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Cheap Travel Means Coping With Noise

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in General, Long-term travel | 2 Comments »

How well do you deal with noise? If you are about to go backpacking around the world, you had better get good at tuning out cacophony. Or you had better pack a monster bag of earplugs. Get ready to hear ...

Avoiding Sneaky Extra Travel Fees

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel industry | No Comments »

I'm setting off today on a four-day trip and this will be my 14th flight without paying an extra baggage charge since the legacy U.S. airlines started implementing them. I've gotten out of some because there's a loophole on international ...

Holiday vs. Holiday

Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

In the UK, a holiday is a vacation. Here it's a day off. I hope in either case you are having fun today with family and real friends. (The kind you talk to, not the kind you "friend" as a ...

Credit Card Companies Keep Stealing From Travelers

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel industry | 8 Comments »

As you may have noticed if you have used a credit card in a foreign country in the past few years, the company issuing that credit card has put its hand deeper and deeper into your pocket. Most will charge ...

Whine Flu, Schwine Flu

Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel adventures, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 3 Comments »

I haven't weighed in much on this overblown media frenzy of this swine flu episode because I'm really tired of hearing about it and think we'd all be better off if everyone started focusing on things that really do kill ...