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Dubious tips & essential ephemera for today's curious traveler

Dubious tips & essential ephemera for today's curious traveler

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5min - Find the best how to, instructional and DIY videos – Life Videopedia Up next 0:26 0:38 0:41 2:41 0:56 0:46 1:01 1:14 0:56 Caption Languages English The always-connected traveler A new industry report, The always-connected traveler: How mobile will transform the future of air travel, identifies changing traveler attitudes to airline mobile services while also highlighting the specific, emerging mobile technologies that will revolutionize each stage of the travel experience in the future. These travel trends will impact the way travelers interact with the airline industry, as well as travel and tourism generally. Developed by Norm Rose of Travel Tech Consulting Inc, the study includes an assessment of airlines’ technology and mobile capabilities today, the emerging mobile technology innovations that are likely to be launched over the next one to two years, and also the advanced functionality that is set to entirely change the traveler journey as we know it, over the next three to five years. Key findings of the report include:

Wild Mood Swings - Surf the web on a whim. (C) Sean McManus <p style="font-size:x-large;">Oh no! You don't have Javascript enabled. Please <a href=" Javascript now</a> or the only moods you'll experience will be boredom and frustration.</p><hr noshade> Pick your mood, click the button and Wild Mood Swings will open an appropriate website in a new window. Stay.com Brings Its Social Travel Guides To Mobile, With Full Offline Maps Stay.com says it can now put a city in your pocket, and in fact, it kind of can. The Oslo, Norway-based company is launching mobile apps so users can access its social travel guides on their phones. And you won’t have to worry about getting a huge data roaming bill or having to stand around an unfamiliar city while waiting for a map to load — before you leave for your trip, you can download the guide (including a full map) for any of the cities to your phone, then it’s stored on your phone for whenever you need it. The idea of downloadable travel guides isn’t exactly new. For example, NileGuide’s Guide to Go app includes offline access. What’s cool, however, is that Stay.com isn’t just giving you a document, but an interactive map that’s full of recommendations.

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Everplaces - Find the best places to sleep, eat and play Because it's not a lonely planet Everplaces is a community where people who lovetravel, food and design share recommendations or use your Email Love from people around the world Beautiful design, you can tell the Everplaces team really wanted to make recommendations easy on the eyes. Done and done. Tambrahm Rage Mangalyaan Mangalyaan, we wish you the very best of luck! The Lehyam Credits: Pictures of plants from Wikipedia and Cho Guevara by @mdeii Added Bonus: The Lehyam recipe narrated by 92 year old Meenakshi Ramamurthy, my maternal grandmother

20 Essential Apps And Websites For Digital Nomads Living a life of perpetual travel is pretty exciting – new destinations, new cultures and new incredible people to meet and hang out with! However, working on the road can get pretty hectic at times. As a digital nomad I have found myself in rather awkward situations a lot – from missed deadlines due to incorrect time zone conversion to a nearly missed plane when I forgot to print out my booking and confused the time (I did catch that plane though!). Being your own boss is equally awesome and hellish. Juggling numerous tasks at once and getting things done super-fast with a terrible wi-fi connection requirea killer organizational skills and zen-like concentration. Try using the next 20 websites and apps to make your life as a digital nomad easier, less stressful and even more exciting!

Wireless Activity Tracker - Overview Your Fitbit One is always tracking, even when the display is asleep. Press the button to view your stats. Your flower will grow and shrink, depending on how active you've been recently. Hong Kong Visa and Travel Permit Required Documents for Hong Kong Visa Application: 1. Your valid passport or travel documents in lieu of passport 2. A completely filled out visa application form 3.

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