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The Right Way to See Europe?

July 10, 2014 by Mikel Bowman Leave A Comment

There is no one “right” way to see Europe, of course. There are, in fact, an almost infinite number of right ways.

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Posted in EarlyRetirement.org Tagged Early-Retirement.org, Europe

Before Twitter and the Arab Spring There Was Dovster and BEYFlyer

July 9, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 10 Comments

Before Twitter, before social media helped bring about the Arab Spring, two FlyerTalkers – one in living in Israel and the other living in Lebanon – provided up-to-the-minute status updates from very near the front lines of the battle between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Posted in FlyerTalk Tagged BEYFlyer, Dovster, FlyerTalk, social media

Beware the Dangers of Travel

July 9, 2014 by Mikel Bowman Leave A Comment

Scary and dangerous are two adjectives most travelers are eager to avoid. Still, whether through accident, complacence, ignorance or just plain bad luck many of us have found ourselves in scary and/or dangerous situations when on the road.

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Posted in City-Data Tagged City-Data, danger, scary

How Extreme Budget Travelers Think

July 9, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 1 Comment

Travelers who post on the various online travel communities are little short of amazing when it comes to finding and/or developing tremendously affordable travel deals. But can they help a fellow traveler visit the better part of 4 continents on less than £10,000?

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Posted in Horizons Unlimited Tagged budget travel, Horizons Unlimited, rtw

A $20K Botswana Safari – Worth Every Penny

July 8, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 9 Comments

After a couple of close friends passed, seeitall and his wife decided to take their dream African Safari trip – before it was too late. What a trip. What a trip report.

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Posted in Traveltalkonline, Trip Reports Tagged Africa, safari, Traveltalkonline, trip report

13 Examples Why Cat Beds Should Be Made from Luggage

July 8, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 1 Comment

Just in case the photos of cats meme isn’t completely played out, and because I like pictures of cats, I present for your viewing pleasure these pics of “Pack Cats” I found while stumbling around Flickr.

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged carryon, cats, luggage

We See Him Shiver with Antici…

July 8, 2014 by Mikel Bowman Leave A Comment

Even in the current age of devaluations there are some good deals to be found on most of the programs award charts. Take, for example, American’s Los Angeles to Sydney first class award.

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Posted in Milepoint Tagged A380, AAdvantage, American Airlines, first class, Milepoint, Qantas

And It’s 1…2…6 Cards You’re Out

July 7, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 1 Comment

Prolific BoardingArea blogger Gary Leff over at View from the Wing wrote a post about a week ago (aka: ~100 posts back) in which he asked: Why Do Some Credit Card Companies Give Signup Bonuses Over and Over for the Same Card? The question now is, how many signups will Citi allow?

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Posted in Saverocity Tagged churn, Citi, Credit card, Saverocity

Take America Back – Boycott Hyatt!

July 7, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 13 Comments

Put on your tin foil hats. You are going to need them because the pieces of the puzzle to destroy the American way of life are all coming together. And they all point to Hyatt!

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Posted in FlyerTalk Tagged conspiracy, FlyerTalk, Hyatt

How to Guarantee You Are Eating Where the Locals Eat

July 6, 2014 by Mikel Bowman 1 Comment

Where should we eat? It’s one of those age old questions, especially when traveling. We want something good and something local. We do NOT want a place designed to attract and trap the tourists.

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Posted in Slow Travel Talk Tagged dining, Italy, Slow Travel Talk

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