Great Deal: $100 Off Two Night Orbitz Hotel Reservation

On Cyber Monday I wrote about the amazing deal Orbitz was offering, whereby you could receive $100 off a hotel stay when using Visa Checkout. The promotion was gone within hours.

Well, the promotion appears to be live again, with the caveat that it's only valid on hotel stays of two nights or more.

As I explained last time, the promotion is valid when you book a qualifying, two night stay at a standalone hotel for a stay between now and June 30, 2015. You must use Visa Checkout as the method of payment, and use promotion code VISACHECKOUT. Using Visa Checkout is pretty easy, so that requirement shouldn’t be a limiting factor for anyone.

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Startup pitch – Bebang connects brands and influencers

Bebang is attempting to monetize the new world order of marketing and communications by providing a mechanism for brands to connect and ...



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The Belief That Career Success Can Make Us Happy Is the Central Illusion of Our Time

From David Brooks in the Times — “The real contradiction of capitalism is that it arouses enormous ambition, but it doesn’t help you define where you should focus it. It doesn’t define an end to which you should devote your life. It nurtures the illusion that career and economic success can lead to fulfillment, which…



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Tuesday Twitter Chat: #BestWinterTrips

Itching to escape the cold—or embrace it? Join @NatGeoTravel and @YahooTravel on Twitter to get the scoop on the best places to visit this winter at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, December 16.



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21 signs you were a punk rock kid

Ever lost blood, teeth, or your voice in a Pennywise Bro Hymn mosh pit? Oh hell yeah. Here's Preston Roeschlein's '21 signs you were raised on California Punk Rock'.



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What To Do with Small Points and Miles Balances

Travel rewards enthusiasts tend to focus on the big aspirational awards like first-class flights and top-tier hotels. However, maximizing your points and miles is sometimes a matter of getting what you can out of not very much. Today, TPG Contributor Nick Ewen lays out some strategies for doing just that. The points and miles game […]



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What Hitchhiking Alone as Female in China Taught Me Hospitality

On the second Wednesday of the month, Kristin Addis from Be My Travel Muse writes a guest column featuring tips and advice on solo female travel. It’s an important topic I can’t cover so I brought in an expert to share her advice. This is her column this month. It was February in China and, with the town of Lijiang’s elevation in Yunnan province, still very much a cold winter wonderland. Standing outside waiting wasn’t how I wanted to spend […]

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Why do consumers prefer booking with online travel agencies?

Many hotels are experiencing a notable increase in bookings coming from online travel agencies, most notably those from Booking.com. At the same ...



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Cities Less Traveled: A First-time Tourist’s Historic Guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts

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If Boston is Massachusetts’ big, bold, boisterous son, Cambridge is its hip, intellectual, slightly more aloof brother. As New England cities go, Cambridge doesn’t garner the same travel coverage as Boston or even Providence, Rhode Island for that matter. But it should and here are five must-see experiences to illustrate why. The Widener Library at […]

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Singapore Reverses Course, Agrees to Honor Mistake Fare

Last week I reported that Singapore Airlines was refusing to honor a business class mistake fare between Sydney and London. It wasn’t a cheap fare — about US$3000 roundtrip — but apparently intended as an economy rather than a business class fare. There are varying reports of between 400 and 900 tickets purchased. And after […]

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Airlines Expect Big Rise in Profits in 2015, as Fuel Costs Drop

A 26 percent jump in collective profit was forecast by an industry group, which also estimated passengers would see fares drop 5 percent on average.

















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Korean Air Executive Resigns Post After Halting Flight Over Snack Service

Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of the chairman of the conglomerate that operates the airline, resigned as head of the airline’s in-flight services after an uproar in South Korea over the episode.





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16 images of Buenos Aires street art

In Buenos Aires, there are very few restrictions on street art, compared to other world-class cities. It is easy to paint: there’s no need to obtain authorization from the local authority to change the appearance of a building -- all you need is the consent of the property owner. The results are inspiring. Click to check out some of the city's most impressive murals.



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Startup pitch: Shoptility makes retailers to do the search work

Frustration with how long it takes to book a holiday online pushed the Shoptility team to start the venture. That team is ...



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Qatar Airways A350 Delayed

Qatar Airways will be the launch customer of the Airbus A350, and was scheduled to begin service between Doha and Frankfurt with their first A350 as of January 15, 2015. I was super excited about that, not just because it was the inaugural flight for the airline, but also because it was the inaugural commercial flight for the aircraft as a whole.

Then late last week they even announced plans for their second daily A350 frequency between Doha and Frankfurt as of February, 2015.

Well, it looks like "the A350 aircraft ceremonial transfer of title has been postponed until further notice," per Qatar Airways' Facebook page:

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