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Archive for April, 2008

Enter the Remarkable Photo Contest

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Perceptive Travel, Travel gear, contests | No Comments »

Over at Perceptive Travel, we're running our second annual photo contest and this one is not just focused on one region. (See last year's winners of the Citiescape Asia contest here.) This year it's the Remarkable Photo Contest, where we want ...

Five Ways to Find a Hotel Bargain

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 9 Comments »

After years where hotel rates have kept going up and up, it looks like the guests may soon start getting the upper hand again. A worldwide recession, airline hassles, and the high price of gas are starting to take their ...

Brits in a Bubble

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Travel funnies, Travel industry | 3 Comments »

According to this article, it's not just us porky Americans who go sit on a beach and do nothing while on vacation. Apparently the majority of Britons holiday in a bubble. "A survey by Halifax Travel Insurance found that although millions ...

Traveler’s Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America - Out Now!

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel books | 1 Comment »

Last year I poured a sizable chunk of my time into a travel planning guide co-written with Rob Sangster. The result is now a chunky book on the shelves, Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America. This is not a guidebook ...

Exploring The Other Mexico

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »

I've written before about how there are really two Mexicos: tourist beach resort Mexico and "the other Mexico." I finally vented and wrote a whole article about it in this Tripso column, titled appropriately enough, Travel Bargains in the Other ...