May 21st, 2013 at 3:00PM: Moyan_Brenn/ Flickr
Summer travel season is right around the corner but exciting travel opportunities are often limited by price. There are plenty of places to go, but they are often priced out of reach. Still, with some research and timing, summer travel bargains are out there right now. Why? Sellers of travel want occupancy and booking levels to be at a certain target number right about now. If ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Summer Travel Bargains, Available Now During Brief Buying 'Sweet Spot'
May 21st, 2013 at 3:00PM: Moyan_Brenn/ Flickr
Summer travel season is right around the corner but exciting travel opportunities are often limited by price. There are plenty of places to go, but they are often priced out of reach. Still, with some research and timing, summer travel bargains are out there right now. Why? Sellers of travel want occupancy and booking levels to be at a certain target number right about now. If ...Photo Of The Day: A Harvest Moonrise Over Mono Lake, California
May 17th, 2013 at 6:00PM: ™ Pacheco, Flickr
Just past the eastern terminus of the Tioga Pass, the entryway to Yosemite National Park, is the quietly beautiful Mono Lake. The area is unique due to its salinity and eerie tufa rock formations that jut out from the water, which give it a completely unreal appearance. Flickr user Pacheco took this amazing photo of the moonrise after a two-day mission to get the perfect ...The Kimchi-ite: Seoul's Spectacular Lotus Lantern Festival
May 15th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Every year, Buddha's Birthday is marked in Korea by a sea of draped lanterns. The holiday itself is not until May 17 this year, but that has not stopped the festivities from starting early. Most streets surrounding Buddhist temples have a colorful array of lanterns strung from their lampposts. The temples themselves often feature an entire canopy created by a rainbow of lanterns. And as part of ...Photo Of The Day: An Absolutely Astounding Scottish Loch
May 3rd, 2013 at 6:00PM:
In the Scottish Highlands, on Loch Shiel, sits Glenfinnan, a small village with an amazing view. Darby Sawchuck took this incredibly lit photo of the loch, really evoking the lush green of the landscape and the beautifully wide valley. Despite it being clear that this region sees plenty of rain, it would be worth weathering through just to see this sight when you wake up in the morning.
If ...Galley Gossip: 10 Ways To Handle A Tight Connection
May 3rd, 2013 at 11:00AM: 1. Book wisely. If you need to be somewhere really important, it's probably not a good idea to book your flights with less than an hour between them. Even an hour is pushing it. An hour and a half is good. Two hours, even better. Whatever you do, don't take the last flight out! Delays happen. So do cancelations.
2. Pay the extra fee. If you're the anxious type and travel is stressful, pay the ...The Kimchi-ite: The End Of Cherry Blossom Season On Yeouido
May 2nd, 2013 at 11:00AM:
Cherry blossoms mark the true beginning of spring, along with the arrival of glorious sunshine, refreshing breezes and all around spectacular picnic weather. Within Seoul, the most talked about place to see the blossoms is on Yeouido, a large island on the Han River where many of the tallest skyscrapers in Korea are located.
Yeouido's Spring Flower Festival, which centers around the ...Wanderu's Site Lets You Research And Book Bus And Rail Travel
Apr 24th, 2013 at 1:00PM: If you're a traveler, then you're a Kayaker. Not a paddler, but a devotee of Kayak.com, the airline (and hotel and rental car) search engine that makes booking the lowest fares a breeze. If you're a traveler, then you've also probably cursed the fact that a similar site doesn't exist for bus and rail travel.
We can now count our blessings, thanks to Wanderu. According to Thrillist, this ...Photo Of The Day: Shanghai's Ancient River Town
Apr 19th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Shanghai is the most populated city in the world, with buildings literally as far as the eye can see, but that's partly because of reduced visibility from pollution. It's hard to believe that this river oasis is located within China's most commercial city. Qibao, one of the oldest towns still remaining within Shanghai, is photographed here by Nelson Ni, who perfectly captured the calm within ...Memorial Day Travel Ideas: Consider The Source, No Cheating
Apr 18th, 2013 at 3:00PM: Memorial Day weekend begins Friday, May 24, and marks the start of the summer travel season. One of the most popular times of the year to travel, finding a destination that fulfills our three-day weekend dreams can take some work. Considering a visit to the Upper East Coast? Maybe not such a good idea to visit beaches ravaged by last October's hurricane. Or is it?
