Tagged With "Savings Account"
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More and bigger bikes=parking problem
The Dutch are running out of bicycle parking space. More people are commuting that way, and more are hauling kids and cargo.
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Traveling Essentials for Everyone
Some good suggestions for what to include on your packing list for your next big travel adventure (sponsored content)
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How to Get the Most Bang From Your Travel Cash
Traveling is hard work! Yes, I’m serious about travelling it really is a lot of work, for starters you need to find flights and accommodation that fit your budget, next you have to think about visas, transport and this is only the tip of the ice-burg. As you can see just creating a checklist for your holiday can take up some valuable time! So how does one go about getting the best rates for their travel currency given the short time frame of going from booking flights to sipping cocktails on...
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Explore Rome with bikes
Looking for a novel way to explore Rome? A bike offers you an environmentally friendly way of getting around, with health benefits and loads of fun (sponsored content)
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How To Plan Your Travel Systematically
Figure out how to design your excursion efficiently: Peruse your underlying considerations: Prompt plans don't permit heaps of pressing and arranging. In this way, begin gathering things once beginning arrangement hits your brain, and you began computing or realized where to go during the current end of the week. This will help you in understanding your get-away better and plan as indicated by the climate you are going in for the host nation. Beginning contemplations will help you in...
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United to hackers: earn miles by breaking in
Could he be on his way to a million MileagePlus miles? Photo: Wikimedia / wwward0 United Airlines has launched a "bug bounty" program to reward computer-adept people who find security flaws...
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U.S. plans for 100 million visitors by 2021
Lincoln Memorial: Lots of visitors, room for many more. Photo: ILA-boy / Wikimedia The U.S. is on the way to hitting 100 million international visitors by 2021, according to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Last...
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Avoid Airbnb scammers by following the rules
A relatively new scam has victimized a number of British vacation renters, and could be more widespread, but it's easy to avoid: Just follow Airbnb's rules about payments and messages. A number of British holidayers reported to the Telegraph...
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Anatomy of a Trip (details, details)
Money Planning well under way and a picture emerging of how I might spend my time in Oaxaca, the question of obtaining pesos begins nagging. We all know what to do, assuming there’s nothing left from the last...
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NY's Laguardia to get total overhaul by 2021
New York's often-mocked but close-in and convenient Laguardia Airport will get a total make-over within the next six years, under plans announced yesterday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Essentially all the existing buildings will be shifted to allow better...
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On the way out: Hotel porn videos
Personal entertainment is putting a crimp in revenue from in-room movies Hyatt announced this week that it will be joining Marriott and a number of other hotels in dropping porn videos from its in-room on-demand entertainment systems. ...
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Airbnb Teams up with American Express
Starting today, American Express, Card Members can create an Airbnb account with their existing americanexpress.com User ID and Password. It will allow cardholders to easily reserve accommodation at all of Airbnb listings. Also,...
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Anchored Down in Anchorage
Bob Cranwell shares photos and a podcast filled with trip highlights of a memorable journey to wonderful wild Alaska!
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In Egypt: The Sudan
Disappointed to find a cruise on a classic Nile paddle steamer beyond her means, PortMoresby is given a second chance, if only briefly, to experience the dream.
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'Romance in Flowers' blooms at Keukenhof
Keukenhof opens for its annual eight-week spring flower show.
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A Quick Philly Jaunt to a Few Philly Haunts
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger shares a visit to Philadelphia, highlighted by the terrific views from from the One Liberty Observation Deck.
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Passport Woes
Passports -- we can't travel without them and many of us enjoy seeing the various stamps we collect on our journeys. Bob Cranwell shares some colorful passport-related moments in his illustrious travel career.
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In cashless Norway, an app for buskers and beggars
As Norway becomes increasingly cashless, beggars and buskers have turned to an app to receive payment.
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Feb. 6, 2018: Mount Nebo, Jordan
At the site where some believe Moses saw the Promised Land, Marilyn Jones finds a lot to see besides the view.
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Belize chooses coral reef over oil
Belize has halted all oil exploration operations to safeguard its coral reefs, second in size only to Australia's.
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Gasp! Swedish meatballs are Turkish immigrants!
A historic Swedish tradition turns out to be imported from Turkey by an exiled 18th-century king.
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Low-cost carriers close in on Europe's legacy airlines
Europe's low-cost carriers keep on growing; in Spain and Britain, they now carry more passengers than legacy airlines.
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Mystery mural in Spain: Could it be Banksy?
A town that set aside space for a Banksy painting got one...or one like it.
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Twitter Changing it's Website
Twitter is looking to broaden it's appeal to new users with some changes over the next few weeks that will resemble Facebook . It's going for a more visual look to attract people who are unfamiliar with Twitter's @...
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Where is Gumbo? No, the question is "Where were you?"
Our long-running geography-culture-nature puzzle has been running for months now, sometimes weekly and sometimes twice a week, but always with the question "Where in the World is Gumbo?" Well, that started me on the next question: How much...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 4th, 2014: Humming Birds
One of my favourite creatures that are around during the summer months are the Humming Birds. While taking photos of them, I would occasionally try to get one to perch on my finger. I would stand, perfectly still, under the feeder and...
