Over at Lifehacker, a brief piece about the as yet unpublished results of a study by economist Makoto Watanabe on when is the best time to book flights. A few highlights: No surprise, given the title of this post, 8 weeks out generally delivers the best deal Fares are cheapest in the afternoon Not part [...]
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…and please, Person Who Writes Caution Label Copy For A Living, why are “OPEN” and “IN” in quotation marks? Do you not understand that they are not only unnecessary, but in fact imply the opposite of what you intend to say? “Good” work!
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In addition to a couple of usual suspects – Wendy Perrin & USA Today Travel, for instance – a few surprises. See the full list here: 10 Travel Twitterers to Follow, and Why @HuffingtonPost
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A few readers have asked how my wife managed to travel for 11 days in Europe, with stops in Rome, Sorrento, London, and (on our return) Chicago, without checking any luggage. After spending several weeks cajoling, pleading, and downright groveling (I exaggerate slightly), she finally agreed to write a brief post about her packing method; [...]
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In a recent post I mentioned that there were several travel tools that were absolutely indispensable during our week and a half-long trip to Italy. I suppose the trip would have been possible without them, but they made it much easier and more enjoyable. In this series of posts, I’ll examine each of those tools [...]
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