If you are looking for a quiet ...#OnTheRoad On Instagram: Seoul, South Korea
Apr 16th, 2013 at 4:30PM:
Cherry blossoms get me ridiculously excited. The gorgeous pinkish-white flowers last for only a couple of weeks, making them truly special. They are the one true indication that spring has started here in South Korea, where cherry blossoms line many streets and park walkways. Numerous festivals around the country are held in order to take full advantage or their limited blooming period. Over ...Travel All The Time With Jobs Like These
Apr 15th, 2013 at 5:00PM: Those who travel all the time can go to far away places as routinely as others might go to buy groceries. They have somehow managed to be employed in an occupation that requires travel as part of what they do. Commonly, we might think of sales people who hit the road to get face time with regular or prospective customers, and many do. People with the word "travel," or something like it, in their ...Travel Inspiration, One Step At A Time
Apr 15th, 2013 at 2:00PM:
It's not so much where we travel, but what we do when we get there that matters. For those who run in real life, there is nothing better than doing so at a remote location.
Like to hike? Getting away from the normal routine to engage a totally different terrain can bring new life to your passion for the sport.
But we don't need to be into skiing, surfing, biking, climbing or backpacking ...Photo Of The Day: Milford Sound, New Zealand
Apr 12th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
New Zealand seems to be infinitely photogenic and these unbelievable fjords in Milford Sound are an astounding testament to that notion. Taken by Andrea Schaffer, this image gets me incredibly excited about different ideas for traveling the North and South Islands. I'm now filled with daydreams of jetting off to below the equator and living in a campervan.
You too can have your photography ...International Budget Guide 2013: Tokyo, Japan
Apr 12th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
Tokyo, Japan, is a city of politeness, cleanliness, culinary enlightenment and notorious expense. This year Tokyo was listed as the most expensive city in the world, with Japan's second city, Osaka, coming in at number two. But Japan being the land of extremes, there are plenty of great thrifty or outright free things to do in the megalopolis – especially now with the yen at the lowest ...Louvre Shut Due To Violent Gang Of Pickpockets
Apr 11th, 2013 at 12:30PM:
The Louvre temporarily closed on Wednesday due to a strike protesting trouble with violent pickpockets.
The Guardian reports more than a hundred staff walked out on Wednesday in protest over "increasingly aggressive" gangs of pickpockets that harass both visitors and staff. Staff members who have tried to stop the criminals have been kicked and spat at. The strikers are demanding extra ...International Budget Guide 2013: Athens, Greece
Apr 9th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
For budget travelers, there's never been a better time to visit the Greek capital. Despite being on the Euro, the country's debt crisis has made this popular tourist center dramatically more affordable than the balance of the European Union, making once expensive resorts now surprisingly reasonable.
As unemployment and other economic problems take their toll, Greeks have all but stopped ...Photo Of The Day: Sketching In Angkor Wat
Apr 5th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
As the largest religious monument in the world, Angkor Wat is truly massive, taking hours to get just a cursory view of the temple complex. While it is Cambodia's prime attraction, there are still plenty of corners in which to find your own personal space, which is exactly what this sketch artist is doing inside Banteay Kdei. Known as the "Citadel of Chambers," monks still lived inside up ...Chinese Tourists Spend More Money Than Anyone Else
Apr 5th, 2013 at 12:00PM: Chinese travelers have officially become the biggest contributors to the tourism industry, spending a whopping $102 billion on vacations and other travel in 2012.
Figures from the UN World Tourism Organization revealed the Asian country has dramatically upped its travel spending, with last year's expenditure up 40 percent from the prior year.
The organization credits China's increased ...Photo Of The Day: All Signs Lead To ...
Mar 31st, 2013 at 5:00PM:
If you calculated how much time you look at certain things when you travel, signs would be at the top of the list. Whether it's indicating a road or a restaurant, without signs we would quite literally be lost.
In some places, there are more signs than others, and in this photo, Flickr user Luke Robinson captures a jumble of signs in Hong Kong. In fact, it's not even clear what each sign ...Photo Of The Day: Sakura In Tokyo
Mar 29th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Cherry blossom season is in full effect in Tokyo. The beautiful, pinkish flowers, sakura in Japanese, are in many ways intertwined with the country's culture. The start of the fiscal and school years falls in line with the blossom season. Virtually all public schools and major company buildings will have at least one sakura tree out front and group pictures are taken at the start of a new ...
