Are you short on cash but want to travel? Maybe you should consider traveling to Sweden for your next vacation. Beginning this month, the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm is allowing guests to pay for their hotel with artwork instead of money.
The program began because the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Stockholm Hotel Allows Guests To Pay For Rooms With Artwork
Are you short on cash but want to travel? Maybe you should consider traveling to Sweden for your next vacation. Beginning this month, the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm is allowing guests to pay for their hotel with artwork instead of money.
The program began because the ...A Hotel In The Back Of A Truck
Taking budget-chic to a new level, this Scotland-based "truck-o-tel" has some unique amenities for those looking to take car camping for a test run.
Inverness-shire-based owner Walter Micklethwait turned his 1950s Commer Q4 into a moving hotel of sorts, complete with ...Airline Booking Agent Tells All In Online Q&A
There are entire websites and forums dedicated to maximizing your travel miles and getting the best bang for your buck when it comes to purchasing airline tickets. But rarely do we hear from those behind the reservations desk ... until now.
Over on Reddit there's an ...Summer Car Deals: Buyer's Tips
In a crappy economy, buying a new (or "new") car isn't always a happy event. From Forbes comes a list of four helpful tips to help you save your bank account and your sanity while car-shopping this summer. Hint: it's not too early to start looking for back-to-school or ...Best Times To Hit The Road For Memorial Day
We're always looking for ways to avoid traffic, and Memorial Day is a particularly large headache for drivers looking to make it to their destinations without spending much of the long weekend stuck in traffic.
Waze, a free social traffic and navigation app for ...These US Hotels Are Helping Guests Celebrate America's National Pastime With Baseball-Themed Packages
As the weather gets warmer, Americans are getting ready to enjoy their favorite national pastime: baseball. To help bring your love of the game with you on your travels, these hotels around the United States are offering baseball-themed packages.
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver ...Top Travel Destinations, How Do We Count Thee?
Reports and polls determining the top travel destinations in the world come to us in variety of ways throughout every year. Travel related companies tally internal data to make their lists. Government agencies publish the most frequented destinations based on incoming ...Learn About Sustainability Around The World With Recyclebank's Passport For The Planet
If you can't take an actual round-the-world voyage, a virtual one is your next best bet. Recyclebank recently launched an application that allows users to virtually travel around the planet in order to learn about global sustainability practices, while earning points toward ...iPhone Travel Apps Roundups: Which Suggestions Are Best?
iPhone travel apps were of no use to me just six months ago. Despite spending much of my time traveling across the globe, I held out on getting an iPhone for what seemed as long as possible. Once I finally did cave and walked into the Apple store with my wallet in hand, ...Party On A Private Plane With AirAsiaX's New Facebook Campaign
One lucky fan of AirAsiaX's Facebook page will win the trip of a lifetime – a private plane ride from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on an Airbus A330 for themselves and 302 of their Facebook friends, plus three nights of free accommodations.
The contest is being held in ...Booking.com Launches Last Minute Hotel App
Capitalizing on the success of apps like Hotel Tonight, Priceline Group's Booking.com has launched a same-day booking product for iPhone and iPod touch.
The inherent advantage with this app is Booking.com's much larger user base – over 200,000 hotels. While we're ...Summer Hotspot: Anchorage, Alaska
Summer months in North America open up a whole realm of possibilities for travel into higher latitudes. As the deep frost starts to fade and the rivers pick up speed, Alaska turns into a beautiful respite from the sultry weather in the contiguous 48 states.
Pick any ...Relieve Your Tax Day Stress By Taking Advantage Of These Travel Deals And Events
Do you dread Tax Day? While you'll still have to file your income tax returns, these leaders in hospitality are making April 17 more fun for travelers.
Loews Hotels
This April, Loews Hotels, which features properties across the United States, is collaborating with ...EveryLodge Launches As First Flash Sale Aggregator For Travel
We've covered the flash sale market extensively here on Gadling, suggesting that, within reason, these "members only" sites are an ideal way to help assist in your research. But with up to 20 sites offering travel deals, it's often hard to remember which site is offering ...5 great spring ski destinations
Winter may now be officially over but that doesn't mean we have to hang up our skies and snowboards just yet. After all, spring usually brings warmer weather, shorter lift lines and discounted passes. For those still hoping to hit the slopes a few more times this year, here ...Travel Transparency: BackBid and Tingo help travelers stay informed of the best deals
Earlier this year, we offered tips for saving money on hotel rooms by traveling smarter. We only wish we'd known about these three services then.
Tingo
It sounds like a board game, doesn't it? Well, it kind of is. Tingo takes the guesswork out of hotel booking by ...Syracuse, New York, offers $1 deals for March Madness
In celebration of Syracuse University Orange's #1 seed in March Madness, the city is featuring a "1 for 1 All the Way" campaign, offering a variety of $1 deals. Twenty-two local hotels, restaurants, spas, museums and theaters are offering discounts for the Orange's run ...Travel Smarter 2012: Use CouchSurfing to ditch your hotel addiction
Hotels are so passé.
How many times have you visited an exciting destination only to find you're staying in a generic hotel room completely lacking in local flavor? When I visited Greece last month, I stayed in affordable, centrally located hotels in Athens and ...Want to get away for Easter weekend? These U.S. hotels are offering holiday specials
Are you sick of doing the same thing every year for Easter? Why not make this holiday special and do a bit of traveling? These hotels are offering packages, parties, spa discounts, egg hunts, bountiful brunches, the chance to meet the Easter Bunny and more.
Sandestin ...Travel Smarter 2012: Tips for improving your train travel
The railroad is the oldest, commercial mass transport of the modern age, predating the car and the airplane by at least 100 years. So how can train travel be smarter in 2012?
For starters, "the train takes less time total than all the preliminaries of air travel," ...
