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Archive for May, 2008

Time to Revolt: Don’t Fly American Airlines in the U.S.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Travel industry | 10 Comments »

Do you feel like a lobster in a pot, with the water getting hotter and hotter every week? If you're a customer of American Airlines, it's time to jump out of the pot and scurry to the beach. Just when ...

Where to Go on Your Summer Vacation

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »

With gas prices at a record high, flying a demeaning exercise in bad service and extra fee avoidance, and soaring commodity prices driving up the costs of food and transport, what's a summer vacationer to do? That seems to be ...

Fly Now to Latin America

Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Vacation deals | No Comments »

This is a great time to travel to Mexico and Central America if you are looking for a deal on airfares. This time of the year is shoulder season in most of Latin America, so demand is not as high ...

A Real Rundown on Bucharest

Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Destination reports, Travel industry | No Comments »

One of the most fantastic developments that has arisen from the world of blogs is the ability to find out what a place is really like, free from the puffery and "everything is wonderful" glossy reports you read from magazines ...

Faces of Copan, Honduras

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | 1 Comment »

Without really setting out to do so, I now seem to have visited a half dozen Maya sites over the past few years, including Uxmal, Ek Balaam, Tikal, and now Copan. (Okay, really Copán if you want to be ...