Archive for the ‘Travel Planning’ Category

Marriott Weekend Deal

Still available from Marriott until December 13, is a deal almost too good to be true. Stay at over 300 Marriott properties either a Friday or Saturday night and receive a $100 Marriott Bonus Bucks coupon good for a two night weekend stay between 1/1/10 and 3/31/10 plus a $50 coupon good for $10 off [...]

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Zippy Reviews? What is that?

Zippy Reviews (n.) - website dedicated to people who feel they have been bamboozled by search engines while trying to find the best consumer and expert reviews on computers, consumer electronics and travel…because they would rather spend their time downloading from iTunes ™, Tweeting, watching their flat screen TV or relaxing in a four star hotel. Zippy [...]

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iPhone App for Priceline

What do you get when you shake your iPhone? Sometimes you can find a cheap hotel near where you are standing. How? What does shaking your phone do?
This is one of the most baffling of all technologies to me. I simply can’t comprehend how a signal is transmitted and an app is engaged by shaking [...]

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Travelocity Hotel Rate Guarantee

Travelocity is going one better than their original guarantee of making everything right with your trip. They are now willing to refund the difference between your booked rate and any lower rate on the internet for that property/those dates. Currently they are trying to move your business to their site by offering a $50 refund [...]

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jetBlue Credits Airfare Reductions

What a happy note in today’s airline customers-are-dirt-under-our-feet attitude! Airfares reductions after you book on jetBlue can be credited to your TrueBlue account.
If you book a flight on jetBlue, make sure you have signed up for a TrueBlue account. Sign up for airfare alerts on Yapta and AirfareWatchDog for your flights. You will be notified [...]

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The Dreaded Travelers Diarrhea

TD is only a laughing matter on the written page. When you are faced with missing your visit to Familia Sagrada or The Louvre, there is nothing funny about TD. How do you get it? How do you stay clear of it? How do you get better?
Everyone knows street food can be a great slice [...]

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Safe Travel Abroad

I was mugged. In Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood. In broad daylight. He took my handbag. I got a broken arm. Until recent travels it never dawned on me that the level of safety we feel in the US is not what we feel abroad in a lot of countries, and rightfully so. When do we ever [...]

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