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Archive for April, 2007

Cheap Flights to Guatemala on Spirit

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Travel bargains | 5 Comments »

Budget airline Spirit Air just launched flights to Guatemala from the U.S. and they're running some cheap intro deals to kick it off, starting as low as $176 plus taxes round-trip. This fare is good for about four weeks, from ...

Less Puffing in Europe

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, General | No Comments »

Budget Travel magazine has published a really cool map showing the smoking tolerance of nations throughout Europe, with the red ones being quite strict and the green ones marked as "smoke 'em if you've got 'em." Europe in general used to ...

Brits Gone Wild in Eastern Europe

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Destination reports | 1 Comment »

This isn't really news to anyone who has watched hordes of drunk Brits in the cities of Eastern Europe, but yesterday this made the front page of the Wall Street Journal: British Bridegrooms Bring Stag Revelry to Eastern Europe. That's a ...

Cheap Country Bargain: Indian Camel Safari

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel adventures, Travel bargains | No Comments »

Every few months I see an article somewhere about an Indian camel safari in Rajasthan, near Jaisalmer. Hey, I even wrote a camel safari article myself once upon a time. That's okay though, because long after I went on mine, ...

Custom Clothes in Saigon

Monday, April 9th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 3 Comments »

While Bangkok is the place to go if you're a man getting some suits made, Vietnam is a better bet for women's fashion. The place that started it all for tourists is Hoi An, which used to be a sleepy ...