A very interesting thread going on at reddit.com I launched Skiplagged.com last year with the goal of helping consumers become savvy travelers. This involved making an airfare search engine that is capable of finding hidden-city opportunities, being kosher about combining two one-ways for cheaper than round-trip costs, etc. The first of these has received the…
Full details here 1. Australia 2. Ireland 3. Iceland 4. Costa Rica 5. New York 6. Peru 7. Caribbean Cruise 8. Amsterdam 9. Arizona I was surprised ‘Caribbean Cruise’ was there but this was the article’s explanation “In spite of belief that cruises are generally for couples, they have lots of things to offer for…
AirBnB is an online service that provides a platform for individuals referred to as “hosts”, to rent unoccupied living space and other short-term lodging to guests. The original name of the site launched in 2008 was airbedandbreakfast.com (the two founders were roommates and made their living room into a bed and breakfast, accommodating guests on…
Unfortunately, only the thought of going to a place where most of the time I would go to a beach bores me to tears. Not even the fact that I could use hotel points makes it better. So I have made a decision to learn something during my vacation even if it might cost more. I have been doing some research (nice term for using Google) and there seems to be a plethora of sites for activity holidays (I would have been very surprised not to). Some of these sites that I have come across: www.travel-quest.co.uk “Travel-quest is a human edited specialist travel directory, each entry is checked and reviewed by an experienced editor. We list adventure and activity holidays, vacations, trips, tours, residential courses and weekends away in the UK, throughout Europe, in the USA, North America and world-wide – try us for sports, action, culture, crafts,…
I have not used any of them but I have compiled a list in alphabetical order to check them out later. Also, perhaps some readers will share their experience with these travel sites in the comments section. Jetsetter SniqueAway Spire Tablet Hotels TripAlertz Vacationist Voyage Privé I am sure out there in the vast internet world there…
I knew about Technorati so last week on Saturday I was curious to see the top travel blogs. Three blogs from BoardingArea made the top 10 list and I felt privileged that my blog is here too. However, a blog about insurance drew my attention. It was on the position 8 and I thought why not…
Everyone tries to come up with something clever for this date; it seems there are even 2 separate movies with this title: 11-11-11 and 11/11/11 And this site to be launched came with their own 11/11/11 . I suppose they meant 111 quality submissions as I have already sent them 3 stories (guys, please send an acknowledgement e-mail…