May 1st, 2012 at 10:00AM: Italy is an addictive place. You get a taste of it, and you want more. Indeed, one could spend a lifetime exploring Bella Italia and still not see everything. But with the Euro still relatively strong against the Dollar, it isn't the most budget friendly travel destination for American travelers.
If you want to spend a week or more in any one town or city in Italy, you've probably considered ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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May 1st, 2012 at 10:00AM: Italy is an addictive place. You get a taste of it, and you want more. Indeed, one could spend a lifetime exploring Bella Italia and still not see everything. But with the Euro still relatively strong against the Dollar, it isn't the most budget friendly travel destination for American travelers.
If you want to spend a week or more in any one town or city in Italy, you've probably considered ...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 ...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. ...High finance for HomeAway says a lot about travelers
Jun 30th, 2011 at 11:00AM: As the travel industry claws its way back from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent consumer credit hangover, bright spots are already beginning to emerge. And unsurprisingly, it's the non-traditional sort that seems to be leading the charge. After all, stung by layoffs, pay cuts and other personal austerity measures, we've had to find ways to spend less while still traveling. ...Share a vacation rental, go to Tahoe for free with PackLate
Feb 4th, 2011 at 7:30AM: If you've ever spent time scouring for rooms on couchsurfing or making friends on airbnb, the folks at PackLate might have a contest for you. In an effort to spread the good word about vacation rentals and the inventory that they carry, a few of their brass are spending Valentine's Day weekend in a property in Tahoe -- and they're inviting their Facebook fans along for the ride.
Eight of their ...Q & A with Grantourismo round-the-world slow travel bloggers
Nov 24th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
With all the holiday travel madness just beginning, sometimes it's nice to take a breath and think about taking travel more slowly. I recently had a chance to meet up with blogger Lara Dunston and her photographer-writer husband, Terence Carter, of the round-the-world travel project and blog, Grantourismo while they were traveling through Istanbul. Lara and Terence hosted me at their fabulous ...TripAdvisor picks the top ten most expensive vacation rentals in North America
Jul 15th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
You think finding a sub-$200 hotel in the summer is a challenge? Consider the challenges for the rich and famous - do you go with a 12 bedroom mansion, or can you settle for a mere 10? Will the kitchen be large enough to feed all 250 guests at your poolside soirée?
And then there is the pool itself - is one pool going to be enough, and will the fitness room be large enough? Yes - the ...7 day vacation rentals for $199 through Wyndham Worldwide
May 14th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
Looking to vacation on a budget? Wyndham Worldwide has some hot deals on 7-day vacation rentals for just $199. The availability is obviously limited, and there is a bit of fine print involved, but I was able to find several properties for the advertised price.
To clarify - the $199 price is for 7 days - and since many hotels retail for the same price for just one night, you'll understand ...LetMeGo to pit hotels against each other directly
Dec 30th, 2009 at 10:00PM: Normally, I'd think that a website inviting hotels to beg for bid on the insane and detailed requests of travelers would be a nonstarter. But, we're in the middle of a brutal travel market recession. And, this decade has been awful for airlines and hoteliers alike. So, if the industry is going to learn any lessons from this turbulent decade known as [well, nobody really figured that out what to ...Pay to sleep on a stranger's couch with AirBnB
Jul 22nd, 2009 at 3:30PM: I recently came across the website AirBnb.com, which promises to connect "adventurous travelers" with "nice folks" willing to let strangers stay in their apartment, spare room, or even on their couch - for a fee. Basically, if VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) and CouchSurfing had a love child, this would be it.
At first I thought it was just a way to get money out of people who (somehow) still ...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 ...Budget summer vacations: Manhattan Beach, California using Homeaway.com
Jun 10th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
When my husband called me on my cell to tell me we had to move out of our house for a week while the hardwood floors were being refinished, I just stood in the middle of the food court at New York's John F. Kennedy international airport and sighed. It'd been a long two days of flying the unfriendly skies. Not to mention, the last thing I wanted to do on a day off was spend my valuable time ...
