Shoulder Season vs. “Are You Nuts?” Season
Friday, January 19th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | No Comments »You can find some awfully cheap flights between the U.S. and Europe during the dead of winter, but there's a good reason they're half the price of other times of the year. It's a crappy time to travel unless you're ...
Maybe I’m a Real Writer After All
Thursday, January 18th, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel | 2 Comments »Soon we will return to our regularly scheduled programming, but first, a bragging break. This week I got the good news that Perceptive Travel snagged two of the four Grand Prizes from the North American Travel Journalists Association, from their ...
Laos Is Still a Bargain–Even at the Top End
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | No Comments »Since I first backpacked around the world in the 90s, a lot of places have gone from shoestring travel hotspots to upscale magazine hotspots. (Hoi An, Ubud, Prague, Budapest...) When this happens, the hotel and restaurant prices quickly start marching upward. ...
Weak Dollar Travel Advice
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »I've been out of pocket for a while, hanging with some old college buds at a wedding in Miami, poor me. Partly taking my own advice though, since we all stayed at an independent hotel that's a good deal (but ...
The Citiescape Asia Photo Contest
Friday, January 12th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, General | No Comments »Over at Perceptive Travel, we're running a photo contest that can win you a box set of all 10 of the new Citiescape guides from Lonely Planet. These are some very cool little books, filled with knockout photos, that will give ...
