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An Introduction to Booking Advisor

An Introduction to Booking Advisor

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The hospitality business is a competitive one, and as more and more websites come on line to help you find your next hotel room, it is not getting any easier to track down the cheapest rates.
Enter BookingAdvisor.com, a free and independent search engine that scours over 30 other hotel booking [...]

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Driving Cross-Country

Driving Cross-Country

My globetrotting friend and I have decided against a backpacking trip in exchange for a driving one.

Posted in Features, Planning, Pre-trip, Travel Books, United StatesView Comments

Calculated Hotel Comforts

Calculated Hotel Comforts

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As much as I encourage spontaneity, there is one thing I refuse to do on a whim, lodging.
We’ve all heard horror stories of last-minute hostels from hell, bug-ridden hotel beds, and bed and breakfasts that, despite their quaint websites, are run-down and far from anything and everything on the itinerary. [...]

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Extreme Tourism, according to Chuck

Extreme Tourism, according to Chuck

I have a few opinions on travel: one should learn some historical background to understand the culture of today, one should try their best to speak the native language as to not “lose things in translation,” and one should never expect a place or its people to adjust to one’s own way of life.
For as [...]

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International Relations

International Relations

Almost all of my American friends I made while studying abroad were majoring in international relations. At Syracuse University, like most others, it is a broad field, incorporating law, organizations, security, diplomacy, political economy, and international communication in each geographic region of the world.
As a a magazine journalism and modern foreign language major, I was [...]

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The Mexican Tradition of Nochebuena

The Mexican Tradition of Nochebuena

For the main course, young and old enjoy the quintessential Mexican comfort food, pozole.

Posted in Features, Food, MexicoView Comments

It’s Chile in Manhattan

It’s Chile in Manhattan

Traditional Chilean food, although simple, has a medley of flavors.

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The Geography of Bliss

The Geography of Bliss

Although an optimistic nation, the U.S. is nowhere near the happiest.

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Forget a Guide, a Book… and Even a Map

Forget a Guide, a Book… and Even a Map

It was the Bardini Garden, and we were at that moment in time, it’s sole visitors.

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Expat: Women’s True Tales of Life Abroad

Expat: Women’s True Tales of Life Abroad

I promise I don’t only read travelogues and memoirs by women, it just happens to be that I’ve consequently read many of the sort :). Still, there’s certain safety concerns and precautions that I would assume cloud the mind of female globetrotters more so than their male counterparts. This book, Expat: Women’s True Tales of [...]

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