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Girlfriends Getaway to the Emerald City
It's all about Chicago; where to eat, sleep, and drink.
| 2 | by Budget Travel | Food + Drink, Chicago, Girlfriend Getaways |
Budget Travel's Blog
The latest travel news, vacation tips & advice, travel apps, and more
Archive: April 2007
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Today's travel intel
America's top architectural wonders, US Airways' reservation system, a freebie, and more.
| 2 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying, Helpful Websites |
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Pets are now welcome in Hawaii
The tropical islands throw a bone to vacationers by changing its rules, and hotels respond.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Helpful Websites, Pet-Friendly |
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Last chance to win $500!
It's the last day to enter the Blog-Off Contest.
| 21 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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Retiring abroad
If you've ever thought about retiring to Mexico on $600 a month, you'll find a definitive article on the topic.
| 2 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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Today's travel intel
Wireless hot spots, a space shuttle, flirting tips, and more.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Amusement and Theme Parks, London |
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Today's travel intel
Harry Potter and The Simpsons are the latest pop-culture icons to get rides devoted to them.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Amusement and Theme Parks, Family Travel |
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| 8 | by Budget Travel | Travel Gear |
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Those wacky low-fare guarantees
Find a cheaper deal on another site? Would be great to get the difference, right? Good luck—the airlines are against you on that one.
| 2 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying |
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And now for something different
Artists who decorate ordinary cars in ways beyond your wildest imaginings.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Museums, Houston |
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Try French culture at about a third off
Perhaps you're put off by the weak buying power of the dollar against the euro, which makes France unusually pricey this summer.
| 0 | by Budget Travel | Canada, Montréal |
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Our senior picture editor talks photography
You can see the beautiful photography in the latest issue of Girlfriend Getaways.
| 1 | by Budget Travel | Travel Photography, Girlfriend Getaways |
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How to become a travel blogger
Whether you do it for the cash or to enhance your travel experience, peruse our 10 tips for good reasons to blog.
| 23 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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London summer trip for $780 after taxes
A surprise sale from British Airways.
| 0 | by Budget Travel | London, Airfares & Flying |
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The taxing has to stop
Airline passengers pay an extraordinary amount—what's to be done?
| 7 | by Erik Torkells | Airfares & Flying |
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Fees for trees...Vote in our poll!
Would you pay a little extra on your fare to offset the carbon footprint?
| 2 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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Today's travel intel
Sick passengers, European railways, and a little bit of history.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Train Travel, Health and Hygiene, Helpful Websites |
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Our readers talk about using money abroad
Readers share their tips on carrying money overseas.
| 17 | by Budget Travel | Packing, Questions and Opinions |
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Skybus starts flying with $10 fares
The new low-cost carrier debuts—and makes Columbus a winner.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying, Airlines |
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Fare deals for right-brained folks
Until now, there's been a common flaw with most Web travel agencies and fare-searching sites: They've been created by geeks.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying, Helpful Websites, Innovations |
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Today's travel intel
New connections for smaller cities, our favorite food blogger, new websites, and more.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Airlines, Helpful Websites |
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Pain at the pump...and a new way to cut costs
Gas prices continue to soar into the oblivion—but don't distress. We've got a few ways to ease the pain.
| 7 | by Sean O'Neill | Helpful Websites, Eco-Green |
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Sick of shopping for a cheap flight?
Looking for fares on the cheap is a maddening game. Let some of these sites do the work for you.
| 20 | by Budget Travel | Airfares & Flying, Helpful Websites |
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Coolest reader thrill
We unveil the winning entry.
| 2 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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Is the U.S. travel advisory for Mexico fair?
In response to recent narcotics-related violence, Americans travelers are warned to use caution in unfamiliar areas.
| 4 | by Budget Travel | Mexico and Central America, Questions and Opinions, Safety and Security |
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Banning seniors from renting cars
A Hawaiian cowboy, a Japanese sampler, and no rental cars for seniors? All in today's Travel Intel.
| 0 | by Budget Travel | Japan, Ireland, Hawaii |
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Avoid identity theft in three surprising ways
Savvy tips on safeguarding your financial information when you travel.
| 24 | by Sean O'Neill | Packing, Safety and Security |
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Is it a lame idea to digitize your trip pictures?
It might be better than just stuffing them in a shoe box ... either way, here are some websites that can help.
| 3 | by Sean O'Neill | Helpful Websites, Travel Photography |
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Vote for The Smart Traveler's Passport!
Reader's Digest has included our new book of reader tips.
| 5 | by Budget Travel |
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Today's budget travel intel
Trip-planning for parents, London in the summer, and signage overseas.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Japan, London, Family Travel |
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Check your bags downtown before you fly
Checking in at the train station? Not so odd anymore in these forward-thinking cities.
| 2 | by Sean O'Neill | Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Vienna, Moscow, Airport Check-in |
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An easier way to read Web articles
If you haven't heard of RSS feeds, you're in for a treat.
| 2 | by Sean O'Neill | Helpful Websites |
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Today's travel intel
Videos on Google Maps, a new Disney theme park, and the best airline in the world—all in today's edition.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill |
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The Lost Girls monkey around in Peru
The Lost Girls tussle with hairy friends at the Monkey Island Preserve in the Peruvian rain forest.
| 1 | by Budget Travel | Peru, Girlfriend Getaways |
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Renting a car in Las Vegas? Take your time
McCarran International Airport opened a new rental-car facility with all its companies in one place—three miles from the airport.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying, Rental Cars |
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Rosie O'Donnell's cruise company caves in
Under fire, the cruise company decides it won't stop at Bermuda.
| 4 | by Erik Torkells | Cruises, LGBT |
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Girlfriend Getaways!
