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Top Ten Travel Social Network Sites for 2010

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Top Ten Travel Social Network Sites for 2010

It’s pretty common these days for someone to come up with a “top ten” best web sites list or air fare search engine list or applications, and it’s anyone’s guess how accurate or useful the list is since we all have different needs and preferences and use the sites differently.

But I’m always interested in who’s on top..and on the bottom.

I was particularly interested when Hotel Marketing.com announced that the travel social network site, T
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Best of Barcelona

In the spring of 2008 we took at 9 day trip to Barcelona and Paris and it was one of the best trips we ever took. We flew from Minneapolis to Newark and then Newark to Barcelona.

We landed in Barcelona and headed to drop off bags and explore the city before we could check into the hotel. We spent a few hours wandering around La Rambla and checked out the market.

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We stayed at the Le Meridian near the Ramblas and really enjoyed being able to walk to all the sights and tapas restaurant. Lonely Planet

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Plan, Manage and Share your next trip!

TravelPlanr is an online tool that enables users to plan, map and manage all details of their trips including maps, itineraries and reservations.

Trips can be shared between users or published for anyone to see.

Create a map for each location on your trip, use TravelPlanr to search for Hotels, Restaurants or other Points of Interest and add them to your map.

Acess your TravelPlanr information from anywhere in the world and on your trip and add photos from each of your visits.

At TravelPlanr, we are
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An Anniversary in the Seychelles on the beach....Chalets d' Anse Forbans Creole Style Gazebo is not only for making Dream Island Weddings come true but also for Special Occasions. This past month the Beach Gazebo was used by some of our visiting clients from Germany to celebrate their 5th Wedding Anniversary. Each year Christian and Heike aim to do some totally different for their anniversary and this year decided on the Seychelles Island and Chalets d' Anse Forbans. We were extremely delighted
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La asociación Cultura y Turismo Urbano reúne a un conjunto de profesionales altamente cualificados y empresas pioneras en cada ciudad que, con formación y experiencia, ofrecen visitas guiadas por el patrimonio cultural urbano de las ciudades que conocemos y amamos. ICONO serveis culturals, situada en Barcelona, es miembro de esta asociación.


La asociación Cultura y Turismo Urbano (CTU) te ofrece:
* Visitas culturales, paseos teatralizados, rutas literarias y paseos de cine en 17 ciudades españolas

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The idea that one day soon it would be possible to see a polar bear only in the zoos and destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Maldives, the Everglades, or the ice cap on Mt Kilimanjaro will vanish, because of the climate change, has created a new trend in the travel industry—operators and tour agencies are increasingly recommending the travellers to experience the world’s most endangered sites before they disappear or 'get messed up'.

While on one hand this phenomenon can serve to hel
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Guilin China Tips

Do you want to pay a visit to China after 2008 Olympic Game, Do you hear about Guilin Yangshuo where earn the reputation of having the most beautiful landscape under heaven. It is a dream place for many tourists both from domestic and abroad who want to see the real natural landscape and touch the countryside life.

Yangshuo Guilin is a highlight for tourists to China and it is a must-visit City in China. Or you will miss those beautiful landscapes there.

Hilltops pop up from nowhere like trees in

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ASTA TheTradeShow

I just came back from Orlando and I am still pumped up with the many things I learn on the awesome seminars ,suppliers information, and the great connections I made, including "friending" (hugging for real) new colleagues form India and Kenya, how cool is that?

Last but not least meeting Jose & David was a real treat, Our beloved Industry is changing thanks to the efforts of many young professionals like you two! .. ( yes and me too.. lol)

Anyone has something to uplifting to share?????

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Halona Cove

Halona Cove is where they filmed the 1953 film From Here to Eternity. It's a small cove right next to the Halona Blowhole, where water sprays up through an opening on the lava rock. The Halona beach area is on Kalanianole Highway (72) between Makapu'u Point and Koko Head and features a great lookout point toward the vast Pacific. A small parking lot accommodates visitors. To get to the cove, walk down the boulder stone steps right next to the highway and the southernmost end of the lot.

Although
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Arrival of the Nation’s Capitol Christmas Tree


Location: Dahlonega, GA


Date:November 24-26, 2010


Cost: Free


On November 24-26, 2010 the historic gold rush town of Dahlonega, GA will host the 75- foot official Capitol Christmas Tree as it makes its way from the Teton National Forest to the White House. Much like the Olympic Torch run, but instead resting on a giant flatbed and accompanied by a caravan of 12 vehicles, including two semi-trucks and Federal escorts, it will take stops along the way for
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Travel agents luck out

A new and exciting program has been launched by Timeshare Hot List to ease the work load of travel agents! When travel agents become an affiliate with Timeshare Hot List they will receive a complementary travel voucher of their choice, which may be worth up to $2,500 in value!

