Unsolicited Travel Deals

I love to travel and I have had opportunities to go lots of places. But a problem for those who travel is that they get on everyone’s mailing list and or phone list and they get bombarded with offers of travel deals. I probably get at least an average of an unsolicited mailer or phone call every day and the electronic offers are more like three of four each day! It gets irritating after a while!

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Avoid Losing Air Line Fare Costs!

I have traveled quite a bit over the past thirty years and have always been able make the scheduled trips as they were planned. But as I get a bit older and more subject to health problems and the possibility of not being able to make a flight, I have begun to think that it is a very good investment to buy travel insurance. The premiums on a policy are not very expensive and they protect you from losing all that you have spent on the tickets. That is becoming more of an issue with no change tickets that are offered by the airlines.

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See The Mayan Ruins At Tulum!

My wife and I celebrated our fortieth anniversary by taking a cruise to Cancun. While we were ashore we took a guided tour of the Mayan Ruins at Tulum. Our guide was very good and not only informed us, but also entertained us with his gift of gab. The Mayans were an incredibly advanced society, and left a mark on history. If you have a chance to visit the ruins, it is worth the trip. If not, maybe the video will give you a bit of the flavor.

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Berlin or Vienna?

I have traveled to Belarus on business several times. Each time I have found my self in hotels in Berlin or hotels in Vienna because the connections to Belarus are not as easy to make as to some other parts of Europe.

Unfortunately I have never had time to really visit the historical sites or take part in any of the cultural events in either Austria or Germany. Maybe one day I will get to go to ski in Austria or participate in OktoberFest in Germany. If I do, I will have to make arrangements in hotels in Berlin or hotels in Vienna well ahead of time because I want to be sure to have accommodations close to the places I visit and those may fill up early!

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Auckland

In my nearly sixty years, I have never been in the southern hemisphere, so I thought I would never have to be concerned with hotels in Auckland or anywhere else in New Zealand.

But now a couple who have been great friends of our family have been assigned by his company to the capital city of New Zealand for the next two years. And we are going to go down and visit them soon. We have been looking at Cheaper Than Hotels' web site to make Auckland Accommodation and compare prices and amenities of Auckland Hotels. We can hardly wait to make the trip.

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Amsterdam

I'm making plans for a mission trip to Minsk, Belarus. I found out one of the cheapest flights I can get will take me through Amsterdam. I will have to overnight there, but that is no problem because I have a friend who now is there. I will arrange to meet him for supper on that night.

My next step in preparation is to find out about hotels in Amsterdam. Fortunately I can go to a hotel club.net and check out their hotel deals for the night I'll be staying.

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Paris Hotels

Travelers everywhere like bargains. And no one does a better job of providing travel bargains than Cheaper Than Hotels.com. And it does not matter where you want to travel, they can help you find accommodations. Whether you speak French and are Hôtels en Paris or speak English and want to compare Hotels in Paris, CheaperThanhotels is the website for you.

Cheaper Than Hotels is a leader in the field of last minute and year round reservations, with the free inclusions, at rates that are often better than even direct rates. They can find Paris Hotels in all areas of the city or suburbs around the city.

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Birthday Gift

I have been trying to come up with a special birthday present for my wife's 60th, which is coming up in less than two months. She is not big on jewelry, and she has a nice car already. She does like to travel and stay in hotels that provide a bit of pampering. So maybe we should take a trip. But where do you go for a 60th birthday?

Maybe I should take her to Rome, the Eternal City, and express to her my eternal love for her! Or should we go to Spain, thought the running of the bulls will have already been done for the year.

I think she would like to go see the historical sites and maybe take in a play in England. And we both have our ancestry in Ireland. What to do?

All of them?

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Peregrine.com

One of my favorite bloggers has moved one of her blogs from blogspot.com to its own domain. Her travel journal is now Peregrine.com. As a result of the migration, the page rank has reverted back to 0. It is a great place to get travel tips and descriptions of intriguing places in the world. I hope this will help you stay in touch with her and keep you in the know about her journeys .

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Singapore Night Tour

While were on our recent vacation trip, two of the men from the church in Singapore offered to give my wife and I a night tour of the city. We accepted their offer.

They came by at seven to pick us up in John's car and we proceeded downtown. Our first stop was at the recently opened Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum. The temple is a magnificent structure that takes up an entire block in the very busy part of the city. It is five stories high, with the shrine to the Buddha tooth on the fourth floor and a beautiful garden on the fifth floor. There is quite a bit of debate in the city as to whether the tooth really belonged to Buddha, but there is no doubt that the temple is a sight to see.

Next we went to Mount Faber, the second highest hill on the island. At the peak there is a very nice park and garden that allows observation of the resort island of Sentosa, the downtown district, and one of the housing estates near downtown. It was a rather romantic spot, and we saw lots of young couples there among the gardens.

Next stop was at Clarke Quay near the waterfront, which has been developed recently into the district of restaurants and shops and entertainment. It was really hopping the night we were there. One of the attractions that I tried to get my wife to ride was the reverse bungee, but I had no luck. It looked like an amazing ride.

We then drove out to the east end of the island where there was another district of nightlife. This one was right along a beach, and again we found a lot of young couples walking and sitting on the beach overlooking the strait that separates Singapore from Malaysia. It was amazingly quiet in that area.

Somehow our guides got turned around as they were trying to take us to a country club not too far from the beach area. We drove around for 20 or 30 minutes, but never did see that site.

The next stop was back toward the north and the Sembawang district. We went to see the temple of the God of wealth. It too took up a full city block and was very ornate. But it was not as impressive as the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.

By this time it was after 1:30 in the morning. I told our hosts that we were ready to go and visit the temple of the is one of rest. So they took us home, but it was a very nice evening.

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Fortieth Anniversary Trip!

My wife and I are about to celebrate our 40th anniversary. We are trying to decide what destination we want for our celebration. We want to go somewhere we have not been before. We love warm weather so we want some place near the beach. We have been investigating the possibilities of vacation rentals by owner. That appeals to us as it means it will not be just a cookie cutter tour! Plus we would have more privacy than if we were to stay in a hotel or resort. Taking our time and doing our own thing means a lot more to us these days than any other part of a vacation. In more ways than one, it would be a vacation by owner!

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