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Aug. 12, 2008
Give Flying Families a Break - Reuters

Aug 6, 2008
More airline fees for using miles awards - Wall St. Journal

July 29, 2008
International, automatic Travel Journal thru prepaid cell phone

July 29, 2008
Leave Cell Phones at Home - Wall Street Journal

July 6, 2008
Europe's discount airlines are charging more - Miami Herald

May 27, 2008
How to Travel Smart This Summer - Wall Street Journal

Apr. 12, 2008
People are Traveling Everywhere, even in slower economy

Mar. 28, 2008
Travel Web Sites Get Personal

Mar. 25, 2008
How to take a vacation from the diving dollar

Feb. 19, 2008
Airlines charge for some infants

Feb. 10, 2008
Trying to use your miles? Well, get in line

Feb. 3, 2008
Trip tip: "We tip outrageously" overseas

Dec. 23, 2007
Munich smoking ban in 2008
Starting in January, 2008, the German area of Bavaria, which includes Munich, will restrict smoking from all restaurants and beer tents.

Oct. 4, 2007
Measure seeks G-rated areas on planes

Sept. 24, 2007
Dollar hits record low, Europe expensive

Sept. 22, 2007
Personal data on travelers being logged - privacy advocates claim intrusion
The Washington Post

Sept. 6, 2007
British Airways sued over lost luggage

Sept. 2, 2007
Excerpt from Seattle Times article about hotel deals:
"Seattle-based Farecast, a Web site that predicts when airfares will rise or fall and gives users advice on whether to buy airline tickets now or wait for a better price, is adding search tools to help travelers determine whether or not they're getting the best deals on hotels.

The newly launched beta (test) version of Farecast Hotels, at www.farecast.com, lets customers narrow their search to specific locatins in various cities, call up a map pinpointing the locations of various hotels, find out the rates they charge and how those prices compare with rates available in the past several months and 90 days into the future. Based on Farecast's analysis, a color-coded map will indicate whether a hotel at that price is a "deal," "not a deal," or "average."

Farecast Hotels lets users shop for more than 80,000 hotels in cities worldwide, but the ratings data will be initially limited to about 5,000 hotels in 30 major U.S. cities, based on prices quoted by Orbitz.com, Cheaptickets.com and Reservetravel.com. In the future, Farecast plans to add quotes from more sites, including hotel Web sites where consumers often find the best rates, says president Hugh Crean.

Farecase, launched a year ago, uses historical data to offer airfare predictions for about 75 cities in the U.S. Farecast doesn't sell airline tickets or book hotel rooms directly but links users to sites that do."

July 15, 2007
Excerpt from Seattle Times article about credit card fees:
"Travelers can cushion costs by making sure they're not gouged when using credit cards or making ATM withdrawals in other countries.

Most banks charge extra fees for foreign purchases and ATM withdrawals but the fees vary (anywhere from 1-3 percent plus ATM withdrawal charges in some cases), so it pays to check before leaving on a trip. Fees are highest among big, national banks, so consider opening an account with a small bank or credit union where fees are usually not more than the standard 1 percent Visa and MasterCard charge for processing foreign transactions.

Capitol One absorbs even that charge and issues a no-fee Visa card for foreign purchases."

See Washington Post "The Checkout" blog for more info.

April 29, 2007
Travel's big cause of death: vehicles

April 22, 2007
Paris: The city of light budgets

March 5, 2007
Air Miles: Worth the Trip?

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