and even great food.
Based on my own travel experiences, reviews at Chowhound, Yelp and FlyerTalk as well as articles from mainstream [...]
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I mentioned BiddingForTravel in The Ultimate List of Top Travel Sites, but it bears repeating: whenever you’re opting to use the “Name Your Own Price” Priceline feature, check BiddingForTravel first.
I recently scored a $15 per day rental car in the Albany, NY area, thanks to BFT.com Courtesy of the recession there are some outstanding deals [...]
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Perhaps you’ve seen ads for “insider secrets” eBooks purporting to offer little known ways to save thousands of dollars on airfare and travel. Are these eBooks worth it? Do they offer valuable insights and advice that can legitimately be called “secret?”
I recently took a firsthand look at two such books (more on those two [...]
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Launched in early 2008 by Google and YouTube alumni, Howcast provides how-to videos on a wide array of topics. All of the videos are fast paced, most are funny, and many offer really useful information.
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