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5 of the best inexpensive hotels in Dubai

Chelsea Plaza Hotel   The “City of Sheikhs” is of course famed worldwide for its glitz, glamour, and (often over-the-top) luxury, and this goes as much for its lodgings as anywhere else - with exhibit A being the "seven-star" Burj Al Arab Jumeirah (where room rates start north of US$1,000 a night). But bargain seekers do have a suprising menu of options, and without having to resorts to fleabags or hostels. Here are five three-star properties which provide a modicum of luxury at very accessible…

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Using Google Flights to score cheap airfares

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of searching for flights, you know how overwhelming it can get. Prices jump around, deals disappear, and it’s easy to spend hours refreshing tabs. That’s where Google Flights comes in—it’s one of the most powerful (and free) tools for finding cheap airfares. Here are a few strategies travelers swear by...read post

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A tribute to my friend, the late budget travel icon Arthur Frommer

  The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with Europe…

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  • Darryl Musick April 22, 2010 at 5:13pm
    Driving in London is just a bad idea. Tube, bus, taxi, or walk...anything is better than driving and paying the congestion charge. We have a new London Transit Report now online at The World on Wheels: http://tinyurl.com/23yt5m2
    TRANSIT REPORT - LONDON, ENGLAND 2010
    How about a new transit report? OK, here's London... Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Nevilley under CC-BY-SA license You definitely do NOT wa...
  • Darryl Musick April 17, 2010 at 5:46pm
    The final chapter of Tim's Trip Planning 101 series is now online at The World on Wheels. He's been planning a baseball trip to Ohio and Missouri. Take a look at just what it takes to plan a trip with a wheelchair: http://tinyurl.com/y2zgny2
    Trip Planning 101 – The Final Chapter
    See the previous installments: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Our Midwest baseball trip is coming together at a fast and furious pace...
  • Darryl Musick March 20, 2010 at 5:15pm
    Our "go to" hotel for the Napa Valley, the Flamingo Resort, is having a Spring Break special starting at $89: http://tinyurl.com/yfkdxn3
    Promo code: SPRINGB

    See our report, complete with a video of the room there, here: http://tinyurl.com/y8rrskq
    https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=11754&Chain=5382&nights=4&promo=SPRINGB
  • Darryl Musick March 10, 2010 at 5:55pm
    Taking a break from all the driving, today is music day on our Route 66 journey. http://tinyurl.com/ya3bjtq
    Travel Tunes - Week 17
    Of course, for our Route 66 week, you know what's coming... In 1995, the City of Duarte, California , kicked off its first Route 66 Parade...
  • Darryl Musick March 8, 2010 at 5:55pm
    Route 66 Week starts right now at The World on Wheels. We're doing an in-depth look at the relatively unknown western portion of the road going through Southern California. We start off with a trip report at http://tinyurl.com/yam5d8n .
    The World on Wheels
    An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
  • Susi Raphael, Host Let's Travel! February 25, 2010 at 10:19pm
    This Thursday, Feb.25, from 12-1pm/ EST, LET'S TRAVEL! Radio visits ISTANBUL, a World Heritage site.Joining us will be a duo of Turkish singers who will offer us a medley of Turkish songs; presidents of two of the leading Turkish-American societies will will discuss Turkish customs and traditions; a world-trav...eler who visits ISTANBUL every quarter, who knows the city on an intimate basis, and a chef/owner of one of New York's "best-kept secrets." ISTANBUL-2010 EUROPEAN CAPITAL of CULTURE will be repeated on Sat.,6-7pm/EST, and again on Monday and Wednesday following. A podcast of the show appears this weekend on www.letstravelradio.com
  • Ed Wetschler February 18, 2010 at 11:02pm
    Is Motel 6 the new standard for haute design? http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2010/02/m...
  • David Paul Appell January 27, 2010 at 4:49pm
    Latest Book By The Bargainomics Lady Shows How To Stretch Your Dollars And Still Travel In Style

    January 26, 2010

    (Forimmediaterelease.net) What is the least crowded week to visit Disney World? Which websites help you find the cheapest airplane tickets? Where can you find true travel bargains?


    Judy Woodward Bates, known as “The Bargainomics Lady” (www.bargainomics.com) to audiences everywhere through her books, conferences, personal appearances, and radio and television guest appearances, as well as her regular segments on Fox-6 TV in Birmingham, has the answers. Bates writes about ferreting out travel bargains, among other money-saving topics, in her latest book, Bargainomics: Money Management by the Book.

    Full of practical advice for stretching your dollars for travel, entertaining, and shopping, among other topics, the 255-page book picks up where Bates’ The Gospel Truth about Money Management left off: with 18 info-packed chapters of easy-to-implement ways to reduce spending and find the best bargains on practically anything. Included are money-saving recipes, websites, and phone numbers for health care discounts and assistance, tips on understanding and improving credit scores, and more – all directing readers to top budget-minded sources.

    A highly-sought speaker, Bates shares her proven tactics for becoming better money managers in Bargainomics: Money Management by the Book: Finding Money; Simple Ways to Make Extra Money; When, Where and How to Shop; and taming “The Debt Monster.” Bates’ books offer hope to readers that they can economize through the art of shopping for bargains – while still enjoying personal pampering and luxury travel.

    Judy Woodward Bates, “The Bargainomics Lady,” www.bargainomics.com is the author of several books, including The Gospel Truth about Money Management, Blessedly Budgeted Women’s Events, and her latest, Bargainomics: Money Management by the Book, which retails for US$12.99. A freelance writer, speaker, and TV personality, her name has become synonymous with the practice of Biblical money management. For more information on her books or to schedule Bates as a speaker, visit her website at www.Bargainomics.com .
  • John Lamkin January 7, 2010 at 6:54pm
    Act ASAP! There probably won't be as many deals in 2010 as 2009!
  • David Paul Appell January 7, 2010 at 5:27pm
    Top Ten budget destinations for 2010: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34480824/ns/travel-destinations/
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