Posted in Cheap Activities, Free Stuff, Travel, USA on 4 July 2008 | No Comments »
Smell fresh and keep clean on the road with
Gillette Body Wash
Old Spice Body Wash
Quell skin irritation using
Nivea Shaving Balm
Eucerin Redness Relief
Eucerin Calming Creme
Don’t worry about upset stomachs if you’ve got
Ultra XCID
Prilosec OTC
Gas-X Strips
Enjoy! Read through previous Friday Freebies.
Posted in Free Stuff, Internet Access, Safety, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 20 June 2008 | No Comments »
Safety is one of the primary concerns of every traveler. Here are a few freebies to help protect yourself on the road (like the treacherous one below I recently spotted in Linz, Germany):
+ from germs
+ from cooties
+ from insects
+ from password theft
+ from sunburn (scroll to “Product Features” 
+ and, if you’re crafty, from pickpockets [...]
Posted in Automobiles, Budget, Canada, Caribbean, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, Entertainment, Food, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Rail, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged Boston, camping, Hawaii, Hotwire, Montreal, national parks, rental car on 14 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the fifth 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.
This week’s photographic inspiration comes from the Canada article at DirectoryM. The entry is loaded with tons of information about the country, including a [...]
Posted in Airports, Automobiles, Contest, Currency, Packing, Public Transport, Rail, Shopping, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged cultural exchange, exchange students, high school exchange, international students, laundry, midwest, ride sharing on 10 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
Help *me* feel the love! There’s just two more days for you to give me your advice on Frankfurt-Hahn and surrounds, Cologne/Bonn, Seville and Granada. Everyone leaving a comment has a chance to win a modest prize, hand-selected from each destination by yours truly. So get entering!
Carla from Phoenix is planning some extensive travel around the Midwest, “Chicago [...]
Posted in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Information, Online Media, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged ESTA, online registration, visa waiver program on 9 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
From the producer of our poorly-orchestrated increased airline security measures (”Only Terrorists Carry 200 ml of Toothpaste”) and the creator of the color-based national security threat chart (”Like Clockwork, Orange!”), a new move certain to alienate our closest friends and allies: starting January 12, 2009, all travelers to the U.S. who travel without visa restrictions (15 million [...]
Posted in Airlines, Automobiles, Canada, Cheap Activities, Europe, Information, Luggage, Online Media, Public Transport, Rail, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged fees, gas prices, Megabus, RyanAir on 4 June 2008 | 8 Comments »
RyanAir is making some changes to its fees structure that passengers should be aware of: for all flights booked after May 5, checked baggage fees are increasing to £8/€10 for the first bag booked online (£16/€20 if purchased at the airport), £16/€20 for each additional bag (max. 3 total) whether online or airport. [...]
Posted in Currency, Free Stuff, Information, Travel, USA, tagged ATM, CCF refund, credit card, free money on 30 May 2008 | No Comments »
U.S. credit card and bank account holders, today is the last day to submit your Currency Conversion Fee Refund Claim. It’s at least $25 absolutely free if you used a credit card or ATM abroad (or purchased anything in foreign currency) between 1996 and 2006.
This is totally legit and the easiest money you’ll earn (back [...]
Posted in Cheap Activities, Entertainment, Free Stuff, Information, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged Los Angeles, New York City, studio audience, television, tickets on 30 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Vacationing in the New York or Los Angeles areas? Perhaps a local without air conditioning seeking reprieve from the summer heat? A fun and free activity is to become a member of a live studio audience for one of your favorite talk shows, game shows or sitcoms. (Heck, you never know — [...]
Posted in Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, South America, Travel, USA, tagged airfares, plane tickets, saving on 29 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Want to fly overseas in the next year? Here’s a quick calculation of what you’d have to save over the next 12 months to pay for your flights:
$2000+ = plane tickets between U.S. and Australia/New Zealand
At the lower end, this works out to $5.55/day, $38.89/week, $166.67/month.
$1500 = plane tickets between U.S. and Africa, really [...]
Posted in Airlines, Canada, Cheap Activities, Information, Internet Access, Luggage, Online Media, Packing, Public Transport, Rail, Sale, Travel, USA, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged American Airlines, Greyhound, Network Rail on 25 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Planes, trains and automobiles! We’ve got it all in this week’s news roundup.
Traveling around the UK over a bank holiday weekend can lead to major delays on public transportation, warns Pam Kent of the IHT Globespotters Blog. In a recent post (inspired by tomorrow’s holiday), she notes,
Network Rail, the government body that looks [...]
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