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Gear Guide: Travel Tools for Drink Lovers
February 26, 2010 | Gear Guide | Read More
Vacation = sipping drinks with tiny umbrellas out of coconuts on the beach, or…tasting wine in a rustic valley while grizzled vintners discuss the oak their barrels are made from. Or…tall glasses of crisp beer after a hike in the Alps. Or…a martini, a ridiculously luxurious hotel room,...
Too Stinky to Fly? Jazz Air Deplanes Smelly Passenger
February 26, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Everyone has their own personal list of the worst passengers to get stuck on an airplane with, from the unruly misbehaving kid to the personal space hog, but bad body odor may take the cake for the most unacceptable passenger behavior.
Earlier this month, an American man on the regional Canadian airline...
6 Secret Airport Art Museums
February 26, 2010 | Around the World, Culture/History | Read More
Experiencing the artistic culture of a city is an integral part of any trip, and here at NileGuide we definitely recommend seeking out museums, public sculptures and murals in any city you visit. But if you get to the airport for your flight home and realize that somehow, amidst all those pub crawls...
NileGuide 5 with JoAnna Haugen
February 25, 2010 | NileGuide 5 | Read More
This week’s NileGuide 5 interview features Joanna Haugen, freelance travel writer and Associate Editor of the Matador Network. Follow along with Joanna on her blog, Kaleidoscopic Wandering, and on twitter at @joanna_haugen.
1. What’s the most underrated destination you’ve been to?
A...
11 Cool Hotel Bars Around the World
February 24, 2010 | Around the World, Featured | Read More
It’s always a requirement to check out the local nightlife while traveling, but with hotel bars like these, you can do it without leaving the building. These bar offer their patrons everything from spectacular views, to jam sessions in former prison barracks, to drinks that come in glasses so cold...
Copenhagen: Go Budget Trendy in the Danish Capital
February 23, 2010 | Budget, Copenhagen | Read More
Forget everything you’ve ever heard about Copenhagen being expensive, and ditch along with it all those notions about budget travel being low-brow. Copenhagen’s latest facelift has brought all the great Danish qualities of smart design and functionalism to the masses. Copenhagen is now a...
February 22, 2010 | Timeline | Read More
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Lufthansa Pilots Strike: 800 Flights Canceled
February 22, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
UPDATE: The striking Lufthansa pilots have agreed to suspend the walkout. According to Reuters, the union “agreed late on Monday to suspend the strike until March 8 to give the deadlocked parties a chance to resume talks.”
Original post: In what’s being called the “biggest strike...
American Airlines to Charge Standby Passengers
February 22, 2010 | Travel News | Read More
Waiting at the airport for hours, repeatedly hoping to make a stand-by flight is something every seasoned traveler has experienced. This will still be an option with American Airlines, but after today, they will charge you for the privilege.
American Airlines will begin charging passengers $50 to change...
50 Quotes to Inspire Adventure Travel
February 22, 2010 | Active/Outdoors | Read More
Need a little inspiration for your next adventure? From authors to musicians, politicians to athletes, these guys say it best…
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” -G. K. Chesterton
“Fortune and...
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