Dec 15th, 2009 at 2:30PM: I am delighted to tell you about a deal I may snap up myself: China Spree's 7 Day China Express -- Beijing Free-style Travel (2010) will take you to Beijing from San Francisco and put you up at a four star hotel for $588 ($988 from New York). They're even throwing in free breakfasts.
The hotel is The Beijing Huabin, which is located just a ten minute walk from Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
package posts
Seven days in China for under $900, flight included
Dec 15th, 2009 at 2:30PM: I am delighted to tell you about a deal I may snap up myself: China Spree's 7 Day China Express -- Beijing Free-style Travel (2010) will take you to Beijing from San Francisco and put you up at a four star hotel for $588 ($988 from New York). They're even throwing in free breakfasts.
The hotel is The Beijing Huabin, which is located just a ten minute walk from Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden ...Celebrity Cruises starts all-you-can-drink plan
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:30PM: Despite the advertised low rates for many cruises, I've always thought that the extra fees for alcoholic drinks would make the final price rise far above the base cost. Even for a moderate drinker - a few glasses of wine or beer with dinner, a pina colada here, a strawberry daiquiri there - the cost for a few days of booze for two people on a cruise could come out to a couple hundred dollars over ...Four resources for horse-crazy travelers
Nov 30th, 2009 at 11:30AM: I grew up riding horses, and though now that I live in a big city I don't get to ride as often as I'd like, I still love the feeling of galloping on horseback to the rhythm of hoof beats. I've ridding with the gauchos in Argentina, through coffee fields in Honduras, over rolling green hills in Hawaii, and on the five-gaited four-legged teddy bear of an equine that is the Icelandic Horse. If you ...Book a stay at Hawaii's Kona Village and get an $800 flight credit
Nov 24th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Last week, while on Hawaii, I had the chance to wander over to Kona Village Resort and stroll through the grounds. I was pretty impressed by what I saw. While the resort is located right next to the Four Seasons, the feel (while still luxury) is totally different.
Rooms here are hale - thatched roof bungalows in various forms. In keeping with the barefoot, carefree style of the resort, the ...Get a free wedding in St. Maarten
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Hosting a destination wedding is a great way to cut down on the expenses involved in getting married. Fewer guests equal less money spent on food, drinks and invitations, and fewer tables to seat those guests means your costs for flowers and rentals like linens and chairs will also be lower. Two Sonesta resorts in St. Maarten - Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Casino and the Sonesta Great Bay Beach ...Hotels in the U.S. Virgin Islands offer 25 cent nightly rate
Oct 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The U.S. Virgin Islands are going to be featured on a newly designed quarter and to celebrate, hotels around the islands are offering up rooms at 25 cents - yes, just 25 cents! - per night.
Of course, there is some fine print to the offer. Guests will still be responsible for taxes of 7%, resort fees, and government taxes of 8%, so the total ends up being a litte more than the 75 cents you might ...Nativo Lodge offers New Mexico State Fair Package
Sep 12th, 2009 at 2:00PM: New Mexico's State Fair kicked off Friday and to celebrate, the Nativo Lodge is offering a special package. For $129 per night, families of up to four people will receive accommodations (with one king or two double beds), daily breakfast, four one-day passes to the Fair, and one parking pass.
The Nativo Lodge offers spacious rooms decorated with Native American touches. The property features a ...Travel to Cuba legally with New York art museum package
Sep 11th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Travel to Cuba is still illegal for most Americans, but if you don't want to challenge the law or take your chances sneaking there and back, you can still arrange a visit. The Katonah Museum of Art, in Katonah, New York, has been authorized to lead a tour group to Cuba.
Participants on the trip, which is scheduled for January 17-23 of next year, will visit Havana and learn about Cuban culture ...Indian company offers "divorce tourism" package to quarreling couples
Sep 5th, 2009 at 12:00PM: For many happy couples, a trip is taken to commemorate joyful events, like a marriage or the impending birth of a child. Then there are other couples - the ones who certainly aren't happy but who aren't quite ready to rush off to Vegas for their divorce party. For them, there's "divorce tourism".
The Daily Mail reports that a company in India, called KV Tours and Travel, is offering packages to ...Airlines roll out last-minute sales for Labor Day
Aug 24th, 2009 at 2:30PM: There are just two weeks left until Labor Day, but it's not too late to plan a getaway for the holiday weekend. In fact, waiting until now to book your trip might even save you money with some of the great last-minute deals that are available.
American Airlines Flights American Airlines has several destinations on sale for Labor Day. Buy your tickets to Belize by August 28th and travel Monday ...Stay at The Blackstone and explore Chicago by bike
Aug 19th, 2009 at 2:30PM: We've been talking a lot about green travel this month. Well, here's one more way you can do your part to reduce the impact your travels have on the environment. Book a room at The Blackstone in Chicago through October 31, and you'll be given two Strida bikes to use for the duration of your stay.
"Bike Chicago" package prices range from $199 to $269 per night and include overnight accommodations ...Help save the sea lions when you stay at Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club
Aug 9th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Warm waters caused by El Nino currents may be responsible for the record number of sea lions that have shown up weak and hungry along the California coast this year. In Sausalito, the Marine Mammal Center says it has rescued a record number of exhausted and malnourished sea lions, who can't find enough food to survive because the squid and anchovies they normally eat have headed out into colder ...Americans prefer independence (when traveling)
Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM:
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/07/21/americans-prefer-independence-when-traveling/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling';
The United States is the largest leisure travel market in the world – by far. The closest point of reference is the entire European Union. We're three times larger than our closest competitor, the United Kingdom. Yet, despite our size, we just don't spend as ...Insider's look: why does defining "package" matter?
Jul 8th, 2009 at 3:00PM: For the average traveler, definitions don't matter much. You figure out the type of trip you want to take, whip out your credit card and do the deed. It's really pretty damned simple. But, for every purchase you make, there are countless eyes watching. Nothing nefarious is going on; it's all actually quite innocent. When you think about how many people rely on your willingness to open your credit ...Venice is totally flooded. How about a cheap hotel and some boots?
_thumbnail.jpg)
Dec 12th, 2008 at 10:00AM: You kind of expect a visit to Venice will include some water. This uniquely Italian city, first settled by the Romans along a chain of islands on the Adriatic Sea, has always been inextricably tied to its watery origins. The city rose to prominence due to its wealthy seafaring merchants, and most iconic images of the town inevitably include a canal vista complete with gondolier, happily serenading ...Speed-dating at 35,000 feet in Europe
Dec 13th, 2007 at 3:00PM: Catherine recently talked about finding love at the airport and the popularity of online social networking to meet someone while hauled-up at the airport. But, if you want to skip the whole courage building process to approach the hottie you saw whilst boarding, or want immediate interaction with not one, but plenty of singles looking for in-flight spice, Central Europe's low-budget airline Sky ...A Canadian in Beijing: Going Postal at Exam Time
Jun 20th, 2007 at 8:05PM:
I have been studying constantly since the weekend. Who knew that studying could take up so much time?! Well, I suppose the really good students in this program know, but I have been enjoying my life here and riding the smooth ride of a course that doesn't quiz or test regularly. This week, however, we have our three big "kaoshi" (tests) and I am suddenly looking down the long road at about ...
