Posted in Airports, Cheap Activities, Europe, Free Stuff, Internet Access, Luggage, Museums, Public Transport, Rail, Travel, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged day trips, London, Stansted on 7 May 2008 | No Comments »
An unfortunate scenario: you’ve booked yourself on two low-cost flights connecting at London Stansted airport and find yourself with an entire day to kill between them.
Common sense dictates that if you’ve got less than four hours between arrival and the next two-hour check-in window, you simply stay put. There are plenty of restaurants [...]
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Berlin Schoenefeld (DE)
PAN: airport design — both to the gate and from the plane — incorporates too many staircases without escalators or lifts, inconveniencing travelers with rolling suitcases, strollers, and mobility problems. Have their architects never flown before?
London Stansted (UK)
PICK: the airport has created a “security repacking area” at the end of [...]
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Posted in Airports, Cheap Activities, City Tips, Europe, Free Stuff, Museums, Online Media, Public Transport, Rail, Travel, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged London, Stansted Airport on 30 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Getting to and from Stansted Airport Cheaply
If you want to save money on airport transportation, moral of the story is: BOOK EARLY and ONLINE.
Absolute cheapest when booked in advance is easyBus, where you can snag fares as low as £4 each way (plus 25p booking fee). Since planning for my own trip, they [...]
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A short warning from the road for anyone who may be considering booking cheap flights to Cornwall: the Newquay airport charges an extra £5 tax on departures which is 1) neither included in your ticket price 2) nor avoidable, as you must present your paid receipt in order to go through security. The [...]
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Don’t let airline security regulations keep you from looking and feeling your best on the road. Try out these goodies, all guaranteed to fit in your 1L ziploc bag:
Skin Care
hand and body lotions from Curel, Dove 1, Dove 2, Gold Bond and Vaseline
foot cream from Gilden Tree
night cream from Aveeno
Hair Care
shampoo from Sunsilk, Dove [...]
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Per yesterday’s post, I’m off in April for my first trip to Spain and have tied in time in gateway country England as well. That’ll be 4.5 days in London, .5 days passing through Valladolid to Madrid (unless someone argues I should spend more time there), 4 days in Madrid, 3.5 days in Barcelona, [...]
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Being on the road doesn’t have to mean neglecting your teeth. Sure . . .
. . . sometimes you forget to pack a toothbrush. Have no fear, Mr. Toothbrush wants to send you a sample toothbrush, preloaded with toothpaste for easy brushing on the go.
. . . airport security won’t let you take [...]
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Posted in Airlines, Airports, Cheap Activities, Europe, Food, Free Stuff, Italy, Luggage, Museums, Packing, Public Transport, Travel, USA, United Kingdom, Web Tips on 6 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
A number of my favorite travel bloggers are in town for the ITB — the team from EuroCheapo and I ascended the dome of the Reichstag in record time last night, while a reception tonight promises a meeting with Karen from Europe a la Carte. It’s always nice in the largely anonymous blogosphere to [...]
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If you’re like me (and I’m not even *that* high maintenance), you have trouble fitting all the bath products you use into your 1-liter resealable ziploc for carrying on your flight. Perhaps you’ve even trimmed down your travel beauty routine or taken to purchasing and tossing at your final destination, since there’s no way [...]
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Posted in Airlines, Airports, Caribbean, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, City Tips, Food, Free Stuff, Lodging, Museums, Sports, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 10 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Welcome to the third Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for the Americas. Here you’ll find North American, Central American and Caribbean travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend. We have an eclectic mix of posts this week, so let’s get right to it.
Winner in the “I Can’t Believe They Blogged [...]
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