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Archive for February, 2007

New Daily Deal Blog at L.A. Times

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in General, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »

I've been wondering where Jen Leo would show up on the web since handing the Written Road blog baton on to someone else. Now she's doing a daily deal blog for the L.A. Times. Like the posts I do for HotelChatter, ...

Finding a Cheap Hotel in Belize

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 6 Comments »

Usually the official tourism site of a country is not all that much help, especially if you're at the low end of the budget scale. So let's hear it for Belize, a country that lists over 100 hotels under $60 ...

Earning Frequent Flyer Miles in a Desk Chair

Friday, February 23rd, 2007 Posted in General, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 4 Comments »

Back in September I posted about a deal that Delta Airlines was running where you could earn 250 miles by doing almost nothing. While I have taken my potshots at Delta plenty of times, I just earned 750 miles from ...

When Even the Rich Say London is Expensive

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Destination reports, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »

When even the wealthy travelers with money to burn start complaining about how expensive staying in London is, you know it's gotten bad. Whenever the dollar plummets and U.S. travelers get stung, which is pretty much a regular thing now, I ...

For Your Consideration…(again)

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Travel bargains, contests | 6 Comments »

A panel of esteemed judges put me in the top-5 for the "Best Informative/Practical Travel Blog," over at the Travvies Awards. So if you think I occasionally spew out some useful info here, muchas gracias for logging in a vote ...