Posted in Budget, Cheap Activities, Drink, Europe, Food, Free Stuff, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Spain, Travel, Web Tips, tagged Barcelona, Girona, Madrid, Valladolid on 15 May 2008 | No Comments »
A nine-day trip to four Spanish cities, including airfare to/from the UK, for under 150 euros? I’ll show you how after the jump.
Posted in Food, Free Stuff, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 9 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
Didn’t get enough last week? There’s another free ice cream offer: Häagen-Dazs celebrates its new flavor, Vanilla Honey Bee, on May 13 by giving it away between 4 and 8 p.m.! Find your nearest store and more information under this link.
And if any of you happen to be pregnant and living in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Budget, Cheap Activities, Europe, Free Stuff, Travel, United Kingdom, tagged London on 28 April 2008 | 7 Comments »
Another five days in London, including flights to/from Berlin, once again cost me under £100. How did I do it? I lay my budget bare and reveal the winner of the Reader Tips contest for London after the jump.
Posted in Cheap Activities, Food, Free Stuff on 26 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Readers in the northern hemisphere have already had their first taste of spring (between spells of bad weather), while those in the south are watching autumn slowly wind towards winter. Here is your chance to enjoy your first/last ice cream outing of the season on [...]
Posted in Free Stuff, Travel, Web Tips on 18 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
This little guy (delivered sans surfboard) is likely to fit and be found easily inside your travel bag. Request your free clockman directly from McCartney’s.
Similar clocks online have a built-in alarm; should yours come without, use it when traveling set to home time or leave it at home set to your new time to [...]
Posted in Airports, Free Stuff, Travel, Web Tips on 4 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Cheap Activities, Free Stuff, Museums, Public Transport, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 28 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a freebie I’ve been sitting on for awhile:
The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle offers free boat rides every Sunday from 2-3 p.m. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made in person only at the Center’s front desk.
Also Sundays, starting at 1 p.m., visitors are invited to work on a 37-foot log [...]
Posted in Free Stuff, Luggage, Travel on 21 March 2008 | No Comments »
U.S. Divers is offering a free luggage tag here. Enter your email address and another page will open; you can uncheck “subscribe” on the left side of the screen if you are not interested in receiving their newsletter.
Previous luggage tag freebie offers:
2 tags free from TripAdvisor
Leather tag free from Cutter & Buck
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