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Commemorate your trip with a collage of "incidental" souvenirs - Souvenir tip

Dan Cabacungan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:26:00 EST

Next time you unpack after a vacation, comb through your luggage to see what you've collected. Chances are, you'll find itineraries, attraction brochures, guidebooks, maps, local coins, postcards, matchbooks, ticket stubs, and even packaging from small purchases.

Arrange the most attractive pieces (you can enlarge them with a color copier) along with favorite photos, and mount them in a frame. Now you've got a conversation-piece and souvenir that reminds you of what you did rather than what you bought.

Need a how-to for collages? Check out Wikihow.

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Travel Trends: How do men and women travel differently?

Dan Cabacungan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:58:00 EST

Filed under: Business, Budget Travel

We all know that men and women are different -- different bodies, different brains, different planets of origin -- but how different are they when it comes to travel?

Both men and women average the same number of domestic trips per year (3), spend about as much money per foreign trip ($2,479 for men, $2,357 for women), and spend about the same on luggage in a year ($111 for men, $107 for women). They're also equally likely to be asked for travel advice, and they're equally likely to qualify as Four-Percenters.*

But, anyone who's ever argued with a travel companion of the opposite sex knows that sometimes you just have different priorities -- sightseeing versus sunbathing, planned versus spontaneous, cultural enrichment versus thrill-seeking, guided tour versus package. Do you side with the majority within your sex? Have you ever had a conflict with an opposite-sex travel partner because of travel styles? Can we really chalk it all up to hormones?

Take a look at the data and tell us what you think.

*Four-Percenters are defined as individuals who took 3+ foreign trips in the past 3 years AND 3+ domestic trips in the past 12 months. They represent 3.4% of the US population.

[Data source: 2009 Survey of the American Consumer]

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Travel trends: Are you a "Four-Percenter" when it comes to travel?

Dan Cabacungan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:32:00 EST

If you spend enough time traveling, you'll start seeing people that qualify as "Four-Percenters" -- individuals who took 3+ foreign trips in the past 3 years AND 3+ domestic trips in the past 12 months; they represent only about four percent of the US population. We call them "Four-Percenters," because they take to the air or the highways more often than the other 96% of their fellow Americans. They aren't just travelers. Rather, they are People Who Travel.

How does a Four-Percenter travel differently than the other 96% of Americans?

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