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Travelling to Greener Pastures
Now that everyone’s mother and twice removed cousin on their father’s side knows about global warming (we hope), ‘travelling green’ has become not only noticed, but really quite fashionable. Here are our destination favourites for the eco-conscious traveller. Portland, Oregon, USA Who would have thought the second biggest polluter worldwide could hide an eco-conscious gem [...]
The World’s Wackiest Laws
Sex on a public beach is never a good idea – not least when you’re in Dubai. It’s a lesson a British couple learned the hard way when they were caught in the act and jailed in the Emirate state earlier this year. The pair aren’t the only ones to fall foul of the law: [...]
Guide to Inexpensive Airfare
Cheap Flights 101 Six sure-fire steps to scamming the lowest possible deal on airfare, along with other ways to the best airfare prices, period Back in the Middle Ages of air travel, airlines used to publish their rates in telephone-book-sized compendiums updated every few weeks, and your trusty travel agent would actually get on the [...]
The world of ambiguous airports
The world of ambiguous airports Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Since when has Oxford been in London? For that matter; when did Stansted, Luton or Gatwick get a London postcode? If you jumped on a train that said it was going to London, but it was actually bound for Oxford, you’d be pretty annoyed. And rightly [...]
Orbitz.com adds Google Street View giving its customers a virtual walking tour of a hotel’s neighborhood
Orbitz.com made choosing a hotel easier with the integration of Google Street View into its mapping functionality. Orbitz is the only major U.S. online travel company[1] to integrate Google Street View into its hotel offering, allowing customers to explore the neighborhood around a hotel and check out 360 degree street-level views of hotels, nearby restaurants, [...]
Tips for Finding Cheap Airfare
Think you need a vacation now? Just wait until you’re scouring dozens of booking sites, aggregators and airline Web sites to find cheap tickets for your next trip — then you’ll really be ready for a week off! Unfortunately for weary travelers, there’s no real shortcut to finding cheap airfare. As with any purchase, you [...]
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