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Camera Advice, Please?
My current carry-everywhere camera is a Nikon S9400 that is always on my belt; I've also always been happy with the Panasonic Lumix TS/TZ series. The Nikon is 18.1 megapixels with 18x zoom. BUT, I find myself lacking a few items that I'd like to...
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Managing Your Money on the Road
If you’ve never seen a travelers’ check and maybe don’t even know what it is, you’re like most overseas travelers these days. Going abroad no longer means planning to carry wads of cash, or trekking off to American...
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Way To Earn a Few Bucks for Travel
I have been doing small jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. They pay for small tasks or writing. Normally they pay a very small amount, $5-$10 for a couple of hours, but it can be fun and it's extra money. It's a legitimate site that actually pays. I...
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Glimpses of Basel
When you visit a city for the first time—especially if it's just a short stop—you can't do much more than grab a quick general view, and promise yourself to return. It's sort of like the New York Times' "36 Hours In..." series, and...
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'HiddenCash' starting 'Travel Funder'
The real estate investor who started the 'Hidden Cash' phenomenon ( https://twitter.com/hiddencash ) is now starting a 'Travel Funder' @travelfunder Twitter account. It offers up the chance of getting a free trip to the...
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Finding Reiner #6: Frozen Grave
" To be honest, I no longer try to calculate how things are going to turn out in this war. No one is going to escape unscathed. One must not be miserly with the little life that we have. Those who are anxious and fearful, they will be struck first....
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Austrian Railways add sleepers as Germany drops them
Austria's railways swim against the tide, increasing overnight sleeper service at a time when other railroads are reducing them.
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Journey to Jordan: Amman and Jarash
ProfessorAbe and his wife begin a series of reports on an extended trip through Jordan and its long history.
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Food walking tours: a great way to meet a city
If an army travels on its stomach, as they say, so do some travelers. PHeymont and his wife have become big fans of food walking tours.
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Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 2
Part 2 of Samantha's series on how you can save BEFORE you travel!
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Money Saving Tips, for your Big Trip – Part 3
Samantha wraps up her series on how to have the money to travel by saving it up ahead.
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Vienna named 'second most liveable city'
The Economist ranks world's most liveable cities. Vienna's tops for Europe, Melbourne's tops overall, and Canada places 3 of the top 10.
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Asia cruise market grows 24% in 2015
The cruise industry continues to expand with Asian passengers taking cruises at double-digit growth rates.
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Money Savings Tips, for your Big Trip - Part 1
When you really want to travel and really don't see where the money can come from...take a good look at Samantha's savings tips.
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Chester Cathedral, England
Chester Cathedral isn't the oldest, largest, or most famous but PHeymont calls it one of the most beautiful...and with a most fascinating history.
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Gear up Chandler’s, Apps for Pitching High
Gadgets have become the best friends for the people around the world. A survey states that 85 percent of the population does have a cell phone for themselves. It is not just a cell phone which we are talking about, the tablets, laptops, iPods, and smartphones. In today’s generation, things are getting done by staying at one place with the help of the gizmos. Business people want to know the ways in which they can get their work done in no time. Now, everything has started to become digital,...
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5 tips for travelling abroad with your iphone
Almost anywhere you travel in the world these days—especially to any First World country or popular tourist destination—a strong cellular signal and Wi-Fi hotspots in hotels, restaurants, Internet cafes, shopping centers, and airports are readily available. So even though you may be on the opposite side of the world from where you live, your iPhone or iPad can still serve as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as an interactive entertainment device. The...
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First U.S.-run hotel in Cuba open for business
As trade restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba continue to loosen, Starwood becomes the first U.S. operator to run a Cuban hotel.
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HMY Britannia.
Ian Cook takes us on a phototour of the retired Royal Yacht Britannia, and provides a detailed account of her design and distinguished service to Great Britain.
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Wyoming snowboarders play 'cat and moose'
Two snowboarders unaware at first that they had a very large playmate.
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How to get around Las Vegas
If you are preparing a trip to the city of sin, you may already have wondered how transportation works in Las Vegas. Something that is not always taken into account the first time you visit Las Vegas is the great distance between hotels. And it is that, although it seems that everything is very close, the reality is far from that. The Strip is 7 kilometers away, and although we simply want to go from one hotel to another, we will have to walk, go through bridges, go up and down escalators...
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Super-long flights: Can the pilots do it?
Qantas' plan for nearly 24-hour flights must take into account legal and physical limits on aircraft crew—a big question mark for the project.
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Khajuraho Tour- An Expedition to the Temple City
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khajuraho was discovered by General Alexander Cunningham. Built by the powerful Chandelas, the temples of Khajuraho are the finest specimens of temple art. Detailed sculptures run along all the temples and up the flamboyant spires. The precision of carvings and legendary tales associated with these temples are captivating. While their erotic ornamentation is what has made them popular, they account only for 10% of the numerous sculptures. The majority...
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Bag fees 40% of airline profits
Airline baggage fees continue to rise, especially this year when fees per bag were raised by several airlines.