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Be a lean, mean travel machine

At the end of a trip, do you ever feel like you'd packed as if you were preparing for Armageddon? Do you really need eight pairs of shoes for a one-week holiday? If so, you're not alone, apparently. This article, courtesy of Business Times, provides some typical, but practical solutions to help you trim down your…

2020-01-150Comments

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The new best way to see where airlines depart from

Minimise the frustration of planning flights with this new tool. FlightsFrom.com has an easy to use web interface and in addition to having all non-stop destinations from every airport on every airline, also has schedule information with about 90% coverage. So not only do they show what airlines fly between sets of airports, for many (most)…

2019-12-180Comments

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The kids are alright

As we get older, we hopefully learn (or have learned by now) how to better spend our money. And, perhaps, if we've done that well, we may take advantage of it - perhaps splurging here or there. But, I would imagine it wasn't always this way for most of us: there was a time when…

2019-12-110Comments

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European airports send their best, with love, to you

As they say, there's no getting around getting around. And if you need to be on the other side of the globe, you generally only have one choice - flying. Europe is 27 countries, all with multiple airports - each accompanied by its own special considerations and features. So, they take their jobs quite seriously.…

2019-10-020Comments

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We all have baggage….let’s lighten up

Someday we’ll tell our grandchildren about a halcyon time when you didn’t have to pay money to bring luggage with you when you went on an airplane. For now, we’ll just focus on spending as little as possible to bring along our bags. And it’s not looking good, people. Those bag-check prices keep going up.…

2019-09-040Comments

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Flight delayed? Get paid

Who among us has suffered an airline delay or cancellation, or even been bumped from a flight? Plenty. Who’s been compensated for the inconvenience? Probably not very many. One Berlin-based firm, AirHelp, is trying to rectify that, educating flyers around the world of their rights to compensation — and, for a fee, helping them secure…

2019-08-290Comments

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How to sail an Uber

Great news: You don’t have to be a zillionaire scion to hire a private boat at the snap of your fingers. Ride-sharing app Uber has taken care of that with UberBOAT, originally offering a sea vessel option in Istanbul and Miami. And now, it’s happening in Croatia. Croatia is already a hot spot for island-hopping…

2019-08-150Comments

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Use Google Flights’ own search engine

For years, there has been a flight search engine that has powered the travel industry called ITA Matrix. Google purchased them in 2010. The software - which Google still uses - is available for consumers. The benefits of using the took are that there are far more search options than on the more simple Google…

2019-08-130Comments

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Buy 12GB SIM Card Europe at Amsterdam Airport

The prepaid SIM card Europe 12GB has been made for travellers visiting various countries within Europe. The SIM card offers the convenience of one mobile phone number for the whole of Europe. It is an all-in card for calls and data. The SIM card fits in any smartphone and our staff will be more than glad…

2019-08-040Comments

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Google Fi courting travelers by selling SIM cards in airport vending machines

One of the most ubiquitous and frustrating experiences of travel is bad connectivity. In this day and age, it's a crime to not be able to have access to good Wi-Fi or cheap options for cellular service no matter where you go, unless of course it's a destination where that is not a feature. Planning…

2019-05-160Comments

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Low Cost 747??

A new American carrier is challenging the low-cost model by operating a solely jumbo-jet fleet. Avatar Airlines hopes to revive waning interest in Boeing’s 747 by bringing it to the ultra-low-cost market. It's an interesting idea, as so many still-viable planes are retired to be scavenged or to be left to rot. Keep an eye on…

2019-04-280Comments

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