Lyft picks up half a billion dollars

Ride-sharing app Lyft has confirmed a $530 million Series E funding round, led by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten. In a blog post, ...



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Buy Hotel Points For Cheap With Daily Getaways 2015

As was initially reported in mid-February, Daily Getaways will be returning this year, which is a promotion sponsored by the US Travel Association. The promotion is intended to encourage US tourism, and gives people the opportunity to purchase travel packages, from a set number of nights at a certain hotel, to outright being able to purchase hotel points at a discount.

There are a couple of things that are different about this year's Daily Getaways promotion than in the past:

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15 places selfie sticks are banned

Leave your selfie stick at the door. That’s the message from a growing number of museums, galleries, sporting stadiums and music venues around the world in response to the now ubiquitous extension pole favored by selfie-loving smartphone photographers everywhere. From the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to the National Portrait Gallery in […]



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Would You Help the Homeless You Meet in Mumbai or New York LaGuardia?

We already know that homeless live in Frankfurt airport. And they used to live at the Radisson JFK. Of course, actual homeless shelters are even on TripAdvisor. I’ll often do quite a bit of eating, trying a great variety, on my travels abroad. The goal there is to experience lots of things not to fill […]

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Giveaway: The World Kitchen Box

Friday is giveaway day. Comment to win! This week’s giveaway is a super cool World Kitchen Box from GlobeIn. GlobeIn is an online marketplace that curates fair-trade, handcrafted goods from artisans around the world into a monthly themed “globe in a box.” Each selected item supports a farmer or small business and comes with a…



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How to parent like an Armenian

"#2. Give your children alcohol. This might be a hot button issue in America, but in Europe it isn’t. At five-years old, I was given what looked to me like cola, but in fact was a warm beer."



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Google Flight results get the RouteHappy treatment

Google has agreed a deal with RouteHappy to integrate details of wifi and other facilities available on flights into Google Flight Search ...



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Earn 1,000 Hilton Points For Changing Your Password (For Real This Time)!

In mid-February, Hilton announced that they'd offer 1,000 bonus points for changing your HHonors account password by March 8, 2015. Apparently they were having "issues" with the promotion at the time, so had to postpone it. They promised they'd provide an update once the promotion was ready to go.

The promotion is now ready to go, and you can earn 1,000 bonus HHonors points by changing your account password by March 25, 2015.

To change your password simply log into your Hilton HHonors account. Then at the bottom left of the page click on “Personal Information.”

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How to define and behave as a global travel technology company

It is always a proud and exciting moment to sign a new customer, whether they are located in France or Azerbaijan, Grenada ...



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Exploring Okinawa's World War II history

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/travel/okinawa-world-war-ii-travel/index.html

Extraordinary abandoned architecture of Europe

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/travel/europe-border-crossings/index.html

Dare to cross the world's scariest footpath?

Closed for over a decade, the stunning Caminito del Rey path is about to reopen following a huge reconstruction project.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/travel/spain-caminito-del-rey/index.html

What to do in Germany in your 20s

Get drunk at Oktoberfest.



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Traveling On Points and Miles Once the Kids Start School

Traveling with kids has its own set of challenges, but it gets immeasurably harder once the kids enter school. Up until this last year, we were able to travel during off-peak times (think spring break in early May) and travel on optimal days to save on airfare (imagine flying Tuesday–Tuesday). Then, last fall, my oldest […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2015/03/traveling-on-points-and-miles-once-the-kids-start-school.html

20 Scotland Instagrams to drool over

There are several reasons Scotland is high up on the list of places to visit for me. Here are 20 of them.



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