Ask me about Mexico and Central America
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Travel books | No Comments »I'm pretty good about answering e-mails from readers, even if they do sometimes want me to serve as their surrogate guidebook and travel agent (ahem). But a lot of questions are common ones that more than one person is asking, ...
No More Airfare Secrets
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Travel bargains, Travel books, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »As this linked article in SmarterTravel notes, you probably shouldn't believe anything published with the promise to let you in on airfare secrets. The truth is, the days of "secrets" are long behind us, probably forever. The article rags on ...
5 Things That Are Getting on My Nerves
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel books, Travel industry | 14 Comments »This past month Wired magazine's cover story was "Why Things Suck." It was a brilliant collection of 33 annoyances and their causes. Some of my favorites were in there, including the dozen subscription cards stuffed into every magazine, the Ticketmaster ...
7 Wierd Things From Marco Polo’s Biography
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in General, Long-term travel, Travel books | No Comments »In the latest issue of Perceptive Travel there's a review of the recent Marco Polo biography from Laurence Bergreen. This is an interesting guide to the life of the original world traveler, a Venetian who ended up going to Constantinople, ...
Favorite Books of Round-the-World Travelers
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Posted in Travel books | 1 Comment »I never seem to get around to doing those year-end lists of the top this or that. It's probably because I'm still on deadline for some article or book instead of phoning in some copy that can run while I'm ...
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