Those of you who cruise through your bookmarks and RSS feeds religiously every day are in for a surprise when you reach Frommers.com. The travel site just relaunched it's site, featuring an all new frontpage, reengineered for the web savvy reader of 2009. Our insider at ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Those of you who cruise through your bookmarks and RSS feeds religiously every day are in for a surprise when you reach Frommers.com. The travel site just relaunched it's site, featuring an all new frontpage, reengineered for the web savvy reader of 2009. Our insider at ...Oyster.com launches today
Oyster Hotels is a brand new website for hotel lovers and business travelers alike. They offer undoctored hotel photos and candid reviews on over 200 hotels and are continuing to grow. How have they accomplished this? They've been sending journalists to hotels since March ...Gadlinks for Friday 6.19.09
I don't know about you guys, but this Friday feels like a much needed one. It's been quite a week, especially with all of the revolutionary news from the Middle East and the world in general! My parents are embarking on their own month-long globe trot, so I hope they have ...Bench 2.0: the strangest seat in Bury St. Edmunds
In 2001, sleepy Bury St. Edmunds, England received an interesting gift, ultimately from Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. In the Abbey Garden, the town's centerpiece, is what the locals claim to be the world's first internet-enabled bench. Sponsored by MSN.co.uk, the seat contains ...Trax metacrawler launches with First Class Frenzy upgrade game
The newest metacrawler in town, Trax, is wooing users with added incentive to abandon their old Kayaking ways: upgrades. The travel search engine, which is undoubtedly scrapping for market share, just launched First Class Frenzy, an online trivia game where you can answer a ...Could Twitter and technology make you a target for criminals when you travel?
Canceling mail service, stopping the newspaper, and putting house lights on timers are ways to make it look to a potential burglars as if you're still home.
Twitter, though, could undo all your careful planning if you agree with Israel Hyman that his Tweets about his ...International CouchSurfing Day: Do you have a couch lined up?
Ten years ago on June 12, CouchSurfing was born--or rather CouchSurfing.com was registered as a domain name and sleeping on the couch of people you just met became an organized system. More than just a way to hook people up with a free place to call it a night, CouchSurfing ...Bing Travel: "We save the average couple $50 per trip"
Hugh Crean is the general manager of Bing Travel, Microsoft's new travel search engine. Microsoft is trying to chip away at Google's search engine dominance, and Bing Travel is part of a multi-pronged effort that also includes shopping and health-related microsites. Crean's ...Think Gogo inflight Internet is cool on a commerical plane? Try it on your own Cessna Citation!
So, we already know that inflight Internet access is awesome. We also know that it is here to stay, thanks to commitments from almost every major airline in the country. But what do you do when you hate flying with the commoners, and prefer to commute on your Cessna ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 6.10.09
Here's a sampling of the best of the rest from around the travel world:
Planet Eye brings us a great list of eco-travel mistakes. After a month of traveling back and forth between the mainland and Hawaii I'm feeling like I should memorize this list.
This summer could ...La Tour Eiffel for Google Android - live webcam views from around the world
Regular readers will know that I'm a bit of a Google Android fan. I recently gave you a quick look at Flightstats for Android, but today I'd like to share another application with you. In fact, despite a marketplace offering over 4500 applications, my absolute favorite ...Monetize your travel blog and never return home
Chances are, if you're reading Gadling.com right now then you've probably once thought about abandoning your current office job, hitting the road and never returning home. Maybe you've even set up your own personal travel blog that has earned a few hits and gotten rave ...Get $4 off your next GoGo inflight internet
Now that internet is becoming commonplace in many of the nation's airlines, cheapasses like myself are trying to find a way to get it for free. Honestly, should it cost 1/2 as much as a month of internet at home to check your email on a 5 hour flight to Los Angeles? ...Online bookings just got cheaper!
Online travel deals just got better. Even though airlines are tacking on extra fees, fares have been plunging for a while now, so it still cuts in favor of travelers. Travel websites have started to get in on the savings, too. Several sites are ditching their booking fees - ...PhD student Curtis Melvin uses Google Maps to uncover North Korea's secrets
North Korea has a reputation as one of the most secretive, authoritarian, repressive countries in the world. But that doesn't stop Curtis Melvin, a PhD student at George Mason University, from trying to shine some light into the country's dark corners.
Using knowledge ...Easily create your own tilt shift photos with TiltShiftMaker
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There is something magical about tilt shift photos - I'm not much of a photo buff, so I'm easily amused by minor optical tricks. Normally, making a tilt shift photo involves a special lens, or a ton of Photoshop knowledge (2 things I lack). Enter TiltShiftMaker.com - this ...FlightStats for Android now free till July 1st
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the new FlightStats for Google Android powered phones. The application is still available in the marketplace for $5.99, but if you'd rather take it for a spin before paying, then search for "Flightstats" and take advantage of the free trial ...Something new on the room service menu: ordering online
Room service isn't new. But not having to be in your room to place the order is. Ordering room service is now going the way of everything else--online, via smartphones or laptops. And it's getting more detailed, offering more food choices with photos and daily specials. ...Twitter + Fares = Twares
Twares may not be a word in the dictionary now, but it might be a common word in travel vocabulary soon. Twares is a noun, and it means you can get special, time-sensitive fare offers from United Airlines if you follow the airlines on Twitter. A tweet was sent from ...Five great reasons to travel now
You've been bombarded with pessimistic accounts of the travel industry's decline. And, yes, I am fully aware that I'm part of it. Frankly, these reports are true. There is a problem – i.e., people aren't traveling – and it's driven by a combination of ...
