Mar 18th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
While booking a hotel was once the standard when traveling, there are now a range of unique alternatives for every budget and preference. In 2012, it's now possible to stay in anything from an eco-friendly tree house to a tent with more amenities than a 5-star hotel. Here are some modern takes on the classic accommodation based on traveler personality:
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Travel Smarter 2012: New hotel alternatives
Mar 18th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
While booking a hotel was once the standard when traveling, there are now a range of unique alternatives for every budget and preference. In 2012, it's now possible to stay in anything from an eco-friendly tree house to a tent with more amenities than a 5-star hotel. Here are some modern takes on the classic accommodation based on traveler personality:
Luxury travelers who want to get in ...10 of the world's most unique vacation rentals
Mar 13th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Imagine sleeping in the renovated fuselage of a vintage 727 airplane in Costa Rica. Or how about feeding giraffes over the breakfast table at a castle in Kenya? These one-of-a-kind lodging experiences, and others, are available through online vacation rental websites like Airbnb, and often for less than the cost of a shoebox room in a budget hotel in downtown Manhattan.
Take, for ...How to find a last-minute room in Austin for SXSW
Mar 4th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Over the past several years, the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive Conference & Festival in Austin, Texas, has topped the event calendar for industry insiders, along with anyone eager to discover the Next Big Thing. This year's festival, which runs from March 9 to 18, promises to be the most intense yet, with hundreds of panels, workshops, concerts and events on the ...The ultimate guide to Carnival in Rio: planning, packing and logistics
Jan 31st, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Attending Carnival in Rio de Janeiro tops many a bucket list, and for good reason. Not only is Rio Carnaval one of the world's sexiest festivals, it's also an important cultural event for the people of Brazil. Last year, more than 4.9 million people participated in the week-long festival of parades, parties, and carousing in the streets, and the number is expected to increase yet again this ...UK's Queen renting out apartments for Olympics
Nov 15th, 2011 at 2:30PM:
Finding a place to stay for the Olympics is a challenge. Booking a room can be complicated as many entire hotels have been snapped up by the International Olympic Committee or are working on an exclusive-use deal with them.
It looks like the "We" of the growing Collaborative Age movement is taking over for the "Me" of the Industrial Age more all the time though.
Today, Queen Elizabeth ...Knocked up abroad: planning travel with a baby
Oct 25th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Let's get this out of the way: you can travel with a baby. Many new parents feel that once they have a child, their travel days are over, but many parents will tell you that the first six months are the easiest time to travel with a baby. Is it easy? Not exactly, but with enough planning and the right attitude, it's not as hard as you might think. Is it selfish? Probably, but so is most travel. ...Airbnb launches concierge services
Sep 9th, 2011 at 12:30PM: Think booking a home reservation instead of a hotel means that you'll be lacking in services? Think again. Today, Airbnb launched their new concierge service, a completely free add-on to their reservations platform, allowing 24/7 access to the site's team of research experts.
They'll be on hand to help with everything from finding dinner reservations or a new phone charger but can also help ...Airbnb launches sublets
Sep 1st, 2011 at 4:00PM: Airbnb, the company that provides a peer-to-peer accommodations marketplace, announced today that it will launch sublets. Currently, Airbnb offers only nightly or weekly bookings, but the new sublets category will enable travelers to book a home, apartment, houseboat, and scores of other types of lodging for a month - or months - at a time.
As Airbnb notes in its announcement, sublet rentals ...Airbnb users home trashed, company sorry though
Jul 28th, 2011 at 1:30PM: It sounds like a great idea where everybody wins. Rent out your spare room or whole home as a mini-hotel of sorts on the free-to-list Airbnb website or browse the Airbnb site to find reasonably priced places to stay when visiting cities all over the world. In a Craigslist sort of way, renters and owners leave comments, check each other's profiles and communicate via email in what has become a ...Airbnb: Six awesome experiences
Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Last autumn, after having tracked the Airbnb buzz for a while, I finally took the plunge and reserved rooms through the site in Panama City and Bogotá for my two-stop December jaunt.
About a half-hour into my first pit stop, it was already clear to me that the service was a perfect fit for budget-conscious travelers. (For the record, I'm not the only Airbnb fan at Gadling. Check out my ...5 reasons you should use AirBnB
Jan 24th, 2011 at 2:00PM: I lived in New York City for over eight years. I spent many months out of those eight years traveling. With expensive rent due in each month I was away, I quickly mustered up the temerity necessary to regularly relinquish my apartment to a subletter from Craigslist. Craigslist did the trick well enough to keep me afloat and mobile all of those years in NYC, but Airbnb.com is better. At least for ...Chinese artist creates sculptures from suitcases
Sep 15th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Ever packed so much in your suitcase that it felt like you were carrying around a whole city? Apparently you're not the only one. Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen had a similar feeling during her recent travels and decided to turn it into art. Xiuzhen has recently been using suitcases and discarded travel clothing to recreate miniature model cities in a project she calls "Portable Cities."
The idea ...
