1,000 Ways to Finance Your Travel TV Show
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 Posted in Travel industry | 2 Comments »I just switched on the new Travel Channel show, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. I got a few minutes into it and just had to stop and rewind for comment. Yes, it’s bad, really bad. I didn’t have ...
Electronics Prices Vary Widely
Friday, March 30th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel gear | No Comments »Many long-term travelers set off assuming that cheap countries are going to have cheap goods across the board. Things produced locally will be a bargain, but imported goods can be shockingly expensive when you are used to the hyper-efficient, competitive, ...
What? I said stop multitasking. What?
Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel gear, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »A recent story in the New York Times says there's increasing evidence that if you're multitasking all day, you're getting a lot less done in the end. “Multitasking is going to slow you down, increasing the chances of mistakes,” said David ...
Are fares down, or up, or down?
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel industry | 2 Comments »Are you paying more for flights than you did seven years ago? That's the question a new report from American Express tries to answer. It depends on how you frame the question though. Are we talking about domestic U.S. fares ...
Thumbs Up Thumbs Down on a Short Travel Jaunt
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 4 Comments »A week and a half ago I did what millions of Americans do every year: take off on a jaunt of less than a week to a sunny beach resort. It's not "travel" in the real sense and it gives ...
