Category: Money & Technology
Staying Connected With Your Tablet While Traveling Without The Huge Data Fees
The whole reason for buying a tablet device is to ensure that we can keep our computing interests right at hand, no matter where we go. And, with more of us travelling farther afield these days, the tablet device makes an ideal accompaniment if you’re going to pretty much any far-flung part of the globe. [...]
Chip and Pin Credit Cards Available In The USA – Where to Find Them
Chip and Pin credit cards issued in the United States have been on the wish list of international travelers for quite some time now, and I, for one, am ready to sing hallelujah at the announcement that Chip and Pin cards are being introduced by several US banks.
New App Launches For Booking a 'Hotel Tonight'
Hotel Tonight is a new mobile app specifically designed to make booking last minute hotel room reservations a cinch. With all the disastrous winter weather plaguing the country this year, the Hotel Tonight app could be your savior when flights get canceled in Chicago, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC or San Francisco, or [...]
Travelers – Phone Home Toally Free!
International travelers sing hallelujah – there’s finally an easy way to phone home from anywhere in the world totally free!!! It’s fast, easy, and free. I’ve tried it and I LOVE IT! The folks at Google Labs have developed a computer to phone calling system that works from any GMail account. If you don’t have [...]
At Last, A Chip & Pin Card for America!
Finally! – there’s a chip & pin card solution available for American travelers to Europe. For years travelers from the United States have been stymied by our ‘swipe and sign’ credit cards while traveling in Europe where ‘chip & pin’ style cards are the standard. US travelers have been unable to make purchases at train [...]
Free Airline Wifi For the Holidays
Google Chrome is giving everyone an early holiday gift. From November 20 until January 2nd Google will be sponsoring free Wifi connections on all Delta, Virgin America and Air Tran domestic flights through Gogo on-board internet services. This is the second year in a row that Google has given holiday travelers a gift of connectivity. [...]
US Dollar Not Being Accepted in Mexico Vacation Spots
For years vacationers from the United States could count on using their US dollars in Mexico without doing a currency exchange – no more! In an effort to thwart drug-related money laundering, the Mexican government has put a cap on the amount of US dollars foreigners and businesses can trade for Pesos (Mexican currency). Since [...]
Trains, Planes & Automobiles All From One Search Engine
Momondo, Europe’s fastest growing travel booking site, should be on your short list of websites to use when making travel arrangements no matter what country you live in. In recent flight pricing standoffs, Momondo took top spot for consistently delivering the lowest fares. Not only do they search for the least expensive flights using twice [...]
Titans Of Travel Marketing Predict The Future
Conference Review Association of Travel Marketing Executives “The New Now & The New Next” Boston, June 15-16, 2010 Future Trends and Predictions Forester Research – Henry Harteveldt, Vice President Very quickly China will generate the largest number of travelers across the world and they are expected to have the largest travel spend per person per [...]
Earn Triples Miles on Southwest Airlines This Summer
Southwest Airlines has announced a triple mileage bonus for flights between LaGuardia Airport in New York, Midway Airport in Chicago, and Boston area airports (Logan, Providence and Manchester) for travel between July 2 and August 31st. Your Rapid Rewards will be piling up at an amazing rate once you register to participate at http://luv.southwest.com/servlet/formlink/f?kOHpjQSDTC. Make [...]
