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7 Ways to Find Best Hotel Deals
A few 2018 updates: #4 below, Sign up for Price or Sale Alerts: Google has added a price tracking feature for flight and hotel searches. And, for additional alerts, browse our blog, 6 Travel Alerts Worth Setting. For #5 below, Stay at Newly Opened Hotels: Here are...
What Not to Wear around the World
In the past decade or so, the topic of clothing bans has been a hot one. Today, if you’re traveling almost anywhere, it’s good to search ‘clothes not to wear’ for the country you plan to visit. Although many countries have fashion trends that come and go, there are...
11 Unexpected Hotel Fees
So, you’ve gone to the trouble of searching and re-searching and have found yourself a great hotel at a great rate. You book it. You’re pleased. Then later - upon cancellation or upon arrival – you learn about some of the crazy add-on fees this hotel charges. Now you...
Cabin Choice: Inside vs Oceanview vs Balcony
If you’re an avid cruiser, I bet you have one favorite cabin type that you choose automatically every time you cruise: either an inside stateroom or an oceanview room or a balcony room. Of course, the obvious difference and often a deciding factor is the price....
Stretching your Travel Dollar
There are lots of names for it: Budget travel, Frugal travel, Stretching your travel dollar, Saving a dollar, Bargain travel, Lux on a budget. Whatever you call it, the definition doesn’t mean that you must suffer while on a travel budget. Many times, the opposite is...
Successful Online Travel Bids
You’ve likely heard of Hotwire, Priceline and maybe even SkyAuction. They are opaque travel searches that enable you to bid the price you’d like to pay for a hotel, flight, car rental or vacation package. These sites are intriguing and often worthwhile but are...
Getting Best Car Rental Prices
The car rental game is complex and can be confusing and expensive. Unless you’ve had lots of experience, you may be intimidated by the whole process. There are a number of lesser-known tips and tricks that will help ensure you won't get stung. Here are a few of the...
What to know about Travel Refunds and Cancellations
Booking and pre-paying for travel can be risky. What happens when you find a great, limited time deal that’s too good to pass up or you want to book months in advance to receive a good rate? But when you pay ahead, you risk needing to cancel maybe because you’re...
Achieving Sustainable Travel: If you love it,don’t lose it
It’s true: We’re hooked on the benefits and sheer pleasure of traveling. Unfortunately, travel popularity means we’re seeing the effects of over-tourism and anti-tourism. Recently, Venice, Barcelona and Peru’s Machu Picchu have struggled with too many visitors. Masses...
6 Reasons to Book Travel On-the-Go
When is the best time to book travel? Is it best to book six or more months ahead or best to book last minute? That topic is ever controversial and continues to provide analysis and opinions. Though we’re often encouraged to book months in advance, booking travel...
