October 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween from Geeky Traveller!
If you’re a fan of the holiday and enjoy being a little bit scared, here are some great sites to help you plan a spooky vacation for yourself.
- GhostTraveller lists a whole series of haunted road trips you can plan out if you’d like to be scared by more than bad [...]
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October 30th, 2008
If you have plans to fly British Airways you should be aware of a brand new service that they offer, just launched today. British Airways now offers mobile check-in with global access. It’s a service that is also available in 11 different languages so far, which is a step up from any other [...]
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October 29th, 2008
Everyone knows you can find just about everything you ever need to know by looking to Google for guidance. However, sometimes the problem is you get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information that gets thrown at you in the results. I found a great listing of quick ways to find what you [...]
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October 28th, 2008
Over time I’ve noted that readers here at Geeky Traveller are pretty split down the middle with about half of you being vacation people and half being business travelers. For the latter half of you, you should be interested to know that our network, b5media, has launched Bizzia.com.
Bizzia is a fantastic business-related portal that [...]
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October 27th, 2008
Now that just about everyone owns a digital camera, taking pictures of your travels is really easy. There’s no film to buy or develop, and depending on the size of your camera’s memory card, you might be all but unlimited in how many times you can take a shot of the Grand Canyon or [...]
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October 26th, 2008
You can’t always count on finding someone to point you in the right direction when you’re visiting another city and need to get around - if there’s also a language barrier, it can be all the more difficult.
Metropoliphone is an iPhone application that loads the device up with an enormous collection of subway, bus, and [...]
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October 25th, 2008
Now this is totally my kind of hotel! The Malibu Beach Inn has gone tech-crazy and when they hand you over access to your room, they also give you (on loan!) an IPod Touch. However, it’s not so their guests can rock out to MP3s. The Touch is loaded with Hotel Evolution [...]
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October 24th, 2008
SoSauce.com is another fun site that combines travel with social networking. Their Travel section allows you to share your travel stories with other visitors.
In the My Trips area, you can view you global footprint that shows a map of all the places you’ve been. Mine is woefully empty in comparison to the [...]
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October 23rd, 2008
I’m the queen of falling asleep when I travel. I can sleep pretty much anywhere - in a car, a train, a plane, a bus, the subway. If it’s moving, I’m quite possibly slumbering unless I’m actively engaged in a conversation or a book. I may or may not be mildly narcoleptic! [...]
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October 22nd, 2008
Traveling is fun and a great way to gain experience and understanding of other cultures and countries. However, traveling alone can be a little risky, depending on your destination. The Ila Personal Alarm is a device that will let out a sound much like a woman screaming to help you out if [...]
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