Travel fares have increased substantially as the oil prices have sky rocketed. Today the barrel price went below $100 which will hopefully bring down the travel fares and allow us avid travelers to pay a visit to our covited destination of choice. [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/oil-price-falls-to-below-100-a-barrel-931265.html] Oil prices will hopefully refrain from surging up to almost $150 as was the case in July. One thing is for sure though - the average consumer is the one paying the price just as always. I wonder when the last time the CEO of one of those big [View Full Entry]

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Why Book Last Minute Deals If you are itching to travel somewhere but don't know where, I would suggest going to a travel deal site, one that offers Last Minute Deals , and look for some of the bargains they have to offer. What I like about the site I linked to here, is that you have a wide range of options to play with. Most importantly, last minute deals include travel and lodge, which definitely saves you money. These agencies get great deals from the hotels and flight companies, so you are bound to get a good de [View Full Entry]

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Unfortunately life was not qute going according to plan up north. The recession hit hard one of the places I intended to look for work, New York City. Prior to that I had resided where I have now returned, Tampa, Fl. I remember waiving goodbye to the staff I worked with just over 4 months ago as I left the business seminar company which had found me overcaffinated for about a year prior to my departure. Just over a year ago found me in Philadelphia and then from there, to avoid the winter, I moved down here to Tampa knowing nobody [View Full Entry]

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What I love about the fall more than anything is the foliage up in New England. The beautiful array of reddish colors, along with a windy breeze hinting the changing of seasons, bring an immediate smile to my face. Those beautiful maple leaves scattered all over the ground are absolutely beautiful. Here's a picture that displays the array of colors with blue skies in the background. [View Full Entry]

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Every year as we welcome the month of September, I can't help but think back to that crazy day seven years ago (has it been 7 years already) when planes crashed and buildings were pummeled. It is one of those memorable events that is engraved in your mind forever. I remember it well because at the time I was staying at a friend's place in Northern Manhattan. Ironically enough I was there on vacation, and some vacation it turned out to be. Can you imagine, a city the size of New York coming to an absolute stop?! No public transportation, no [View Full Entry]

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I really recommend visiting Last Minute Travel if you are looking to save on travel deals to your next destination. They have some really good packages including 'off the record hotels' which are really good hotels for great prices... [View Full Entry]

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The Beijing Olympics have really given me an appetite to visit there again. My last visit was in my teens, which was about a decade ago (oops, I kind of revealed my age), and it seems that Beijing has drastically changed since then. China is rapidly developing, and it goes without saying that the Beijing Olympics provided a major boost. From what I know, the provincial areas have not evolved much as in any developing country; however, the cities have really changed with newly born sky scrapers capturing the skyline on a daily basis. From what my friends t [View Full Entry]

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Glad to be here... Just starting out, will post more later. I have a lot to share regarding travel and some great ways to save. [View Full Entry]

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So I made it to Florida safe and sound in the great city of Miami on June 12th, 2008. I don't have any pictures because I became extremely ill on the flight over. Very ironic considering that I never once became sick in Guatemala or Honduras and yet I catch a fever and a stomach flew on the flight back. So I traveled around Miami at 9pm at night wandering the streets to see if I could find the Miami International Hostel which I could not, but I did stumble across this other Hostel which had a Mexican restaurant right below [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everybody, This is going to be our blog to chronicle our travels in Germany and Rome. We're going to try to update it as often as possible during our trip. So stay tuned and we'll get back to you soon. Love, Jeff and Sara [View Full Entry]

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