Category: Travel deals
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NYC: Cheap Eats List for 2012
Check out the Underground Gourmet’s list of great food in NYC for under $25.00. Click here…..
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Amtrak College Visit Discount
Amtrak is offering a buy one, get one 50% off exclusive travel offer for families planning a college visit. This is what they say: Amtrak has partnered with Collegia to make the process of selecting a college more affordable. Our buy one, get one 50% off Campus Visit® Discount is the smart way for high…
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Great Ideas From The New York Times Travel Show
Last Saturday I traveled down to Manhattan’s Javits Center to attend the annual New York Times Travel Show. Located primarily on this convention center’s main floor, this show provided information for over 500 destinations from around the world, and it was divided into various sections including the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the United…
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$199 — NASCAR 3-Hour Driving Experience, Reg. $400
Travelzoo.com is advertising an interesting adventure deal: Get behind the wheel of a real NASCAR race car with an exclusive discount. This is what they say: For $199, regularly $400, drive the same type of race car as this year’s Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth. During this NASCAR Racing Experience, get behind the wheel of…
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Where’s The Snow? Vacations For Skiers
If you’re like me or many of my friends and family members, you’ve been amazed at how fast this year’s winter has been flying by. My reason why time has moved so quickly? We haven’t been trapped in our homes by the crushing weather that we received last year. I don’t mind snow- after all…
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Baltimore,Maryland-More Than Just a Stopover To Washington D.C.
As many of us know in the Albany, New York area, one of the cheapest ways of traveling to Washington D.C. by plane is flying Southwest Airlines from the Albany International Airport (ALB) to Baltimore’s airport (BWI) and then taking the shuttle, train or bus to D.C. But as I learned last month, Baltimore, itself,…
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Airlines Fight New Law That Requires them to Include Fees and Taxes in Advertised Fare Price
Although airline flights are decreasing and services have been reduced, there are still numerous advertisements out there for airfare deals. But how many times have we discovered what seems to be a great bargain only to find out that there are additional fees and taxes? Susan Stellin of the New York Times reports that, starting…
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Finding Cheaper Flights To Europe This Fall
Michelle Higgins of the New York Times says that fall flights to Europe will be less expensive than they were the beginning of last summer. However, Higgins reports, fares to Europe still remain high. Higgins suggests a “few tricks” to find cheaper flights including: 1) Be flexible, 2) Use a jump city, 3) Find package…
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Travel Deal for Four Travelers: Ireland 5-Star Spring Vacation from NYC For $699!
TravelZoo is advertising what seems to be a great promotion for 4 people to Ireland that includes air and luxury hotel accommodations. This is what they say: Live like royalty in a Conde Nast 2011 Gold List Hotel for $699 per person. This vacation slashes more than $1000 off the cost of separate airfare and…
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Travel Tip-Negotiate!
One of the most important tips that I’ve learned over the years to receive travel discounts can be summed up in one simple word-Negotiate! I know that to many of us negotiating may seem very intimidating, especially with big chain hotels, major airlines, high end restaurants, and popular attractions. But if you don’t try, you’ll never find out that, for example, by using…
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