Airport Carbon Accredit...
Filed under: Europe , Germany , Switzerland , United Kingdom , Airlines , Airports , News , Travel Health Europe’s Airport Carbon Accreditation program is now boasting fifty-five major European airports as members and making a significant dent in carbon emissions . The voluntary...
Food poisoning! What to...
Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Africa , Asia , Europe , North America , Oceania , South America , Netherlands , United States , Budget Travel , Middle East , Central America , Caribbean For many people–myself included–one of...10 luxury hostels from ...
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Looks Like Summer Airfa...
The past few years have seen sky-high summer airfares to Europe, as airlines have removed capacity from TransAtlantic routes. For most of the 2000s, East Coast fares to Europe during the summer hovered in the $800-$900 range. Last summer, we were looking at $1400 consistently. This was...Beware of the Avis $20 ...
Groupon is running a deal to pay $20 for $40 with Avis. This may seem like an easy way to knock $20 off the price of your next 2-day Avis rental. But be careful – you need to use their discount code (AWD), which does not give you any more of a deal than other non-prepay AWDs out...Save 25% on Mileage Awa...
United and Continental are offering up to 25% on award tickets on flights between the US & Europe and the US and Central/Southern Africa. Book by January 16th and fly January 27th – March 22nd. You’ll save 25% off coach saver award seats on Mondays, Tuesdays and...OTR In the News...
Just a bit of self-promotion: The OTR gets a nice mention in this CNN.com article about what you do when you are upgraded and your spouse is not. They were nice enough to repeat the story I told about letting my wife (then-girlfriend) sit in the back of a flight home from Phoenix 10...Travel Photos – First...
On Tuesday we boarded the Thalys train early in the morning with an eye on spending the day in Amsterdam. Luckily as holders of a Eurail Flexi Pass, it was extremely easy to take a quick day trip to the famous canal city of the Netherlands. It was my first visit to Amsterdam and what...A Quick Note on My Trip...
For years, my trips to Europe looked something like this: 1) Get on plane 2) Not sleep on plane 3) Get to hotel at 830am 4) Sleep til 1 5) Get into bed at 11pm 6) Curse myself when I was still up at 5am 7) Repeat That was hell. But I have changed that routine and created the...