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Airline Fees in Europe

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, General, Travel industry | 2 Comments »

SmarterTravel has published a series of great tables to help passengers figure out how much they'll get reamed by various airlines in extra fees and frequent flyer fees to redeem "free" tickets. Now they've got a guide to airline fees ...

Succumbing to a Group Tour (for a Good Reason)

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, General, Travel adventures, Travel industry | 2 Comments »

Long-term budget travelers are, by nature, and independent lot. You wouldn't be out there backpacking around in the first place if you were trying to fit in and conform to the norm. "I don't do group tours" is a common ...

4 Annoying Things and 2 Good Ones

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in General, Leffel projects, Travel industry | 6 Comments »

1) I have years of personal family photos stored on Kodak Gallery (once Ofoto), but add up the megabytes and they wouldn't fill a $4.99 memory stick from Big Lots. So why is the company sending me an extortion e-mail ...

The Power of Persistence

Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Family travel, Travel bargains, Travel industry | No Comments »

After five attempts on different days, I finally found cheap flights for three across Mexico. The solution involves a bus ride and a taxi, but we save $100 each in the end and get a direct flight, so worth it. After ...

Avoiding Sneaky Extra Travel Fees

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in General, Travel industry | 1 Comment »

I'm setting off today on a four-day trip and this will be my 14th flight without paying an extra baggage charge since the legacy U.S. airlines started implementing them. I've gotten out of some because there's a loophole on international ...