Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Okay, the name induces a slight eye roll - I'm not broke and I'm certainly no hipster, I just love a bargain - but the premise behind one of Chicago's best new websites is pretty awesome. BrokeHipster collects all the top upcoming deals, from happy-hour specials and dining discounts to promotional parties and boutique sales, and puts them all in one place.
On any given day some of the freebies ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Score Chicago deals and freebies with BrokeHipster.com
Aug 20th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Okay, the name induces a slight eye roll - I'm not broke and I'm certainly no hipster, I just love a bargain - but the premise behind one of Chicago's best new websites is pretty awesome. BrokeHipster collects all the top upcoming deals, from happy-hour specials and dining discounts to promotional parties and boutique sales, and puts them all in one place.
On any given day some of the freebies ...Tell your best travel story and win a Hostelworld.com voucher
Aug 13th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Think you have the ultimate travel story? Hostelworld.com is celebrating its 10th anniversary and wants to hear about your best travel adventure of the last decade. Tell your inspiring, amazing, crazy or hilarious tale and you may win a €500 travel voucher.
Stories must be between 500 and 1500 words and be accompanied by a photo. The writer of the story selected as the best will receive the ...$19 hotel room, bed not included
Aug 13th, 2009 at 11:30AM: For $19, I wouldn't expect much out of my hotel room. But a bed, lights and toilet paper are among the things I would consider to be basic necessities at any price. That's not the case at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, where guests can elect to have different features of their hotel room removed in order to decrease the price.
The "Survivor Package" starts at $219 for deluxe accommodations and breakfast ...JetBlue offers unlimited travel for $599
Aug 12th, 2009 at 2:30PM:
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Got a lot of flying to do in September? If so, JetBlue has the deal for you.
Book an All-You-Can-Jet Pass and you can fly anywhere that JetBlue goes, as many times as you want from September 8 to October 8, for one low price. Saint Lucia one week, Seattle the next, all ...Volunteer and earn a free stay at any Sage hotel
Aug 11th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Volunteer one day to a registered 501C3 nonprofit organization and your next stay at a Sage Hospitality property could be free. The hotel group is offering a limited number of free rooms at each of its 53 hotels around the country to those who can verify - with a signed letter from the organization - that they have donated eight or more hours of their time to charity.
Under the "Give a Day, Get ...Avoid high baggage fees - rent clothes from Zero Baggage
Aug 11th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Airline baggage fees just keep going up, and there seems to be no end in sight. With few airlines left that don't charge for checked bags, travelers who can't manage to get everything they need into a carry-on bag could end up paying some hefty fees. One Canadian company has come up with a plan to help.
Zero Baggage promises to provide travelers with an "environmentally responsible, anxiety-free ...Budget vacations from Seattle: Bainbridge Island
Aug 9th, 2009 at 11:00AM:
I arrived in Seattle on my birthday last week, which just happened to be the city's hottest day in history. Temperatures across Puget Sound reached 106 degrees! Needless to say, I needed a break from the heat -- and a break from long hours of driving up the northern California and Oregon coast. A mini-vacation on Bainbridge Island was an ideal break from both the heat, the car, and the city.
...Visit 14 unusual animals around the world
Aug 8th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Because howler monkeys and koala bears are just so passe, Budget Travel has come up with a list of 14 crazy-looking and odd animals that you can visit in their natural habitats.
There's the hooked-nose proboscis monkey of Borneo, the google-eyed tarsier from the Philippines, and the Tasmanian echidna, which has a pouch like a marsupial, quills like a porcupine and the long sticky tongue of an ...Great American Road Trip: The Corn Palace
Aug 3rd, 2009 at 3:30PM: It took three trips through South Dakota before we made it to The Corn Palace, a mecca of sorts in Mitchell, a town that seems as if it might be in the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere is a significant detail. Back in 1892, settlers to South Dakota wanted to showcase the harvest bounty of the state and attract people to the area.
