Aug 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Okay, it's not at the top of many people's travel lists. Who thinks about Greeland? Well, I do, and I've wanted to go for a while. Hurtigruten is pretty sympathetic to this fact and has a new deal that makes it pretty easy to get it to one of the most remote destinations in the world ... but, you have to act fast. This deal expires on August 31, 2009, and space is limited.
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Last Chance to Get to Greenland on the Cheap
Aug 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Okay, it's not at the top of many people's travel lists. Who thinks about Greeland? Well, I do, and I've wanted to go for a while. Hurtigruten is pretty sympathetic to this fact and has a new deal that makes it pretty easy to get it to one of the most remote destinations in the world ... but, you have to act fast. This deal expires on August 31, 2009, and space is limited.
Hurtigruten's new ...Problem with using credit card in Europe? Try these
Apr 26th, 2009 at 9:00AM: This read by Ed Perkins of Tribune Media Services reminded me of a problem I had in Amsterdam this past December. When trying to buy a train ticket at one of the kiosks with my credit card, I was asked for a pin number. If I have one, I can't know it. I ended up going to a booth with a person to buy the tickets with Euros since the ticket kiosk didn't take cash (I don't think, or why wouldn't I ...Photo of the Day (4.24.09)
Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:30PM:
Flickr contributor Ben.rulesalot took this colorful photo of some row houses in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, which last year was named the most liveable city in the world by several different sources. The city is beautiful, bike-friendly, mostly English-speaking, and has pretty decent weather. What's not to love?
(Oh, yeah. The price. Copenhagen was recently named the 7th most expensive ...Keep busy with 44 travel ideas
Jan 10th, 2009 at 2:00PM: If the entire world is too much from which to choose, take a look at The 44 Places to Go in 2009 suggested by the New York Times. Some are obvious, such as Reykjavik, which was been on everyone's mind 2008. Others are easy, including Washington D.C. Our nation's capital has plenty of hotels (including the funky Hotel Helix, photo at right), great public transportation and access via two major ...Many inexpensive last minute holiday airfares do exist
Dec 19th, 2008 at 9:30AM: You've probably noticed the stories about how airfares have dropped and air traffic is down. Two weeks ago, I flew from Copenhagen to Columbus on two airplanes that were not full. The Continental flight from Copenhagen to Newark was empty enough that most people had seats between them.
The flight from Newark to Columbus was even more roomy. The row in front of my daughter and me was empty, and ...The Best Holiday Light Displays Around the World
Gadling take FIVE: Week of Dec. 6-12
Dec 12th, 2008 at 6:00PM: Humor is a great travel tool, particularly if you've had a bit of bad luck like I did when I was pickpocketed this week in Copenhagen--or if the tide is high and the streets have flooded, such as what has happened in Venice. In Venice's situation, as Jeffery points out, there's hope in boots.
Or, perhaps that travel companion you thought you were in love with has turned out to be a bust. Brenda ...Pickpockets in Copenhagen: Gadling blogger's victim story. Part 2. Was it Romanians?
Dec 12th, 2008 at 12:30PM: I can still see the pocket of my daypack gaping open right before I got that panicked, sinking feeling. It was a feeling that I couldn't quite believe I was having. Up to that point, my trip to Denmark though Amsterdam had happened without a hitch, and I had yet to do the shopping I had planned.
The afternoon that had started out promising had the potential to turn out lousy. (see previous ...Pickpockets in Copenhagen? A Gadling blogger's victim story. Part One
Dec 10th, 2008 at 9:30AM: Yep, it's happened. My wallet was taken out of my daypack-style backpack in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday. And yes, I know better than to have my credit card with it. As much as it was a bummer to lose the money, the credit card put me on edge.
I think I'm better now.
I found out the wallet was missing when I went to pay for items I was buying at Tiger, Denmark's answer to the Dollar Store. It ...Where to plan your next environmentally vacation: 15 green cities
Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:00PM: The good folks at Grist put together their own list of 15 green cities. Although their thought was probably to showcase the green efforts made by local governments and locals to make the cities more environmentally friendly, in reading it I realized it was a great list of places to chose your next eco-vacation. If you're looking to take public transportation, play in parks and learn more about ...Planning your European nightlife
Apr 21st, 2008 at 1:00PM: Despite the low dollar, some of us still have European summer adventures on the horizon. And just because the economy is in a rut, doesn't mean we shouldn't focus on fabulous things to do across the Atlantic. This weekend, the New York Times put together a set of 10 articles on things to do after midnight in various European cities. I tend to like the New York Times Travel section, but I really ...What Northwest Airlines wrote to me
Apr 15th, 2008 at 3:00PM: As a person with oodles of frequent-flier miles, you can bet when I read about Northwest's merger with Delta our miles flashed before my eyes and headed down a drain until I mentally fished them out. Should we book that flight to Copenhagen, Denmark even though we're holding out for Asia next summer?
When I headed to my in-box, there was an e-mail from Northwest Airlines telling me not to worry ...Oslo, London and Copenhagen: The world's three most expensive cities
Mar 24th, 2008 at 12:00PM: If you're planning a trip to Europe in the near future, you may want to consider the recent study conducted by Swiss bank UBS which ranked 71 world cities according to their costliness. Oslo, London and Copenhagen made the top three with Dublin coming in at a close fourth. Thanks to a weak dollar, US cities like New York -- which made the 18th spot -- have moved down on the list compared to last ...Hotels for art lovers
Mar 3rd, 2008 at 1:00PM: Last time I went to San Francisco I was happy to come across Hotel des Arts, a well-priced boutique hotel. I am normally a hostel-goer, so anytime I can branch out and have my own room it's cause for celebration. Despite Hotel des Arts being an actual hotel, I was even more excited about its use of art as interior design. The hotel hired a San Francisco gallery owner, John Doffing, to curate the ...The World's Most Expensive Cities
Jun 18th, 2007 at 11:30AM: Mercer, a human resource consulting company, has compiled a list of the most expensive cities in the world based on a cost of living survey which "measures the comparative cost of over 200 items" in each city. Two years in a row Moscow has topped the list, followed by London, Seoul, and Tokyo. Here's the top 10:
Moscow
London
Seoul
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Copenhagen
Geneva
Osaka
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