The AAA 2008 Vacation Costs Survey, which culls published rates for more than 60,000 restaurants and lodgings, recommends a budget of $244 per day for two while traveling in North America.
Here are the states found to be the most expensive vacation spots. (Costs are based on average published prices for meals and lodgings for two adults.)
Read more »It’s wrong to buy designer ripoffs, right? But when they are being sold as ‘original copies’ do the same rules apply? Because that is the sales pitch of the guys in the markets of Istanbul. Sincerity abounds as they shake Dolce and Gabbana shirts and Prada boots and Versace jeans in front of you: ‘Original copies’
Read more »It's been a tough week. We're still completing the writing on one book project while we're researching others, as small assignments continue to come in, and other offers too good to refuse present themselves.
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While it’s situated happily on the Baltic coast, Lithuania has a hot side. Like their Argentinian cousins, the Lithuanians have been known to tear up a dance floor with their smoldering and sexy tangoes.
Read more »For almost everyone in world getting to Australia takes a long time. Sure, it’s no longer necessary to hang your head over the ship’s rail for a month or more, as visitors from the mother country (that’s England, for the history-challenged among you) routinely did until just 40 years ago. But a flight time that makes double-digits is really just too long.
Read more »Before I began doing any serious travel, a friend of mine made a New Year’s resolution that I thought was so good I decided to borrow it for my whole life, not just that year. She decided that her goal for the year was to go outside her comfort zone.
Read more »Sport is a universal thing. And the best thing is you don’t have be a mad sports fan to get together with the locals in front of a football game or even to get involved in some activity yourself.
Read more »Try this with your friends: say the name of a city they’ve been to and most likely they’ll come up with a one-word, sensory delight that sums the place up for them. For example, Lisbon – ‘oh, the fish; Munich – ‘ah, the beer’; Paris – ‘ooh, the croissants’. Well here are a few of my own favourites, in no particular order as television judges say.
Read more »I just came back from one of the most beautiful places on Earth: Palawan. Together with some blogger friends and a little help from Seair, we found ourselves in Coron for a weekend break from the city and all the stress we get from work.
Read more »You’ve decided where to go, formed your itinerary and booked your accommodations. Now the trip you have been looking forward to is rapidly approaching. You know you have to pack, find someone to feed the cat and tell everyone goodbye but there are a few more things that should be done before you take off.
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