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...
Amsterdam day trip: Van...
Filed under: History , Learning , Europe , Netherlands Amsterdam has plenty of day trip opportunities. Smaller cities such as Delft are a short train ride away and the pretty countryside has many historic attractions. Ruïne van Brederode is a castle in the town of Santpoort Zuid,...
Deep discounts on luxur...
Filed under: Travel Deals Have you always wanted to go on safari in Kenya , tour the colorful markets and Mughal palaces of India ‘s Golden Triangle, or explore the mysterious Incan settlements of Peru and do so in style? Beginning on Cyber Monday , Abercrombie & Kent will...
One luxury and two budg...
Filed under: Europe , Netherlands , Hotels and Accommodations , Budget Travel , Luxury Travel Visitors to Amsterdam are spoiled for choice when it comes to hotels. From flea-bitten junky flophouses all the way up to five-star luxury accommodation, hotels in Amsterdam offer something for...