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Archive for 2006

Book of the Year: Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 Posted in Leffel projects, Travel bargains | 1 Comment »

Okay, that title is a bit of a teaser since Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune is just up for the award at Planeta.com. But "for your consideration," as the Academy Awards ads always say, you can go vote ...

Interview in Vagablond

Monday, December 18th, 2006 Posted in Leffel projects | No Comments »

Back on December 12, I did an interview with Gil at the Vagablond blog. Once a month he interviews a travel writer/author and this time it was me. I spew forth on what people do wrong when the travel, what my ...

Expensive Hotel Does Not Equal Great Beach

Monday, December 18th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »

I just went on a whirlwind tour of hotels in Puerto Vallarta for a writing assignment and posted a few reviews and musings at HotelChatter while I was at it. One observation I've had for a long time, that I ...

Real Estate Madness in Puerto Vallarta

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Posted in Destination reports, International living/working | 2 Comments »

If you're looking for a cheap place to live in a foreign country, I can say with certainty now that Puerto Vallarta is not where you want to go. I am down here on an assignment to review hotels, but ...

Finding good airfare deals

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Posted in General, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »

I'm running around Mexico right now like a pollo with his cabeza cut off, but meanwhile, deals keep pouring into my e-mail box and my RSS reader. Sub-$300 flights to Europe, $44 hotel rooms, unadvertised $200 domestic fares, etc. Keep ...