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How Many Cabins Are There in Hell?

Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel funnies, Travel industry | 2 Comments »

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="(c) Oasis of the Seas"][/caption] Here's one seagoing vessel you will never find me upon: the 6,300-passenger Oasis of the Seas that is now in the ocean somewhere on the way to its home base in Florida. ...

High in Fiji, a Boat to Bagan, and America’s Stonehenge

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel | No Comments »

I was running around New York City the past few days, but on Monday we posted the new issue of Perceptive Travel, home to the best travel stories from wandering book authors. Two of our regular contributors return, including one who ...

Mumbai’s Taxi Problem

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Destination reports, Travel funnies | No Comments »

One of my many vivid negative memories of India is arriving in Bombay after a 36-hour train ride that was supposed to be 24 hours, only to get in a huge blow-up argument with a taxi driver who tried to ...

The Best Books for Round-the-World Travel

Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel books, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 2 Comments »

I get asked for book recommendations a lot from people planning their first trip around the world or going on an extended trip. Thankfully half of the e-mails have "(besides yours)" in the request. Yes, of course I think The ...

Another Southwest Airlines Sweep

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Cheap North America Travel, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »

SmarterTravel.com just released the results of their reader survey in which respondents pick the best and worst airlines in a variety of categories. They might as well call it the "Southwest vs. USAirways Survey" since the former did a smackdown ...