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Brits in a Bubble

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Travel funnies, Travel industry | 3 Comments »

According to this article, it's not just us porky Americans who go sit on a beach and do nothing while on vacation. Apparently the majority of Britons holiday in a bubble. "A survey by Halifax Travel Insurance found that although millions ...

A Great Rant on Travel List Books

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Travel books, Travel funnies, Travel industry | No Comments »

A while back I went off on 5 things that are getting off my nerves. One of them being the proliferation of travel lists, specifically the books that tell you that you must go here and do these specific things, ...

Tiene Cambio?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Travel funnies | 4 Comments »

Ask any backpacker about what drives them crazy about traveling in developing countries and they'll probably talk about either bad toilets or...lack of change. Despite going through the change hoarding routine a hundred times now, I still find it exasperating. ...

You Say Vainilla, I Say Vanilla

Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in General, Travel funnies | 2 Comments »

I'm in the midst of packing for a two-week trip to Eastern Europe, so here are a few things worth checking out in the meantime. In a nice departure from the usual travel magazine ho-hum, the September issue of Budget Travel ...

Random Monday Funnies

Monday, August 20th, 2007 Posted in Beers of the World, Travel funnies | No Comments »

I've been writing all weekend and am too drained to be informative, so here are some random bits of humor instead. When is a city doomed to never fully recover? Here's a very funny article from The Onion: Detroit Sold for ...