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Royal watchers greeted the new prince this week with pomp, circumstance and silly hotel packages. Prince George Alexander Louis' first trip will likely be to his mother's hometown of Bucklebury, about an hour west of London, or to visit his ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Travel Advice For The Royal Baby (And His Parents)
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Royal watchers greeted the new prince this week with pomp, circumstance and silly hotel packages. Prince George Alexander Louis' first trip will likely be to his mother's hometown of Bucklebury, about an hour west of London, or to visit his ...Should Travel Reviewers Be Anonymous?
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Yesterday New York Times reporter Pete Wells published a review of the Manhattan French restaurant Daniel, removing one of its four stars in part because of the unequal treatment he received as a recognized journalist. He and a lesser-known colleague ...Find The World's Best Festivals
Chip Conley, Fest300
Do you travel for food, culture or history? You can find all that and more at a festival, and a website launched this week aims to connect travelers with some of the world's most unique, exciting and unusual festivals. Fest300 is part practical ...Call An Ice Cream Truck On Demand Today With Uber
Today is the hottest day yet in New York City's latest heat wave, and the summer weather is no less forgiving in many other cities in the western hemisphere. To help beat the heat, car service app Uber is offering ice cream trucks on demand, today only from 11-5 p.m. in ...
Hi: A Narrative Mapping Site
Hi is a new website that allows users to map their journeys through personal narrative and original photography. The platform relies upon moments and their respective places. The goal of Hi is to map the world and if the execution of the idea proves to be as good as the ...A Guide To In-Flight Wi-Fi And Power Outlets
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In-flight internet access is on the up and up. Thanks to a list compiled by Lifehacker, it's now easy to get a glimpse of just how much progress has been made over the past few years. It looks like AirTran and Virgin America are the best bets for ...An App For Apps Makes Travel Easier, Maybe Too Easy
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In the world of travel apps, we've seen geo-based, crowd-sourced and sharing technology that has opened up a lot of possibilities for travelers. We can automatically create a travel log with one, find a hotel on the fly with another and map our way through ...Tel Aviv Gets First Beachside Library
Courtesy of Danielle Ziri
Need a good beach read? Visitors to Tel Aviv's Metzizim Beach can now borrow books for reading on the sand. The city has launched the first beachside library, providing over 500 free book rentals in five languages, including English, Hebrew, Arabic, ...British Airways Tests Electronic Luggage Tags
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It's 2013: we can carry hundreds of books on a pocket-sized device, video chat anywhere in the world and order nearly anything to be delivered to our door. So why do we still use paper luggage tags and rely on outmoded technology to track our missing ...Smartphone Technology Getting Closer To What Travelers Want
Chris Owen
As smartphone technology continues to advance, travelers are being offered more connectivity choices. Making calls, sending text, voice or video messages and surfing the Internet is becoming commonplace almost anywhere on the planet. Now, pricing is coming in line ...Luxury Travel: Uber Launches UberCHOPPER, Hamptons Rides Just In Time For July Fourth
Image Via Liberty Helicopters
What says "patriotism" more than a long Fourth of July weekend in the Hamptons? For luxury seeking beachgoers, not much. Unless, of course, that beach trip comes with a private driver and a helicopter transfer.
Uber is launching a special ...Yelp Maps Show Where To Find Hipsters, Cheap Eats
Yelp, the go-to place for restaurant reviews, is now mapping trending topics in major cities. By pulling frequently used keywords from reviews, data visualizations show where the dim sum hotspots are in San Francisco and where hipsters congregate in New York ...
Video: The North Pole: Where Exactly Is it?
Although you might not be planning a trip to the North Pole, it's good to know that we don't know exactly where it is. Well, it's less like we don't know where it is and more like where it is depends on what you care about. This handy video, which I found thanks to ...
Explore The World's Tallest Building In Google Street View
Nicolas Lannuzel
At 2722 feet in height, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world and quite an impressive feat of modern engineering. Since its opening in 2010, the glass and metal spire has become an iconic structure, even managing to stand out in a ...Is Renting On Airbnb Cheaper Than Staying At A Hotel? A Graphic Comparison Of US Cities
Venturist, Flickr
Airbnb has become one of the go to sites for travelers looking for a more authentic experience while traveling. After all, if you are in a city for more than a few days, it's certainly more comfortable to have your own kitchen and space for chilling out ...Learn Spanish With Lonely Planet's Fluent Road
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Traveling to Spain or Latin America this summer and want to say more than "Donde esta el bano?" (though, that's an important one to know)? Lonely Planet has just launched a new online foreign language program, Fluent Road, partnering with Spanish ...Private Jet Travel For The 99 Percent: Book Your Private Jet Via Facebook Or App
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It's easier than ever to travel like the 1%. Tech-savvy travelers know that they can use services like Uber in many major cities to call a town car or SUV on demand. But what about air travel? Historically, private jets have been reserved for the ...#OnTheRoad: Gadling Instagram In Sicily
Meg Nesterov
Ciao from Sicily, Europe's largest island and Italy's southernmost land mass. I'm here with my husband and toddler for a last hurrah of sorts before my baby turns 2 and we have to start paying for her airline seat. We started in Catania and will be making our ...Two Great Travel Apps You Will Actually Use
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New smartphone travel apps are released every day. Keeping up with which ones work can burn time better spent on planning, dreaming or, better yet, actually going some place. Many travelers are appaholics who just can't get enough. They test, load and ...Hotel Tonight: Testing The Last-Minute Hotel Booking Service In New York City
I just finished renovating my one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, an experience that has driven many a New Yorker to drink, or even better, to a hotel room. With my husband and me both working from home, a toddler at heel and not many friends with "extra" room for us to crash, ...
