Reminder - Citiescape Asia Photo Contest
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 Posted in Perceptive Travel, contests | No Comments »Just a quick note of reminder that there are three weeks left to enter the Asia photo contest from Perceptive Travel. Winner gets a sweet boxed set of all 10 of the Lonely Planet Citiescape guides. Second gets a travel ...
U.S. Airline Report Card
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »OK, I promise to get off the airline kick very soon. But this is too good to pass up. Yesterday, data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed what many of us know intuitively: the "budget" airlines are doing a ...
Forget Outdated Airfare Assumptions
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel bargains, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »In one chapter of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune I emphasize that the airfare game has changed considerably in the past 8-10 years. Anyone basing their assumptions on the way it used to be is liable to waste ...
Fly Within Asia for Next to Nothing
Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Long-term travel, Travel bargains | 2 Comments »With proof once again that flying around Asia is getting dirt cheap if you time it right, Tiger Airways just announced sale fares starting at 1.99 Singapore dollars one way, which comes to less than $1.50 US or barely over ...
Hotel Chains Raised Prices Over 10 Percent in ‘06
Sunday, February 4th, 2007 Posted in Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »If it seemed like chain hotels in Europe and North America got more expensive last year, you weren't imagining things. Hilton earnings and Starwood earnings came out last week and we have the feeling lots of champagne corks were popping ...
