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Unique Travel Gifts for Christmas Coming up with unique Christmas gift ideas can be difficult. If you’re buying for a traveler, here are a few unique travel gifts you should consider. Travel Gifts For some people, travel consists of hopping on a plane and moving around the country as part of a job. For others, it is an opportunity to get out and see exotic locations. Regardless of the type of travel, following are a list of unique travel gifts you can buy friend and family who travel. 1. Gladiator School – Watching the movie, Gladiator, each of us had…

Price Is Not Everything Booking a cheap holiday might be a short term gain, but what about the long term? So I got a cheap holiday, but how did it work out? Was all my needs met? Was the hotel as I would have liked it to be? Is the resort right for me? I am writing this article to give you an idea of the perils of booking your holiday in the competitive industry of Travel. I hope to raise your awareness to the perils of searching for, and booking your dream holiday. With the competitive nature of the…

The Myth Of Cyber Monday “Cyber Monday” is the Monday after Thanksgiving and is commonly reported to be the start of the online holiday shopping season or the biggest online shopping day of the year, both of which are untrue. The theory purports that consumers do a great deal of their real world shopping on “Black Friday” (another myth about the Friday after Thanksgiving) and when they return to work on Monday, they start their online shopping. The origin of the term is unclear; probably a media fabrication in their attempt to create a story where one didn’t exist. Sure,…

Great Website to Book Your Hotel In Advance Have you ever taken a trip and booked a room in a hotel that you thought was sure to be luxurious, but it turned out to be a disappointment? Perhaps you made an early reservation and then arrived to discover that you had been “bumped” from the list of bookings. Or you may have asked for a non-smoking room but then scented the distinct lingering smell of tobacco after checking in. Whatever your experience has been, travelers everywhere expect quality accommodations when they choose a good hotel and pay a fair rate.…

Boating Holidays When we speak of boating holidays, we aren’t referring to a day set aside to celebrate everything boating – although many boating enthusiasts would probably like a holiday like that! In Europe and many other places, vacations are referred to as holidays, so a boating holiday is essentially a boating vacation in Europe. There are many wonderful boating holiday destinations around Europe. England is a great place to enjoy a boating holiday. They have miles and miles of canals where you can take a narrowboat up and down the water enjoying the beautiful countryside along the way. Narrowboats…

Travel On A Bargain! Travel is one of many working people’s ultimate getaway. Imagine a few days of luxury & comfort on some exotic beach resort, waking to the lulling sound of waves & the feel of soft breeze gently caressing your face. Imagine looking out of your cabin window & seeing a vast expanse of endless white sand, dotted with seashells & the occasional seaweed. Imagine having breakfast of the freshest fruits right at your bed & being as far away from the noise of urban living as you can be. Imagine being thousands of miles away from your…

Hotels In Barcelona In Die Stadtmitte And You Barcelona, the band Queen tells us, is a beautiful horizon, a jewel in the sky. Barcelona is one of the few European cities that offer travelers a generous choice of diverse cultural experience. That, coupled with the fact that sunny Barcelona has at least four kilometers of beaches, guarantees a roaring good time for you and your friends. To maximize your Mediterranean experience, there is no more need to look further for accommodations. Stay in any of the numerous hotels in Barcelona in die stadtmitte, or the Barcelona city center. At a…

How To Choose A Holiday Villa Abroad Renting a holiday villa abroad can be a risk, particularly if you’re booking your villas online. We’ve all heard the horror stories about resort hotels that have turned out to be part-built or badly run, and we all want to avoid similar bad experiences. Most of us now turn to the internet to look for the things that make up our holiday – flights, accommodation, car hire – and then book online, crossing out fingers that everything turns out well. What can you do to avoid a disaster when you arrive at your…

Historic Palm Springs Hotels Palm Springs throughout the years has been known as a sun-drenched resort escape, studded with excellent golf courses, and marvelous historic structures, which in one way or another have contributed to its being a favorite tourist destination. Celebrities have taken part in Palm Springs’ history during its first boom in the 1920’s, until now the famous Spanish Mediterranean architecture is still on display. The 50’s bought another tourist bang to the place and much of the mode and décor remnants are fondly evocative for that missing period. Some of the best places to find “what was”…

The Easy Way To Cheap Holiday Travel Are people always telling you about the great travel deals they’ve got? Do they come back after two weeks on the beach enthusing about how little money they spent? Having trouble working out how they get hold of fantastic last-minute deals? It’s not as difficult to find cheap discount holiday travel as you might think. A little bit of planning and research is usually all it takes. Go online! Although you can find good deals in high street agencies and travel publications, online travel agencies are usually the best way to find great…