Should I Carry A Balance On My Credit Card To Help My Credit Score?

Here is one of the biggest credit misconceptions: carrying a balance on a credit card will help improve your credit score. It won’t! However, a small monthly balance posted to your credit report that indicates you are using your credit accounts can help your credit score. Being able to understand and differentiate between the previous […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/11/should-i-carry-a-balance-on-my-credit-card-to-help-my-credit-score.html

TSA finds cocaine in raw meat

While most people see meat or peanut butter as foods that are tasty to eat, some airline passengers see them as a tool to smuggle drugs. Here are some of their failed attempts to get illegal substances through airport security.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/14/travel/tsa-cocaine-in-raw-meat/index.html

A G20 after-hours guide to Brisbane

As the G20 Leaders' Summit kicks off, Brisbane is emerging from the shadows of Melbourne and Sydney.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/13/travel/brisbane-guide/index.html

Bourdain dines Jamaican style

Make this recipe for Jamaican spicy garlic pepper shrimp if you're longing for a taste of island life.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/13/living/jamaica-food-parts-unknown/index.html

Google revamps how hotels appear in US city search results

There’s yet another tweak to how Google presents hotels in US city search results. In a trend Tnooz first reported on last ...



from Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/article/google-revamps-hotels-appear-us-city-search-results/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-revamps-hotels-appear-us-city-search-results

Travel Quote: “Live Every Day Like It’s the Day You’ll Be Remembered For”

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Original photo © Nicki Varkevisser

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In Transit Blog: Finding the Right African Safari

The new website Your African Safari helps travelers assess operators and itineraries.

















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$100 Off a Future Hotel When You Book a Flight Through Orbitz

Reader S. shared this deal: book a roundtrip flight and pay via Visa checkout, and get a $100 off hotel coupon. You have to book a standalone roundtrip ticket, which could be as simple as DC – New York – DC. Then you’ll get a hotel promo code emailed to you. It will be valid […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/11/14/100-future-hotel-book-flight-orbitz/

10 Best Credit Card Offers For November

Every month I make a post with what I consider to be the best credit card sign-up bonuses of the month. While there are several excellent long standing credit card offers, the specifics of the best offers are constantly changing (be it the annual fee, minimum spend requirement, or even amount of the sign-up bonus).…

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from One Mile at a Time http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2014/11/14/10-best-credit-card-offers-november/

7 Top Airports for Layovers in North America

Inevitably, you will have to have a layover while flying at some point, whether it be around North America or on your way to a far off land. International Contributor Lori Zaino offers up some of the best airports in the US and Canada to spend your layover. Stay tuned for a coming post on […]



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2014/11/7-top-airports-for-layovers-in-north-america/

A European roadtrip in timelapse

One of the craziest projects I've worked on, Topdeck Travel called and asked if I would be interested in producing a two-minute European-roadtip timelapse.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/hypereurope-european-roadtrip-2-minutes/

Wanna Upgrade Your Travel Headphones? We’re Giving Away a Cambridge Audio DacMagic Headphone Amp!

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Wanna seriously upgrade your laptop audio? Of course you do and here’s how … After checking out Cambridge Audio’s latest DacMagic XS headphone amp this week, I’ve been completely hooked on it. The sound is ridiculously awesome: I tested the unit on a variety of different music genres (including talk/podcast, EDM and of course some […]

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Delta is Discounting First Class for the Holidays: Here’s Why

Delta is pitching cheap first class upgrades for the holidays. They’re advertising, UPGRADE TO FIRST CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS AN ADDITIONAL $49 EACH WAY AND ENJOY MORE LUXURY ON BOARD. My first thought, of course, was Tens of Dollars upgrades.. is Delta managing by doing what United does? Then of course I realized, the […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/11/14/delta-discounting-first-class-holidays/

A Taste of Old World Europe: Wiener Schnitzel

Wiener schnitzel—an unassuming breaded, fried veal cutlet—has so captured Vienna’s taste buds that it bears the city’s very name (Wien = Vienna). Yet Austria’s national dish may actually have originated in northern Italy as costoletta alla Milanese, a similarly prepared slice of veal.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/11/14/a-taste-of-old-world-europe-wiener-schnitzel/

TSA Takes 1,900 Guns From Airplane Passengers

In a new record, airport security has collected 1,903 firearms -- 80 percent of them loaded -- so far in 2014.



from Travel Feedly http://www.ibtimes.com/guns-airports-2014-tsa-confiscates-record-number-firearms-brass-knuckles-samurai-1723800