Feb 26th, 2013 at 12:00PM: Have a friend in Austria while you are in Austin and want to take a trip together this summer? How do you figure out where to meet? Do you choose a destination in the middle, or one with regular cheap flights from both of your destinations? A new website just launched in beta, designed to make planning group travel an easier process. TripCommon is a flight search engine that computes the cheapest ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Meet In The Middle: Plan Group Travel With TripCommon
Feb 26th, 2013 at 12:00PM: Have a friend in Austria while you are in Austin and want to take a trip together this summer? How do you figure out where to meet? Do you choose a destination in the middle, or one with regular cheap flights from both of your destinations? A new website just launched in beta, designed to make planning group travel an easier process. TripCommon is a flight search engine that computes the cheapest ...Bad Trip: How To Annoy Your Tour Guide
Nov 24th, 2012 at 10:00AM: We've all been there. Maybe we've been one. The person on a guided tour or trip who's a complete, utter, pain in the ass.
Perhaps it's unintentional. Maybe it's due to deep-seated issues that would cause empathy in another situation. Or just possibly, it's because the person in question gets off on being a jerk. Does it matter? Whether they provide unwitting entertainment or seething ...10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Choosing A Travel Partner
Aug 15th, 2012 at 9:00AM: One of the most important decisions you'll make when planning a trip is who you will travel with. While choosing a travel partner from hell will leave you miserable and wanting to go home, picking the right companion can enhance your trip as you share new experiences together. To ensure you make a good choice, here are 10 questions to ask yourself before choosing a potential travel partner.
Do ...12 Ways To Ruin Your Vacation, And How To Avoid Them
Jun 11th, 2012 at 12:30PM: When traveling, things won't always go according to plan. However, sometimes you are actually the reason your trip goes south. To ensure you're not the cause of your own demise, here are 12 ways to ruin your vacation, and how to avoid them.
#1: You Don't Try Anything New
Traveling is the perfect time to try new things, as you're already in a more open-minded state. Not trying anything new on ...Travel Partners From Hell
May 15th, 2012 at 2:00PM: For those debating whether to travel in a group or go solo, you'll want to read this. Just because you get along with someone at happy hour or Sunday morning spin class, doesn't mean it'll be smooth sailing on the road. After backpacking around the world for five years, both solo and with others, I've had my fair share of unpleasant travel partners. Think about these situations, and decide if your ...Solo Travel vs. Group Travel: How To Decide What's Right For You
May 7th, 2012 at 9:00AM: As someone who has been backpacking for five years, I've experienced the pros and pains of both solo travel and group travel. Personally, I enjoy traveling on my own, although I have had successful trips with others. If you're trying to decide whether to go solo or recruit others, use these tips to help you decide.
The Benefits Of Solo Travel
Many of my friends often ask me, "Aren't you ...Friendly Planet Travel begins offering authorized travel to Cuba
Oct 31st, 2011 at 11:00AM: After several years, Americans are now able to travel to Cuba again under a new program from the U.S. Treasury Department. The aim of the program is to help Americans interact with locals of Cuba through educational exchanges focused on art, culture, music, and more.
As one of a handful of travel operators who have been granted a people-to-people license, Friendly Planet Travel will be ...Intrepid Travel: Not your average tour operator
Jun 24th, 2010 at 9:30AM:
Tours have a PR problem when it comes to wooing people who define themselves as "travelers." Tours are crowded. Tours are contrived. Tours are for...well...tourists. But are all tours created equally? I've written before about deciding if a tour is right for you, but it had been a while since I actually took one. Since I last wrote about the topic, I had been curious if I could be satisfied on ...Economic consequences: travel with your family
Jun 28th, 2009 at 12:00PM: I guess there are some families that genuinely enjoy traveling together. Dozens of people buy out plenty of space in a motel – or line up a few cottages – and arrive in force for some good ol' fashioned family bonding time. I wouldn't do it (coordinating travel inside the immediate family is hard enough), but there's an element that will.
Take out the element that looks forward to a ...The first big trip
Dec 5th, 2007 at 8:32PM: I was 21, fresh out of a destructive relationship and going to school full-time when fate stepped in. I was one of those people who told everyone that I loved travel, but until that point, I'd only really gone away with my parents and of those trips had only left North America once. It wasn't my fault -- all my friends were either not into travel or too into their boyfriends to make it priority. ...