Timeshare Hot List has put a tremendous amount of time and thought into its clients and would like to do the same for yours. When you refer a client the company pays a 10% referral fee to all travel agents once the transact

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Best of Nicaragua

Have you missed any of the best of travel series? Check out Peru andMexico City. After our spring trip to Mexico City we were typing in airport codes to see who had affordable fares for our annual Thanksgiving trip and Nicaragua of all places came up. Neither of us had ever been nor do we know anyone else who has travelled there. We took a chance and booked it!

I am so glad we booked our trip to Nicaragua, it was beautiful, remote and not full of tourists. We were able to get a 9 day trip and rea

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Meeting all the bloggers at the show and making so many connections made the time at the show worthwhile. Although my post did not win, it was fun to do it. Since it was a duplicate, I wanted to stop having it compete with post here and deleted it here and left it on my website http://www.freelancetourist.com/family-feud-studio-audience.

I will add unique post to this site in the future. Having never gone to a Travel Show before this was very exciting and busy gathering information and listening
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Golf Holiday in the Seychelles

Golfing in Seychelles

Are you an avid golfer and pride yourself in playing different golf courses around the world? Most would associate the Seychelles with tropical beaches and a haven for honeymooners, a playground for the rich and famous! Perhaps so, but visiting and exploring the Seychelles is affordable and yes it is a golfer’s paradise. They may not be blessed with quantity of courses but the quality and experience of playing here is a lasting memory.

Le Reef Golf Club (or Seychelles Golf Cl
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Free and easy is a magic phrase for moms and dads balancing work and play. Enjoying time together and making memories matters and when it can happen while staying within budget it is even better.

Family vacation planning has always been a balancing act between fun, time and dollars invested. So, I think it is always a benefit to discover ways to increase vacation value but not exhaust the budget. The economic crunch has made each of us pay closer attention to vacation budgets and to consider the
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FAA Creates New Regs Limiting Flying Time For Pilots

Even Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, admitted that it took the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) longer than it should have.

But now the 15 months spent crafting a plan to lessen pilots’ flying hours, thus reducing the dangers of pilot fatigue, are about to become a reality.

The rules, which were announced a couple of days ago, will make it mandatory for pilots to have 9 hours of rest between work days, instead of the cur
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Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden

Ho'oumaluhia Botanical Garden means "to make a place of peace and tranquility" and it surely lives up to its name. It's hard to believe the garden is located just shy of a residential and urban area.

The garden sprawls for 400-acres at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains in Kaneohe, Oahu. With free admission, a scenic lake, picnic areas, walking trails and weekend campsites, Ho'omaluhia garden is not only a boon for locals, but also for tourists. Botany enthusiasts will love the plant collections f
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The Kahuka area in Oahu, approaching the North Shore off the Kamehameha Highway, features food trucks and shacks that serve delicious locally farm-raised shrimp in variety of forms, from garlic and butter sauce to curried or with lemongrass. Don't be dissuaded by the rustic appearance of these eateries -- the freshness and quality is a steal at dishes all under $20 a plate. I promise you'll become instantly addicted to this rich but simple pleasure.

Kahuka's terrain includes marshy areas where fa
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Best of Peru

Travel has been on my mind lately, and even more so after seeing an advanced screening of Eat Pray Love last night. It was over 2 hours of travel porn ;) The scenery was amazing and it made me want to pack my bags and leave on a jet plane.

Since travel has been a big part of my life for the past few years I figured why not start a Best Of Series of things to do and places to see in a few exciting countries. Pack your bags and get ready to head to…Peru. A 9 day trip to Peru is the perfect foray into

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Wine Tasting, Ojai, California-Style

I love visiting emerging wine regions with small lot, family-owned wineries that just don’t seem to get the press they deserve. So it came to be that my friend Ginger and I left fast paced So Cal and headed north two hours to Ojai. What’s that? You didn’t think Ojai had a wine region of its own? Yes it does, thank you very much. Read on as I introduce you to an incredibly unique 2-day wine tasting trip—Ojai Style.

First stop was the by-reservation only Noble Oaks Vineyard & Winery. Located in a p

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