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Travel Trends Archive
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New Free Travel App for San Francisco and New York
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 3 CommentsI’ve been a bad, bad blogger. As some of you know, a few months back I took a job at Facebook and since then my focus has shifted from this site. All my time has been spent working and I’ve done very little travel and... -
Serendipity 3 and a Bald Man
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 4 CommentsLet’s start this by saying I love chocolate. I love the smell, I love the shape, and I love the taste. I want to make out with it. I want to bathe in it. I want my clothes to be made of chocolate so I... -
Alone In Berlin…Again
Posted on July 17, 2010 | 3 CommentsEarlier this month, I posted a short review of Hans Fallada’s riveting saga Alone In Berlin (Every Man Dies Alone) which generated some interesting comments and emails. One of these led me back to my travel notes from my last trip to Berlin and my... -
What Does Frugal Travel Really Look Like?
Posted on July 16, 2010 | 7 CommentsThe New York Times Online has been showcasing travel on the cheap through their Frugal Traveler Blog. Seth Kugal is the current Frugal Traveler and it’s been great following his journey through South America where he stays everywhere from bog standard hostels to river boats... -
Airlines, Twitter and Customer Service
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 7 CommentsA few weeks ago Travel Rants published a piece called Airlines Helpline Telephone Rip Offs. It rightly criticized some of the airlines for charging exorbitant fees for customers who sought assistance over the telephone. Citing research by Travel Supermarket, they noted that the most expensive... -
Luxury Slow Travel: The Pollution Free Aircruise
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 1 CommentLong distance travel has been revolutionized in the past one hundred years. On the ground, we no longer rely on walking or animal-based transportation, but shoot from place to place in ever speedier cars and bullet trains. We no longer need to take a slow... -
Trend Watch: Slow Travel
Posted on July 5, 2010 | No CommentsInteresting article form The Sydney Morning Herald about a new trend in traveling that sees people walk to their destinations, which is being called ‘slow travel’. Slow indeed. It’s a spin-off of the “slow food” idea hatched in Italy back in the 1980s. Food fanatics,...