If you've driven through South Dakota in this decade--it's ...Ohio State Fair just got cheaper
Jul 31st, 2009 at 12:35PM: If you're looking for travel deals, try a state fair. If any state fair is like Ohio's, it's looking for ways to entice people to come by offering discounts and deals, particularly on food.
According to this Toledo Blade article, the "staycation" folks are the ones the Ohio State Fair is courting. As a result, this particular fair is a coupon clipper's dream. Many coupons found on the fair's ...Best vacation day: Slide Rock
Jul 28th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Friends of mine recently returned from a trip to Arizona with news of a hands-down favorite day that pleased the whole family. Slide Rock State Park near Sedona made the parents, a 16-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl happy at exactly the same time. Amazing. For anyone who has traveled with an age range of children of both sexes, an activity that fits everyone's desires and ...Road trip tip: How to sleep comfortably in your car
Supershuttle for $5 and 100 airline miles
Jul 21st, 2009 at 5:00PM: The title kind of says it -- except for the part where it's for your second passenger. Or up to five additional passengers. It's the Family Fare Sale. Nice! People who travel in pairs or groups know the pain of paying equal to ride in the same van all too well. If it's double the rate to travel with a companion in a shared-ride, why not just take a cab? Supershuttle to the rescue! They're running ...Budget adventures near New York
Jul 19th, 2009 at 10:30AM: In these difficult economic conditions we're all looking for ways to save some money while still putting a little adventure into our lives. Now more than ever we need a distraction from the daily grind that won't empty our pocket books. Fortunately, the New York Daily News is here to help, with some great suggestions for cheap adventures close to NYC. The inexpensive escapse come in a variety of ...DealBase.com - It's like having a travel agent you don't have to talk to
Jul 15th, 2009 at 5:30PM: We always try to let you know when there's a great new way to find travel deals, and DealBase is one of the best yet. The fashionistas among you may be familiar with a site called ShopItToMe.com -- this is that for travel. I'll explain. Basically, you go to DealBase.com and tell them what you want. Four or more star hotels in Vegas for under $300? Any hotel in New York for under $100? Whatever ...Gadlinks for Monday 7.6.09
Jul 6th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Aloha, Gadling readers! Another week is upon us. Here are this Monday's Gadlinks.
Do you hate babies and kids on planes as much as I do? Well, here are a few possible solutions to this unruly passenger problem. I put in my vote for a kids free zone on the plane. What do you say?
As much as those seatback TV screens are handy, here's an article from Jaunted that gives us another, more ...Gadlinks for Friday 6.12.09
Jun 12th, 2009 at 7:00PM: It's Aloha Friday as they say here on the islands -- and a very special Friday at that! Today marks the beginning of the 62nd annual King Kamehameha Day festivities in Hawaii, so you can count on me enjoying the parade, draping ceremony, fun, and sun that lasts through the weekend. Here are some other cool "happenings" going on in the travel blogosphere to jump start your weekend:
The ...Budget summer vacations from Boston: Newburyport
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 1:00PM: Just one hour north of Boston, sandwiched between the Merrimack and Ipswich Rivers and the Atlantic Ocean is the adorable town of Newburyport -- population: 7,500. This quaint coastal town, with its New England charm, boutique shops along State Street, and brick-lined pedestrian mall, makes a perfect weekend getaway. The great thing about Newburyport is that it's easily accessible by train or by ...The Post's 100 weekend destinations from New York
May 20th, 2009 at 11:30AM: The Summer of Travel is around the corner, and the New York Post has just compiled the most authoritative list of vacation spots within a stone's throw of New York City. Similar to Gadling's Budget Summer Vacation guides, the Post's 100 destinations are all within a few hours of the city, from Wilmington to Saratoga Springs to Manchester, Vermont. Each city on their custom destination page is ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of May 2--May 8
May 9th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Sometimes a Gadling post grabs one's attention and you think, "Gaad!"
That's what I thought when I read Scott's post about the flesh eating bacteria that killed a man while he was on a cruise. I'm heading off on my first cruise in August. Naturally, a flesh-eating bacteria cruise story has impact.
There are other posts that make a person ponder about life in general. That's what happened ...
