Travel News for November 25th 2009 through December 1st 2009
Travel related news and tweets for November 25th 2009 through December 1st 2009:
- RoomAtlas Puts Hotel Searches on a Google Map, Is Awesome – Lifehacker’s Sarah Rae Trover just posted this article:
Many sites that help you find a hotel can be a little frustrating to use. They’re either pumped full of ads or jumble results according to advertisers. RoomAtlas does away with all that, providing a simplified but impressive Google Maps-powered hotel search. …Read the rest at Lifehacker
- Paris Treat #24: Tarte tatin – Meg Zimbeck recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:It’s especially difficult now to find treats in Paris because of the weakened buying power of the dollar in France.
- Top Five Christmas Deals – Smarter Travel has posted some info about vacations destinations: Get away for the holidays with these Scrooge-proof vacations! Destinations include Las Vegas, Madrid, Puerto Vallarta, and London, among others.Head over to www.smartertravel.com to read the whole article.
- Paris: Museums on strike? – Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:
(Courtesy Meg Zimbeck) - Avoid Airline Charges by Checking Luggage Limits Before You Travel – Lifehacker’s Jason Fitzpatrick just posted this article:
Nobody wants to get hit with a massive over-limit luggage charge when they’re already stressed and rushing to catch their flight. Hit up Luggage Limits before you travel to avoid any check-in counter surprises. …Read the rest at Lifehacker
- 26 affordable Caribbean hotels – RobinD_travel recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:Close your eyes. Coconuts tumble down and thump the beach. Steel drums reverberate through an outdoor restaurant. Trade winds whistle, and a sailboat’s rigging clangs gently against the mast. Suddenly, cha-CHING! You are handed the bill at your charming and luxurious resort and – poof – the spell is broken.
- Bundle Up to Fill Your Belly: Winter Restaurant Weeks are Back in North America – Carrie Havranek posted this over on Frommer’s : It’s that time of year again — or at least one of those two times of year. The post-holidays dining bargains get you out of the house in the dead of winter, with the special menus, special prices, and special benefits to hunger-related charities.
- A Potentially Dreary Future for Frequent Flyers – Smarter Travel has posted some info about : New three- and four-tier award schedules may make it easier to get seats for a reasonable number of miles, but Ed Perkins remains skeptical. Here’s why.Head over to www.smartertravel.com to read the whole article.
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