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The State of Flying

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel bargains, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »

This is the best of times, the worst of times for flying. Airline news can be kind of boring and often frustrating, but if you don't keep up on it you can miss out on deals and get socked with ...

Don’t Look Now–Your Dollar is Rising

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | No Comments »

"You snooze you lose" has been quite applicable to the world of travel over the past year as conditions on the ground and in the air change every week. If you keep up with what's going on and are flexible, ...

Your Cellphone + Traveling = Big Bucks

Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in General, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel industry | 8 Comments »

In Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America, my co-author and I basically told people to leave their cell phone at home when they travel or just turn it off when on foreign soil. A couple people we showed the ...

World Traveler? Forget the Bloodmobile

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in General, International living/working, Long-term travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference | 4 Comments »

It’s not just gay heroin addicts from Gabon who get shown the door at the bloodmobile. If you are a world traveler, your blood is probably not wanted, at least by the American Red Cross anyway. My latest Tripso column was ...

Fuel Prices and Summer Vacations

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »

I've been getting loads of media calls on how to still have a summer vacation in this climate of expensive gasoline and and expensive (and less pleasant) airfares. One solution, if you're in a place where it's an option, is ...