Category: travel savings
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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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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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Cutting Travel Costs By Organizing Group Trips
Check out the interesting article that Billie Cohen of the New York Times wrote about how to make group trips more affordable and how to streamline the planning. Cohen discusses cruises as being the easiest trip of this type because so many things are provided to all the members of your group once you’re on board. Cohen also…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 