green cars, green travel and smart spending
Here’s a really appealing sounding new website for finding dirt cheap lodging around the world: Hovel Stay, which describes itself as the anti-luxury listing site for budget conscious travelers. Hovel Stay is aimed at college students who might prefer a hovel to a hostel, in accommodations ranging from a hay bale in a farmer’s barn
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The bargain bus company Megabus is expanding its new reserved seating option to 30 cities in North America. It will cost you a couple of bucks to pick your seat, and seatmate, too, if you are traveling together, and help you avoid that free-for-all dash to a seat that suits you. When I book an
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Vacation on the cheap in historic Colonial Williamsburg this summer, with a special new Kids Stay, Play and Eat FREE summer package. All kids 12 and under stay and eat free free with parents or grandparents at the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites or the Williamsburg Lodge, with rates starting at $79 per adult per
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This summer, get away to one of hundreds of historic hotels and B&Bs in the US at discount. Members the Historic Hotels of America are offering discount packages that include historical tours, dining specials, kids eat free and more, at up to 30% off. Plus, if you book before December 31, 2014 on the HistoricHotels
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Forget the high prices for Broadway-style shows, four-star meals and ferris wheel or gondola rides in Las Vegas. There’s plenty to see and do for $20 or less. Here are six insider tips in and near Las Vegas that won’t blow your budget: Visit a museum: Entry to the Pinball Hall of Fame pinball museum
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Once again, entry to America’s 401 national parks will be FREE on specific days and weekends in 2014. So circle the calendar and plan your getaways for these dates: The 2014 entrance fee-free days are: Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Friday-Monday, February 15-17: Presidents Day weekend Saturday/Sunday, April 19-20: National Park Week’s
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There’s just no end to the creative ways airlines are adding new fees. The latest is from Delta, which now is offering something it calls the Smart Travel Pack, for $199. This gets you a combination of one free bag, priority boarding, preferred seats and a 20% bonus on frequent flier miles. The good news
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The backlash has begun against the announcement by Frontier Airlines to charge up to $100 for a carry-on bag unless you book your flight directly with the airline’s own website. See full article here The backlash is from Priceline.com, which will sell you an Economy ticket that includes a FREE carry-on bag, at the same
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There’s just no end to the fees and extra charges airlines are throwing up at us. The latest is Frontier Airlines, which will charge you up to $100 for a carry-on bag beginning Tuesday, August 6, 2013. The new carry-on charge is effective for tickets purchased anywhere except on the airline’s own website, FlyFrontier. That
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Zion Lodge in Zion National Park has become the first hotel in a US national park to receive the top Green Seal Lodging Standard award for its eco-friendly environmental standards and practices. The top Green Seal is the Gold award, which means Zion Lodge is both green and gold. The top award covers everything from
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