April 26, 2005 at 6:18 am
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Everyone loves a blowout vacation - you drop a couple grand on a great vacation that’s a week or two (or three) to an exotic locale. You drink dozens of drinks with umbrellas in them and you sit on the beach… or you drink lots of electrolytes and climb mountains and hills. Whatever fancies you, a huge blowout vacation always de-stresses and lets you do what you’d love to do for the rest of your life. But those only come every few years (or more often if you’re lucky/rich), so what about the times in between? That’s when the mini-vacation comes in.
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April 25, 2005 at 3:18 pm
· Filed under General, Saving Cash
When I booked a cruise recently, Travelocity was offering a packet of dollar-off coupons as an incentive. These coupon codes come in the way of coupon promotion codes so I thought I’d share it with the loyal Ease of Travel readership. If you are interested in using them, all I ask is that you use an Ease of Travel link to Travelocity and throw a few bucks my way. Click on the full article below for the complete list of coupon codes. Cheers!
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April 20, 2005 at 7:22 pm
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You may not know it, but that 5 euro espresso is actually going to cost you more than you anticipated. When you use a domestic credit card for a non-US Dollar purchase, the credit card company is going to charged you anywhere from one to three percent just to convert it into US Dollars. This is on top of whatever you’re getting screwed out of in terms of our horrible exchange rate now. What makes it worse is that when your credit card company is getting charged, it’s already been converted into US Dollars for them. It’s not like you’re paying them to convert euros to dollars, it’s already been done for them. Read on to find out what cards will screw you the least.
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April 19, 2005 at 5:43 pm
· Filed under Airlines, Delta, Free Miles
Airlines frequent flyer miles are typically valued at around a penny per mile, so getting ten thousand frequent flyer miles is worth about a hundred bucks. It’s worth even more if you’re close to getting a free frequent flyer ticket and you really want to take that trip on the airline’s tab. That’s when a frequent flyer mileage card comes in incredibly handy. If you sign up for a Continental Airlines World MasterCard® from Chase, you get will get ten thousand OnePass miles at the cost of a $85 annual fee. Plus, you earn a mile for reach dollar you spend, so it’s basically 1% back.
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April 19, 2005 at 2:33 pm
· Filed under Cruises, Saving Cash
I’m going on a cruise in October to Bermuda and the first thing on my packing list will be: Booze. Why? Because in order to have fun, you need alcohol. (well, I need alcohol anyway) You are on the cruise to have fun, not pay $8 for a beer because even Miller Light is priced as an import when you’re on the high seas.
How you try to sneak it on depends heavily on when you try to sneak it on. The earlier the better, once you’re on the boat, you’re on their turf and they’re in control.
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April 18, 2005 at 8:24 pm
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This site used to list deals and bargains… well, that’ s been moved to Bargaineering and in its place you’ll find a blog about travel. It’ll list some travel deals, it’ll list my travel plans, and it’ll just have a whole bunch of useful travel information you hopefully won’t find elsewhere. I also would like it to act as a chronicle of my own vacations and show you how you can take vacations every few months (even if they’re mini-vacations) and how that will help you keep your sanity.
If you’ve been working for quite a while and the last vacation you took was Spring Break your Freshmen Year… you probably need a vacation.
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