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What Some Frequent Travelers Won’t Travel Without..AndYou?
What is the one thing you have to take along when you travel? Travelers typically have their “Must haves” when they travel. Recently, Business Week asked some of the more famous frequent travelers, “What is the one thing you have to take along when you travel?” Here are some of the answers.Travel Tip: 3 Steps to Take If Your Flight Is Cut
You think you've done a good job, booking a flight months in advance of your planned travel. But with airlines cutting costs — and thus flights — all the time, there's a chance you will see that foresight going right down the drain. If you get the dreaded "Itinerary update: Flight change" email, look for these three things:
- Check destination airport and connections.
Website of the Day: Goby.com
Another great travel planning site whether you're looking for activities close to home or for your next trip is Goby.com. An activity search engine, Goby.com can search more than 300 categories of “things to do” from museums and holiday events to hiking trails and hotels. Just enter “what, where and when” and be inspired by the myriad of things you can do – whether home or away this holiday season.
Find the Tastiest, Cheapest Food While Traveling Anywhere
Exploring new cities means exploring new food, and it's a glorious part of traveling. A limited budget doesn't mean your options are equally constrained, it just means you need to know where to look for cheap and delicious eats.
Money magazine has some helpful, universal tips for anyone who's hungry in a strange place and doesn't want to spend a fortune.
Time Traveler
Capezio sweater. Gold Hawk dress. Costume flower earrings.
Greening Your Travel
WHY TRAVEL GREEN (via Green Vacation Hub
Go Green!
Green travel is good for business, good for people and good for the planet.
When you travel green, You:
Support businesses making efforts to protect the environment.
Green Travel: Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint
From the NYTimes: http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/travel/04green.html?th&emc=th Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint By JENNIFER CONLIN Published: May 4, 2008 IN February, on a chilly, clear Sunday morning, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, along with the co-sponsors Boeing and GE Aviation, lured more than 200 journalists to a hangar at Heathrow Airport near London to witness what they said was airline history. Over flutes of Champagne and plates of mini-bagels filled with salmon, everyone’s eyes were fixed on a 747 as it took off on the world’s first biofuel demonstration flight. Never mind that only one of the plane’s engines used biofuel, and that was about 25 percent mixed with standard kerosene jet fuel.I'm Asking: Would You Gamble on Rain to Win a Free Stay?
I don't know many people who look forward to a rainy day on a beach vacay, but this plan may make you more inclined. Although normal rates for Malaysia's luxury Tanjong Jara Resort will run upwards of $350 per night, if you encounter more than an inch of rainfall in any 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Budget Travel: Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home
Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/travel/08pracdeals.html?th&emc=th By MICHELLE HIGGINS Published: June 8, 2008 LAST summer, Lisa Clark, a management consultant from Los Angeles, spent about three weeks in Europe, touring Scotland by car, spending a weekend in Paris and biking in Tuscany. Though it wasn’t cheap (France and Italy cost roughly $4,300 alone) Ms. Clark made it work by using frequent flier miles to get there and by buying packaged tours to keep her expenses contained.The Truthful Traveler - Find out all the best kept secrets when using online travel sites
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