Tourist Traps to Avoid
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, General, Travel industry | 5 Comments »You know the scene. You visit one of those "must see" places in every guidebook and travel article and..."Holy crap! Is this a rock festival or Trevi Fountain?This article, Tourist Traps to Avoid, hits some of the worst: ...
Good Companies Turning Evil
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in General | 6 Comments »Amazon and the world's dominant search engine both pissed me off last week. If you haven't heard, Amazon pulled a Don Corleone and offered print-on-demand publishing companies an offer they couldn't refuse: use our in-house printing company or be banned ...
Techari Live and Technology
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel music | 1 Comment »I am still in Mexico and had all kinds of plans for postings with cool pictures, but alas I forgot the cord that connects my camera to a laptop and I'm screwed. Now I have to take the memory card ...
Friday Round-up of Good Travel News
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, General, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference, Travel books | 2 Comments »1) Outside magazine has stopped including any subscription insert cards in all subscription copies, starting with its March "green" issue. This will save an estimated 1,500 trees, according to the magazine. "We've had huge gains online," Paul Rolnick, consumer marketing ...
Face It: Prices are Rising for Travelers Everywhere
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel bargains | 4 Comments »When you hear something once you can dismiss it. When you hear it twice, it may be real. When you hear something three times from three different people, you've got what journalists call "a sure-fire trend." Here's a trend that ...
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