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		<title>Four Days, One Bike, One Small Backpack</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheap North America Travel]]></category>
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Today I depart for a a few days of biking inn-to-inn on the Katy Trail in Missouri. This is something I&#8217;ve wanted to do for ages, so I&#8217;m far more excited than I usually get about a domestic writing trip. The hard part is, I have to carry all my things with me as I&#8217;m [...]


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		<title>The Latest in Travel Gear for Backpackers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned before that last week I attended the Outdoor Retailers show, which is a twice-a-year gathering for manufacturers to show off their stuff to the nation&#8217;s retailers. Some of it was geared to skiers, runners, ice climbers, and other active types, but a good bit of it was aimed at travelers as well. A [...]


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		<title>Travel and Lifestyle News of the Day</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/12/16/travel-and-lifestyle-news-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cheap North America Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first. If you wanted to get free shipping from Amazon or other online retailers and want to get the stuff before Xmas, you need to order today. If you want a signed copy of The World&#8217;s Cheapest Destinations in time to give as a gift, I need that order by tomorrow.
In case you [...]


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<li><a href='http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/04/15/cheap-destination-travel-news/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Cheap Destination Travel News'>Cheap Destination Travel News</a></li>
<li><a href='http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/08/19/round-up-of-travel-news-and-deal-advice/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Round-up of Travel News and Deal Advice'>Round-up of Travel News and Deal Advice</a></li>
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		<title>Last Week for Passports with Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making a difference]]></category>
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Thanks to everyone who chipped in on the Passports with Purpose charity drive to build a school in Cambodia. It took very little time to blow past the original $13K goal, so they doubled it to enable a water purifier, a daily lunch program, and a gardener to grow vegetables for that lunch program.

Remember, if [...]


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<li><a href='http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/28/another-southwest-airlines-sweep/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Another Southwest Airlines Sweep'>Another Southwest Airlines Sweep</a></li>
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		<title>10 Cheap Travel Gear Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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I do lots of travel gear reviews in different budget ranges at my other blog, but in these lean times we&#8217;re living in, I&#8217;m especially tuned into which items are a great value. All of the following are $20 or less (in some cases much less), so if you&#8217;ve got a traveler on your holiday [...]


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		<title>Another Travel Magazine Shutting Down</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/12/04/another-travel-magazine-shutting-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve lost a few travel magazines from the racks over the past couple years, but none has pained me personally as much as this one. National Geographic Adventure will be making its final ascent after the next issue after seeing their ad revenue decline by more than 60% year-over-year. The magazine is shutting down, leaving [...]


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		<title>Smart Packing for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/11/20/smart-packing-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about to be that time of year again, when planes are jammed, tempers are flaring, and we&#8217;re supposed to deliver gifts while full of cheer.
Of course it&#8217;s hard to be cheerful when you&#8217;re paying $25 to $75 to check bags after already paying inflated holiday airfares. So check out this article I got quoted [...]


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		<title>Good Travel Info From Elsewhere</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/11/11/good-travel-info-from-elsewhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m busy getting the 3rd annual Remarkable Photo Contest ready to launch this weekend on Perceptive Travel, so here&#8217;s some useful travel info from elsewhere to make this a week of being wiser.
8 things you should know about Gore-tex (that I didn&#8217;t until two weeks ago).
The fine print on credit cards keeps getting worse and [...]


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		<title>Packing the Right Travel Gear</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/08/packing-the-right-travel-gear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just packed up my backpack to head off to Ecuador and the Galapagos, so gadgets and gear are on my mind. Two weeks of stuff packed into my trusty Eagle Creek Meridian 55L pack.
Here&#8217;s a guest post I did for the Travel Gear Blog over at BootsnAll a couple weeks ago: 7 cheap round-the-world [...]


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		<title>5 Reasons to use Skype When You Travel</title>
		<link>http://travel.booklocker.com/2009/10/06/5-reasons-to-use-skype-when-you-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you travel around the world with your cell phone, crackberry, or iPhone, you could end up spending a fortune to communicate. I&#8217;ve heard so many sad tales of $1,000+ surprise bills that I&#8217;m convinced it&#8217;s a huge profit center for the mobile phone companies, especially the one with the iPhone monopoly here in the [...]


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