The new issue of Girlfriend Getaways makes us proud like parents.
| 11 | by Erik Torkells | Girlfriend Getaways |
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Italians pick their country's best restaurants
Christopher Winner, the Rome-based editor of The American magazine, shares his top picks for dining in Italy.
| 9 | by Sean O'Neill | Food + Drink, Italy |
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"43 places" is just the beginning
Ever wanted to go between the moon and New York City? At this site, you can browse hundreds of different places both familiar and fictional.
| 0 | by Budget Travel | Helpful Websites |
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Readers respond to our 15 for 15 list
Among the passionate complaints to our 15 Places to Visit before age 15 is the question: "What planet are you all living on?"
| 4 | by Budget Travel | Questions and Opinions |
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Today's fare sales
Airtran is running a two-day fare sale.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Airfares & Flying |
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Bargains become harder to track in East Africa
The price for visiting tourist attractions in Africa has got through the roof in the last few years.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Safaris, Africa |
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Continental's good deed
What I found notable was that Continental will put passengers up even if the missed connection is due to weather, something airlines have traditionally taken no responsibility for.
| 5 | by Erik Torkells | Airlines |
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Prove you're not a terrorist
The author's name comes up on at least one of the U.S. government watch lists—making travel difficult and often intimidating.
| 2 | by Sean O'Neill | Airport Check-in, Safety and Security |
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| 6 | by Kate Appleton | Zoos |
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Report from L.A. (part two)
Newspaper travel sections and their woes.
| 0 | by Erik Torkells |
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Report from L.A. (part one)
A Walt Disney Concert Hall tour.
| 1 | by Erik Torkells | Disney, California, Los Angeles |
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Go on, bring the kids
Figuring out hotels that are child-friendly is difficult in the U.S., let alone overseas.
| 4 | by Budget Travel | France, Italy, United Kingdom, Helpful Websites, Family Travel |
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JetBlue hanging up on customers?
The airline carrier has stopped taking customer calls—is it due to a crisis?
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Airlines |
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Blog-Off Contest!
Want a chance to be a travel blogger?
| 132 | by Budget Travel |
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Rome, Italy--New rules at the Vatican Museums
Thanks to newly reduced hours, the wait to get to the ticket booth at Vatican Museums has grown even longer.
| 5 | by Sean O'Neill | Museums, Italy, Rome |
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Storm alert: Six tips for stranded travelers
What to do when Mother Nature messes up your flight plans.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Airlines |
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Sweet Tahiti getaway
Tahiti is bliss incarnate, which is why you should consider booking a last-minute air-hotel package for a six-night stay from Air Tahiti Nui, starting at $1,252 per person.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Islands, Australia & South Pacific, Airfares & Flying, Hotels |
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Bargain eats in Barcelona
Budget Travel's top picks on where to dine-out in this Spanish city.
| 0 | by Budget Travel | Food + Drink, Barcelona |
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Face-to-face airplane seating?!
British Airways and several other airlines are discussing plans to alternate the direction that seats are pointed in their planes.
| 20 | by Sean O'Neill | Airlines, Questions and Opinions |
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A best-selling novelist talks travel
Read a new book excerpt from Arthur Phillips, author of the novel Prague and hear his opinions on literary tourism.
| 1 | by Budget Travel | Literary Travel |
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The best guide to public transport globally
We salute Gadling for spotlighting a new website, Urbanrail.net.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Train Travel, Helpful Websites |
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Travel lingo: What is "poorism"?
The new trend in tours is to allow travelers to see the wretched of the earth up-close.
| 7 | by Sean O'Neill | Volunteer Travel, India |
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Family travel: California theme parks deal
The Southern California CityPass gives the term "marketing gimmick" a good name.
| 11 | by Sean O'Neill | Amusement and Theme Parks, Disney, California, Family Travel |
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Gay travel: Bermuda opens up
Bermuda's premier, Ewart Brown, takes a stand against bigots on the island.
| 2 | by Erik Torkells | Disney, Islands, Bermuda, LGBT |
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Do guidebooks still matter?
Have travel guidebooks become irrelevant— outdated before they even hit the shelves?
| 4 | by Sean O'Neill | Travel Gear |
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$250 off fares to Guatemala
Budget-conscious travel blogger Tim Leffel spotlights a cheap fare to Guatemala.
| 1 | by Sean O'Neill | Mexico and Central America, Guatemala, Airfares & Flying |
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It's a low-fare world
...We're just flying in it. Recent news points out that the growth of smaller airlines isn't going to stop any time soon—and that the traditional airline business model is in trouble.
| 24 | by Budget Travel | Airfares & Flying, Airlines |
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Singles trips: "My Girlfriends Are Boring!"
Use our roundup of helpful resources when you're ready to travel alone.
| 0 | by Sean O'Neill | Solo |
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Coolest bridges of the world
Check out our slide show of the world's most iconic bridges. (Hint: The super-gorgeous photos are the last five.)
| 15 | by Sean O'Neill |
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| 36 | by Budget Travel | Pop Culture and Travel |
