Archive for February, 2007

posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 28

All You Need To Know About Airfare Deals And Great Last Minute Travel Getaways.

Ah, there’s nothing better than taking a vacation. Daydreaming about an island breeze seducing you into an afternoon sleep or planning your hiking adventure, any concept of an escape is always welcome. Unlike some people, I absolutely love planning my vacations. I love finding information on different purposes and looking for those great hotel and airfare deals. The best hotel and airfare deals are usually found when purchasing a vacation package, but once in a while, you can get great discounts when purchasing separately.

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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 28

OPT Customised Tours

While you are thinking about planning your next trip, we at One Planet Travel are thinking about YOU.

For this reason we have created a new service: One Planet Travel Customised Tours. These tours are put together by One Planet Travel and personalised for every customer.

How does this work? It’s very simple, all you have to do is send us an email stating your chosen destination with your departure dates and length of stay, and we will put together a customised package that is right for you. Just sit back, relax and we’ll do the rest. We will organise your Customised Tour COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE.
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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 28

Tales From the Road: Macau, California, Pakistan, Papau New Guinea, Italy

Travel can be a journey into the realms of fear and loathing, or a happy-go-lucky search for wildflowers.

It can be an exploration of animosity, or a ride to the chapel on your wedding day.

This week Tales of the Road explores a brutal jungle of hidden, festering horrors; a moral wasteland where blood-sucking fiends skulk in the shadows, a place so nightmarish that the author who explored its darkest corners is unwilling to identify himself.

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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 27

Malm? Caf?s: CoffeeManiac and Caf? Siesta

Gamla V?ster

Gamla V?ster near the Lilla Torget square is a charming and rather quiet neighbourhood with pedestrian streets lined with boutiques, galleries and caf?s. The best caf?s here are CoffeeManiac and Caf? Siesta. CoffeeManiac is a trendy caf? located in an old cellar

posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 27

The Secret To Looking For Work Abroad

Long-term travel is often a tricky financially proposition.

Unless you’ve been gifted an inheritance or a lucky lotto ticket, chances are that someone wanting to join the expat community in a foreign country will have to find work there. Teaching English as a Second Language classes is, by far, the job of choice.

Not because of the perks, but simply because it is the easiest type of work to obtain. In my experience, it seems that simply standing upright and speaking several relatively coherent sentences in English is sufficient to land the job.

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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 27

The Rocky Mountains of Colorado offer many good resorts to choose from. Some favorites include

Telluride, Vail and Breckenridge. Telluride Ski Resort was built in the 1970’s and along with it came cultural events, festivals, music and more. People come to this town year after year for the wonderful skiing and other fun activities.
If skiing is what you are all about, Vail is the place to go! It has just been named number 1 for the 14th time in 19 years in Ski Magazine’s “Top 50 Resort Guide”. Vail offers world class skiing, fabulous nightlife and many fine dining options.
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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 27

There’s still time to get to Slovenia’s glorious summer festival, held in Ljubljana. The event started in July and continues until 1st September 2007 - so if you want to go, get in there quick!

Dating back to 1953, the Ljubljana Summer Festival is a huge cultural attraction in the beautiful destination of Slovenia. Artists, performers and visitors from all over the world commune here to attend the festival to take part in and enjoy six weeks of top-class symphony orchestras, opera and ballet. For more information visit www.ljubljanafestival.si. Visit our Slovenia destination guide for more details on the destination.

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posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 26

Why I Love Grenoble

Grenoble from Atop

posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 26

Travel Advice from the Kitchen

posted by Charles H. Russo on Feb 26

If you’re thinking of booking car hire for your next holiday, then look no further than our recently improved car hire page on our Thomson.co.uk website. With our new additions, we will now compare more suppliers, covering more countries, airports, cities and locations than ever before. Bringing you around 2 million offers, you can rest assured that hiring a car for your next holiday needn’t break the bank.

We compare 25 different car hire suppliers, from 173 countries worldwide, you can pick up from 1806 Airports, 6465 Cities, and 35000 other locations worldwide. What more could you ask? Visit our car hire page for more information.

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