Tips for roadtrips in Europe

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Many people who travel to Europe for the first time are amazed at how well train transport and bus transport in some countries work, and how easy a good public transport network makes it to take a tour of the continent.

But trains and buses are only one side of the story, and there’s another way to go about vising Europe, or parts of it. I’m talking about roadtrips, of course, those long and sometimes tiring trips that are considered more than anything a rite of passage and a way to enjoy to the fullest the company of your friends (or yourself) and of seeing distant places at your own pace, without hurry or worries.

If you love driving, then take a chance and discover the old continent though the windshield – and here are some tips for roadtrips in Europe that might help you. …

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The healthy way to see the sights

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Most people associate a holiday with the chance to lounge around by a pool and eat copious amounts of food. If that’s not for you, and you’re more the “carefully-planned-trek” or bike-ride type, then here are some things to consider when choosing your next adventure holiday. …

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A guide to finding cruise deals

Even today, when travel is becoming increasingly affordable, cruises are still somewhat surrounded by an air of luxury and unattainability. Magazine pictures of the rich and/or famous lounging on the decks of cruise ships sailing through aquamarine water with a tropical sun shining down on them often seem out of the league of the regular traveler, but nothing could be further from the truth.

If you are not well-versed in deal finding, going on a cruise might seem a bit improbable to you, but luckily there are ways to get cruise tickets for cut-rate prices. Here is a short guide to finding cruise deals that are too irresistible to pass up. …

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The worst travel faux-pas one can make

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Traveling is not as easy as simply packing your luggage and going away to a distant place, and even if we disregard all the time and effort that goes into planning and booking, people can still be prone to all sorts of mishaps. Some of the worst mistakes can happen when you’re preparing for travel, but others (which are often far more embarrassing even if they don’t have any lasting effects) can happen while you are on the road.

You can commit travel faux-pas especially if you are visiting a place with different customs and cultural norms that you might not be aware of. So in order to avoid offending anyone and putting yourself in an embarrassing situation, here are some of the worst travel faux-pas one can make. …

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Solo travel: top 5 awkward situations and how to avoid them

Solo traveling is empowering and can teach you how to rely on yourself in ways that you couldn’t before. It’s a way to enjoy your own company and to discover new things, not about your destinations but also about yourself. However, there are times when even a solo traveler wishes they had a companion, especially when a situation gets awkward.

A bit of awkwardness every now and then is a natural part of traveling solo, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be avoided from time to time. So here are top 5 awkward situations and how to avoid them when traveling solo. …

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5 travel scams to avoid

As travel is getting more and more popular, scams related to travel are also getting increasingly widespread. Even the most seasoned traveler can fall pray to a wily scammer, because just as travelers get creative when it comes to their trips, so do scammers and their attempts to leech some money off you.

Picking a naive tourist’s pockets is small fry compared to some rip-offs that have been heard of nowadays. So here are 5 travel scams to avoid in some of the most popular travel destinations in the world. …

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Preparing for Thanksgiving 2011

Some might say that it’s a bit early to start thinking about Thanksgiving Day already, seeing as it is at the end of November, but as everyone who has lived through disastrous holidays, planning ahead can save your from a lot of trouble.

Since we know that preparing for a holiday that for most people means a gathering of the whole family (sometimes the extended family, even!), there are a lot of small details to take care of. Three months is plenty of time to perfect your plan for an awesome Thanksgiving Day with the people you love. Here are some tips that will hopefully help you in preparing for Thanksgiving 2011. …

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Top 5 travel gadgets for a hi-tech holiday

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Back in the days when people traveled on horse-drawn carriages, steamboats or worse, on foot, nobody though about packing more than the bare necessities for the trip.

A suitcase with a few changes of clothes and maybe a book to keep the boredom away on long trips was the standard traveling equipment for many. But nowadays, there’s no limit to what people can take with them for their holidays. You can’t bear to be separated from your favorite tv show? You can take your portable DVD player with you?

You can’t live without internet? You can take your laptop. The point is that new technologies allow us to take our gadgets with us so we don’t have to interrupt our usual hobbies while we are traveling, and some gadgets provide added comforts on the trip. So here are the top 5 gadgets for a hi-tech holiday. …

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Top 5 myths about traveling

There’s no end to the excuses people will use in order to weasel out of traveling, and not necessarily because they have something against the idea of travel itself, but because traveling, like many other activities, has become shrouded in myth.

And unfortunately, travel mythology is not limited to funny stories along the line of “this one time when I was in – remote place-“, but also assumptions that traveling is expensive, dangerous and difficult. So you ever find yourself in a situation when you have to debunk someone’s fear of getting out of their comfort zone and seeing the world, here are top 5 myths about traveling and how to debunk them. …

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China Travel Tips

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With a constantly revolving base, this mighty land is blessed with powers. It’s seemingly endless Great Wall, the legendary Terracotta Army, lantern villages; innovative cities add immense beauty to the country.

If you plan to visit China, you are sure to enjoy the delicious cuisines, diversified culture, art & crafts and the love of the people. Travelling around here will let you discover so much but you can’t move on if you fail to have your travel tips on the list.

Following are few details about China that can help you plan your trip wisely. …

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