Thursday, April 30, 2009

The 2009 game plan includes taking cues from other travelers via new online offerings, renting at the last minute, visiting countries where the dollar is strong, paying on layaway, and bartering.
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• Top Budget Destinations for 2009
• Have Tax Refund, Will Travel: 7 Itemized Trips
• Be an Eco Traveler and Still Save Money

New digital-image cards will let Americans avoid customs lines at an overseas airport for the first time. U.S. travelers approved for the ID card will pass through an express lane at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. The cards are embedded with an image of the traveler's iris, which offers a unique pattern to identify the person. read post

• Swine Flu Update: Free Hotline for Travelers With Questions
• Paris Celebrates 120 Years of the Eiffel Tower
• This Weekend: Your Gateway to 30 Countries Is In DC
• Seoul: Is it a Bridge or a Dancing Fountain?
• Where I've Been Travel App Goes Local
• Italy: An Innovative "Do Touch" Archaeological Museum

What's on your mind: Where to stay (inside the park or out)? How to get around? Park Hopper tickets versus single-day passes? Ask us, and we'll try to track down the answers! We'll share the scoop in the July/August issue of Budget Travel.
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Seven nights' accommodations—including a cabin on an overnight cruise—plus breakfast daily, bus transportation, guided tours of each city, and all taxes, $1,359. why it's a deal

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• How Swede It Is: A Side Trip From Stockholm to Uppsala
• Urban Renewal: Copenhagen's Waterfront

A special two-night hotel package includes tickets to a concert at Montreal's 30th annual international jazz festival in July, from $144.
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• My Montreal Is Better Than Yours
• Montreal to Halifax by Train
• Blog: A New Bike Program in Montreal

Book early and save up to 50 percent off a six-night resort stay on this French Polynesian island. Round-trip airfare, breakfast daily, hotel taxes, and airport-hotel transfers are also included, from $1,198. why it's a deal

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