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Avoiding Gulf Coast Oil Spill Charity Frauds and Job Scams

The good guys are volunteering and working overtime to undo the damage of the BP oil spill, the worst environmental disaster US history. Beware of frauds. The bad guys are out there scamming instead of…

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Added by Evelyn Kanter on July 7, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Going, Going, Gone! Bidding Luxury Vacations for a Buck

Going, Going, Gone! Bidding Luxury Vacations for a Buck

You won't hear the auctioneer's gavel drop, but if your winning bid is accepted, you could find yourself in luxury holiday digs in the US, Europe, Morocco, or wherever luxury properties are found and coveted.

Winning bid? One dollar.

And you won't even know where the place is until the auction is over, although there'll be plenty of visual and text… Continue

Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on July 7, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Natural Ways to Clean up the Gulf

Mother Nature Has Her Own Solution to Clean up the Oil Spill in the Gulf

By Linda Ballou

I have a…

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Added by Linda Ballou on July 7, 2010 at 12:14pm — No Comments

LGBT Travel Industry Gathers in Buenos Aires For Third Annual GNETWORK360 Conference

By Roy Heale

In South America July usually signifies the cold of winter, but in Buenos Aires from July 21^st to 23^rd the temperature will heat up when hundreds of LGBT tourism industry professionals gather together for the third annual GNETWORK 360 conference. This important award-winning FREE…

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Added by Roy Heale on July 7, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Luxury Hotels to Lust After

The editorial team at Travel Intelligence loves a truly decadent luxury hotel. With that in mind, we've picked out some of our favourite global boltholes, with the sole purpose of inspiring hotel lust in all you lucky readers...

One& Only Reethi Rah, Maldives…

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Added by Travel Intelligence on July 5, 2010 at 7:09am — No Comments

Ku hoe he’e nalu: To stand, to paddle, to surf a wave.

Catch the stand-up paddleboard (SUP) wave in coastal NC and New England.

Added by Patricia Borns on July 4, 2010 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Google-ITA Deal Threatens Kayak, Orbitz, and Other Airfare Search Engines

Google-ITA Deal Threatens Kayak, Orbitz, and Other Airfare Search Engines

You can turn the faucet on, but whoever controls the water determines the flow. Or even if they'll be any water.

So, the 700 million dollar acquisition deal that that Google and Cambridge, MA-based ITA Software Inc., just inked, is very worrisome to Kayak, Orbitz, Trip Advisor, Expedia and any on line travel… Continue

Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on July 4, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Muggle reports on grand opening of Wizarding World of Harry Potter

"All day the air rings with cries of “awesome’’ and “cool.’’ I have the feeling something transformative has happened, beyond what Universal expected. ... "

Story and gallery here.

Added by Patricia Borns on July 4, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Spanish Language Ring of Kerry Ireland -- Irlanda en Español

For our Spanish language colleagues and friends, our 1 minute, sound rich Travel Video PostCard on Kerry, Ireland in Spanish

Hope you… Continue

Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on July 3, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Ghana: Home to the Black Stars, But Also Much More Than That!

After dispatching the USA in their last game of the World Cup, Ghana are due to make history as only the fourth African team to reach the quarter final when they face Uruguay tonight. Ghana has already done better than four…

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Added by West Africa Discovery on July 2, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Arizona Immigration Bill Hurts Tourism. Other States Fearful

From From Kaleel

Arizona's Immigration Law Hits Tourism Hard

The last thing in the… Continue

Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on July 1, 2010 at 10:36am — No Comments

Hotel Sleep Police Keep The Peace

From From Kaleel

Hotel Sleep Police Keep The Peace

Maybe I won't have to travel… Continue

Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on June 29, 2010 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Mancation - A Man's Vacation in Maine

Landing in Portland, Maine, I quickly stopped wondering if this would be another shopping and stuff-your-face vacation. I was happy to note boats, sloughs, masts, traps, seafood signs, varnished wooden spars, and sea smells…back in my personal natural element on the Maine coast. …

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Added by Allan D. Kissam on June 27, 2010 at 11:57pm — No Comments

eBags Pushes Travel To Embrace Social Media

From From Kaleel

eBags Pushes Travel To Embrace Social Media…

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Added by Kaleel Sakakeeny on June 27, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Wine Trippin’ In Rockland, Maine

I am always on the lookout for unique up-and-coming wine regions that present an interesting story and a 2-7 day destination of food, wine, and fun. For heaven sakes, there must be a wine-life beyond Napa and Sonoma, and the Champagne region of France. Been there done that. So begins my search for fun, funky, deserving-of-press wine regions through the Wine Trippin’ series. First stop – the mid-coast wineries near Rockland, Maine.

Rockland can be a challenge to get to, but that…

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Added by Linda Kissam on June 27, 2010 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Send us a postcard or leave us a tip as a comment!

We here in Quito and trying to keep in touch with all those people that we have met at The Secret Garden Hostel, Finn McCool's and Uncle Ho's in the Mariscal, and Lead-Adventures, Hostel Tiana, and The Surf Shak.. Working with those travelling around South America is great but it gets to be a drag when you don't here… Continue

Added by Jon Jared on June 27, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Varanasi, India's Holy City

Varanasi… one of the most ancient inhabited cities of the world is also the oldest living city of the world. Varanasi is considered to be India's religious and spiritual…

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Added by Sanjeev Barman on June 25, 2010 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

A New friend with two hostels in the Andes, Last Minute Galapagos cruises, and more information than your average guidebook!

Through working at the Secret Garden Hostel in Quito I learned a lot about the people who make up the places and activities that Ecuador has to offer. The Galapagos is the bread winner for those who try and make a living while keeping a healthy perspective about the way they are living.…

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Added by Jon Jared on June 24, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

"Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupation of men engaged in rash undertakings" --Cormac Mccarthy I recently met three people travelling from Columbia that came to Ecuador with a mission. To…

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"Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupation of men engaged in rash undertakings" --Cormac Mccarthy

I recently met three people travelling from Columbia that came to Ecuador with a mission. To buy a bus! After meeting them at the Secret Garden Hostal i was a little skeptical at first. They had just come from Columbia after working the season in Colorado as bartenders. They met the third in thier…

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Added by Jon Jared on June 24, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Jet Set Zero-Adventure comes to Quito

Jet Set Zero // How to Find Work Abroad

A few weeks ago I met a woman named Jenna who is from Los Angeles and in town for three months working for an online tv show about living and working in Quito with her three roomates. The Show, Jet Set Zero, has had five other…