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Archive for January 2008

January 21st, 2008

Snowscoot on your winter vacation

You know what would suck? If you and a group of friends or family were all booking a great holiday vacation to, say, the Swiss Alps, or Whistler up in Canada - and you can’t ski. You could take lessons, of course, but on the other hand, you could just pick up the [...]

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January 19th, 2008

Kayak helps you find the best price

I love to regularly visit fellow b5 travel blog Fly Away Cafe because Mary Jo has some of the best tips and ideas due to her experience as a Flight Attendant. Because of her, I discovered Kayak which could help you a great deal if you’re seeking out the best price for your flight. [...]

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January 18th, 2008

Bring your oven

I’ve mentioned I’m a camping fan right? Well now you can make your camping experience a little more civilized. See, I really like cooking food over a fire or on a little hibachi with old-school charcoal. But if that’s not your thing, and you’d really like a nice roast on your camping [...]

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January 17th, 2008

Apps on the go

The reason for your travel will decide what you may or may not need to take with you when you go. If you’re heading out on business, some office tools might be important to you, whereas if you’re going to visit family you may want to take some multimedia applications for fun.
Either way, if [...]

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January 16th, 2008

Minimus offers travel sizes

I wouldn’t exactly classify this as a gadget, but it’s almost as much fun as one! Minimus is a very handy website for people who travel - they offer mini travel-sized version of all kinds of products that you might want to bring with you, wherever you’re going. After all, no one wants [...]

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January 15th, 2008

Beam It Up, Scotty!

Generally speaking, most people have advance notice before they travel, but depending on the nature of your work, you may be suddenly called upon to throw a few things in a suitcase and high tail it over to the airport. Or, if you’re like me, maybe you’re a really big procrastinator when it comes [...]

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January 14th, 2008

Emergency travel shelter

While it could be useful under certain circumstances, I’m considering this to be one of the weirdest travel gadgets I’ve ever seen: The Cocoon Emergency Shelter!

If you’re traveling and find yourself in the midst of extreme conditions, you can hang the cocoon shelter from a tree or off a cliff face (!), or pretty [...]

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January 13th, 2008

Travel DVD Player Offers Games Too

Parents who have to take long road trips have already sung the praises of portable DVD players to make life bearable, now here’s one more way to pass the time if you have a long drive ahead of you. The Audiovox D1817PKG 8″ slim line portable DVD Player Package offers you your typical DVD [...]

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January 12th, 2008

Airports offering free Wi-Fi

Here’s a handy site to check before you travel - if you’re going to have some long layover time or just expect to sit around in an airport for awhile, waiting for someone to pick you up (such as the time I got into the airport at 5 am but my dad was only [...]

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January 11th, 2008

Hire a goldfish to relax

I’m all over exciting new travel gadgets, but here’s one that is so far from being high tech that it really threw me for a loop - Travelodge had cited research that 63% of the nation is sleep deprived due to stress (and traveling around can certainly disrupt your slumber too), so they’ve come up [...]

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