The Guardian Says I’m a Dancing Dad
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Travel industry | 1 Comment »I've been called worse I suppose. I just got tipped off that this Cheapest Destinations blog was featured in The Guardian again, this time in a battle of the blogs where I was up against Arthur Frommer. I feel like ...
You Say Vainilla, I Say Vanilla
Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel funnies | 2 Comments »I'm in the midst of packing for a two-week trip to Eastern Europe, so here are a few things worth checking out in the meantime. In a nice departure from the usual travel magazine ho-hum, the September issue of Budget Travel ...
Travel with No Reservations
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 Posted in Long-term travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel adventures, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »My new MSNBC column (via Tripso) is out now, called Reservations About Making Reservations. Of course the majority of backpackers go for months or a year finding rooms on the fly without even thinking about it, but from the comments ...
Useful Costa Rica Travel Websites
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | 3 Comments »Continuing this blog's series of rundowns on useful websites that give you solid info, this entry runs down some good ones in Costa Rica. I just wrote a story loosely about Costa Rica adventure travel in the most recent Perceptive ...
Broadband Costs Abroad, Part 2
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in Destination reports, General, International living/working | No Comments »In an earlier post I had some stats on broadband costs in various countries around the world. It was obvious that Mexico, Turkey, and Greece are not the best places to get an apartment and set up broadband access. The ...
