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Travelling smart: 5 tips for your next trip
Just about every travellers wants smooth connections at the airport, to get over jet lag quickly, arrive at their hotel only to find that they've been bumped up to a suite or discover a new destination entirely by accident. If you're prone to travelling...
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Romance in Venice, on a budget
Venice is the ultimate destination if you're looking to swoop that special someone off their feet. Unfortunately this romantic city also comes with a seriously expensive price tag. It's hard not to be totally charmed by the small, quaint streets, the...
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Best beaches in Brazil
Brazil is hot, hot, hot on the tourism radar with more people heading to its glorious coasts than ever before. The country's beaches are the main attraction but which ones are the best? While Brazil's coastline is long (a whole 4,650 miles long!) and...
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Summers in Cornwall: what to see and do
Staying in Britain this summer? Cornwall is the place to be when the days get longer and the sun warms up. Cornwall is like no other place in the British Isles. Its sub-tropical micro climate will heat up your summer holiday and you'll forget you're even...
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Mount Fuji gets UNESCO recognised
This weekend was a big weekend for Japan. The country's most popular tourist attraction, Mount Fuji made its way onto UNESCO's World Heritage Sight. Mount Fuji is an icon of Japan and is climbed by thousands every year. UNESCO met for the 37th time this...
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Celebrating Midsommer in Sweden
Summer in Sweden is a pretty magical thing. If there's one time you really have to visit Sweden it's at the peak of the summer season, during Swedish Midsommer. What can you expect? Pickled herring to eat, beer and cider to drink, folk songs to sing,...
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Edinburgh Fringe for the budge traveller
Edinburgh's Fringe Festival is famous around the world. It serves up some world-class culture, theatre and dance and shouldn't be missed! Unfortunately due to its popularity, the festival is far from being budget-friendly. Hotel room prices soar in August,...
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Eating cheap... anywhere in the world
Everyone loves to eat! And one of the best parts of travelling is the chance to try new foods and flavours, especially when cooked by a local. Don't be one of those travellers who have eaten at Pizza Hut in 10+ countries around the world. Taste paella...
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Beating jet-lag like a champion
Jet lag just comes with the territory of travelling long-haul. Unfortunately it's almost unavoidable but new research is showing how to lessen the lag the next time you jet. The general rule is that it takes 1 day to adjust to each time zone crossed....
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The secret to cheap travel: shoulder seasons
The schools are just about the break up for summer and everyone has one thing on their mind: summer holidays. If you're on a budget or just really can't stretch those pounds far enough to take the trip you really want, don't worry. Want to know the real...
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Free camping for all in Norway
Norway isn't very high up on the budget traveller's list, mostly because it's not very cheap and it can be difficult to visit without breaking the bank. Hotels are out of the question if you're on a shoestring but one thing that is free in Norway is camping!...
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New Spanish destinations on Ryanair's list
The new list of Ryanair includes many Spanish destinations, alltogether 14 new routes from Leeds-Bradford airport, which will operate from March, next year. In addition to the already existing destinations like Alicante or Barcelona , Ryanair will fly...
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You cannot fly by any other name
From now on, be sure that the name on your driver’s license and passport is exactly the same as on all your travel documents. Michael Lichtenstein, an information technology executive, is one of the many people now working hard to ensure that next year,...
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Press Release: low-cost airines are more enviro. friendly
This is a copy of a travel search engine's latest press release. It reports their findings that indeed low-cost airlines produce a much smalled carbon footprint than the regular commercial airlines. Quite interesting research from their new feature that...
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The essence of travel in 1 minute
What can you capture in 1 minute on film? How about the essence of travel? Rick Mereki did it, in three parts, each consisting of 1 minute. His 44 day trip took him around the world to 11 countries with two of his friends. With tons of footage, the three-guy-movie-crew...
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The leaning tower of London: Big Ben
More visible than ever now, London's iconic Big Ben is tiltin to the northwest and you can see it with your naked eye. At a rate of 0.9mm a year, the tower is slowly sinking into the ground and tilting ever so slightly. While experts think that nothing...
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The Grand Canyon, from ground-level
Most people who travel to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon only see it from one angle, above. Most probably it's also from a viewing platform at the side of the highway. Some may venture into Grand Canyon National Park, for a spot of camping. We say, if...
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What's not to love about New York?
New York is so iconic that it's easy to get lost in all the possibilities when taking a trip there. With so many neighbourhoods to see, so many parks to roam and so many museums to visit... it's impossible to see it all in one trip. Even the locals haven't...
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Vietnam for cheap
A Taste of Vietnam from Daniel Klein on Vimeo. This video, on so many levels, feeds our wanderlust for Vietnam: the food, travelling by moped and train, the people, scenery... Vietnam has it all and for a Westerner, it also comes with a pretty good price...
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