Travel Secrets

Tips for searching and bidding for hotel rooms online.

Jun 14th, 2010 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim.
 

Most hotels would love to see their hotels fully booked and occupied. Unfortunately, it is the most popular and widely advertised hotels that get all the crowds while the lesser known hotel chains have hundreds of rooms every day that stay empty!
 
How can we find the hotels that are so desperately in need [...]



The three best travel days for price.

May 11th, 2010 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim
Most countries in the world work on their own time tables. Saturday and Sundays may be holiday for some countries, but for many countries they are not holidays. Also, the religious festivals for each country are not the same. They are spread out through out the year.
 
Depending on the country you are staying [...]



The secret to winning a better price for your cruise

Apr 12th, 2010 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim.

Cruising the Caribbean or the Mediterranean is close to the most luxurious or enjoyable vacation that the majority of travelers in the world can think of. To soak up the sun while relaxing on the deck of a humongous ocean liner weighing  150 thousand gross tons or more is nothing short of a [...]



How to receive bargain “e-fares” in your email inbox.

Mar 25th, 2010 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

 

Many of us would love to surf the web all day looking for fantastic bargains on travel packages. However, most of us do have another more important job, one that we would lose if we surfed around websites all day! J
 
Many people cannot even get to a computer during the day, let alone surf the [...]



Learn which airports to avoid when Traveling.

Aug 14th, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim.

The World Airports Customer Satisfaction Survey seems to be the largest of airport surveys conducted so far. It compared the products and services at airports as well as the “experience factor” at over 500 airports all over the world.
 
The votes for the best airports in the world went to the best in Asia, [...]



What to do when you are stuck in an airport overnight.

Jul 21st, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

BY Salihu Ibrahim.

Many of us have waited at airports for what seems like eons! Sitting for a long time on the same chair is not conducive to good circulation, so most of us try to walk along the pathways along with our luggage but find that difficult due to the constant dodging of people and [...]



How to get luggage carts at the airport for free.

Jun 29th, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim

Most travelers go on trips and try to make their trip comfortable and relaxing by taking with them things that remind them of home or taking clothes are appropriate for each occasion. As a result many travelers are stuck with tons of baggage that they have to carry from airport to airport. [...]



What you should do before going abroad.

May 13th, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim.

Going abroad is always fun! As we prepare for a long trip with lots more luggage and jet-lagged sleepovers, there are many things that we may forget to do unless we have a check list that we religiously adhere to, every time we plan an international trip. Here is one that I have [...]



The truth about debit cards and travel purchases.

May 7th, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim.

Every human being needs to live at the level of his earnings. Never try to keep up with the neighbors or be enamored by the fancy things you see in the stores or on TV. Never take a vacation unless you have saved for it and earned it!
 
In 1995, only 2% of Americans [...]



How to avoid travel scams.

May 1st, 2009 | By salele | Category: Travel Secrets

By Salihu Ibrahim
 
The internet is a virtual network of travel scams and these scams seem to be attracting quite a few surfers into this phishing “net”! According to the National Fraud Information center, the average fraud has most doubled in the two years after 2004. Criminals are getting more and more sophisticated. As more elderly [...]