Find the best hotel deals - Room 77. How to Avoid Unnecessary Rental Car Fees. You could end up doubling the daily rate unless you just say no at the counter. Renting a car is a little like buying a car: Before you can drive the vehicle off the lot, you have to withstand a hard sell for a slew of options. And in their zeal to nick your wallet, rental companies are getting creative. SEE OUR SPECIAL REPORT: Best New Car Values, 2012 For example, you'll almost certainly get the pitch for prepaid gas. Presented as a convenience, it’s a big moneymaker because you are likely to pay for fuel you never use.
Thrifty, for one, makes it a tough option to turn down. When you fill up the car yourself, the company requires that you provide a receipt proving that the gas station was within ten miles of the rental car lot. If you prepay for a rental from Avis and change your mind, make sure you cancel at least 24 hours in advance; if you don’t, you’ll get your money back—minus a $50 "no show" fee. Advertisement Be aware of charges for add-ons, too. The CDW decision. Shop smart. Elusive Formula for Cashing in Miles. Tips and Resources for Round the World Travel and Career Breaks. Welcome to the Legal Nomads Resources page. When I quit my job in 2008, I feverishly researched what I would need to pack, plan, and budget for a round the world trip.
I did not find many world travel resources on the web at that time, so I cobbled together notes of my own. I update it frequently, and my goal is to have the basics of long term world travel all in one place, perfect for those seeking make a change and travel but unsure of where to start. This long resources page is available on Legal Nomads freely, but it will soon be possible to download it as an ebook, along with additional resources for digital nomads, for a small fee. Pre-trip Planning 1.
While I always caution against planning your entire itinerary, it is essential to do some basic research about the area you plan to visit. Research the Weather. Resources: The Traveler’s Handbook, Travel Independent’s country guides. Start with the links below and then filter by destination. 2. 3. Vaccinations: Yes, you need them. 1. 2. The 45 Places to Go in 2012. How to Shit Around the World: The Art of Staying Clean and Healthy While Traveling (Travelers' Tales Guides) (9781932361322): Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth, Kathleen Meyer.
Vacation Rental Sites. 36 Hours - Penang, Malaysia. The Complete Guide To Diving in Koh Tao – Nomadic Matt's Travel Site. This is a guest post by Alexandra Baackes. Travelers in Thailand like to label their destinations neatly. Intricate island paradises are boiled down to one or two simple words or associations. Koh Phi Phi? The Beach. Some of them are fairly well deserved. Prospective divers heading to the island are spoilt for choice when it comes to dive schools, dive instructors, and dive sites. PADI or SSI? There are over 50 Scuba Diving training systems, but in Koh Tao the choice will almost always come down to two: PADI vs. PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) – PADI is the world’s leading scuba diving training organization with more than 6,000 dive shops and resorts worldwide. SSI (Scuba Schools International) – This group has over 2,500 authorized dealers around the world.
What Is The Course Like? The typical diving course is completed in three days. A rough outline of what your course will look like this: How Much Will It Cost? What School Should I Choose? Chumphon Southwest. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped. With Filters, Photos Take On Multiple Identities. “I do some specific things, and I was never able to find filters that did exactly what I wanted,” said Mr. Morgan, who lives near Buffalo, Iowa.
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19 Web Sites for Travel Savings in 2012. Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner? Chester Higgins Jr. /The New York TimesThe offices of Joy World Cruise Tour agency in New York. I remember the days when it wasn’t faceless online search engines that helped me find the best deals on flights, but real live people called travel agents.
Ivica got me a great bargain to Croatia. Alla helped me maneuver domestic flights within Russia, with an unbeatable price. And Fanny planned my dream trip to China with expert ease. Actually, it’s pretty easy to remember those days: they were just last month. The result: Nearly every time, travel agents bested the Internet big boys on both price (the objective part of the test) and service (what you might call the essay question).
In some cases, the agents trounced the competition. I first tried Travelocity, which gave me an astonishingly high $2,923 round-trip fare to Dubrovnik. “John” answered — he was really Ivica Glavinic, the owner, using an English-friendly name — and asked what I was planning to do in Croatia. When I called Mr. Confessions of a fat fingered airline pricing analyst. Brett Snyder is currently the force behind Crankyflier.com, a web site that comments on the airline industry. But for several years, he was one of the hundreds of folks who work in the pressure cooker atmosphere that is the lot of the airline airfare analyst. These are the people who decide how much you'll be paying for your next flight. They watch what their competition is doing, and react as quickly as possible to match or beat what other airlines are charging.
And sometimes--less than they used to, thanks to new technology--they make mistakes. We asked Brett to give us an idea what it was like to work in this fast paced environment. Indianapolis to Santa Barbara. You wouldn't think that many people would actually want to fly between Indianapolis and Santa Barbara, but sure enough, all I needed to do was file an absurdly low $52 roundtrip fare and plenty of Midwesterners came out of the woodwork.
Despite that accepting attitude, working in the world of airline pricing is not easy.