It’s time to start planning your next vacation and take advantage of great sale prices on luggage . Having the right luggage can make packing less stressful. Many airlines are now charging for your bags so having good quality, light weight luggage is a must. No more worry about being charged for...

A lot of people are forever griping about how the travel sector – specifically airlines! – are always out to make more money out of travelers. You can’t really blame the people who complain. We know just how unfair many practices are. However, when the news about Haiti’s plight made the headlines,...

If 2009 settled one travel-related debate, it was this: the modern traveler overwhelmingly prefers window seats . In a poll on the Lonely Planet Facebook page , 888 people jumped at the chance to state their airplane seating preference, and it wasn’t even close: 63% of responders preferred window...

Rent-a-cars amaze me. The concept that I can turn up in all sorts of weird places, someone will hand me the keys to a car and I can drive off continues to delight me. But if there’s one thing worse than airlines loading on extra charges – see my recent Ryanair blog – it’s rent-a-car...

TO BE ABLE to get a cheap flight you will need to know how the whole system works. Discovering how airlines determine airfare pricing and discounts will definitely give you the opportunity to get extremely cheap flights under $100 and get the most out of your travel. There are destinations that are...

I finally got around to flying Ryanair. I’ve flown on assorted LCCs – Low Cost Carriers – but never had a reason to get on the European airline which generates all the bad publicity. Michael O’Leary, the airline’s outspoken boss, specialises in being controversial. OK they’re...