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How to save cash when booking a hotel room.

Oct 24th, 2011 | By | Category: Travel Secrets

As hotel chains get larger and more global, the availability of rooms to stay in has increased dramatically. The older hotels are being renovated and new hotels are being built everyday. Most people enjoy staying in a clean, comfortable room when they are traveling. If children are part of the family, it is important for [...]



What do to in case of an emergency or crisis when you are traveling abroad.

Sep 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Travel Abroad

  While we are busy getting ready for travel and packing for our families, our most pressing thoughts usually linger on buying suitcases and completing last minute shopping chores.   However, there is one important issue that all of us need to consider before leaving our country. What happens if we get sick or injured [...]



Tips for searching and bidding for hotel rooms online.

Jun 14th, 2010 | By | 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 [...]



How to determine whether you need travel and medical insurance.

May 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Travel Insurance

  By Salihu Ibrahim. Most of us go on vacations with visions of ourselves lazing around on the beach or spending sun filled days hiking in the mountains. Have we ever though of what would happen if we had an accident or if we caught some type of virus or parasite that makes us unable [...]



The three best travel days for price.

May 11th, 2010 | By | 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 [...]



The ideal season for last minute travelers.

May 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: last minute travel

    Summer season is the best for travel. The skies are blue, the beach is enticing us with its warm waters and all outdoor activities seem to offer so much promise. Most families in the world wait until summer to go on their yearly vacation. And of course that is also the time when [...]



The secret to winning a better price for your cruise

Apr 12th, 2010 | By | 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 [...]



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

Mar 25th, 2010 | By | 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 [...]



Learn which airports to avoid when Traveling.

Aug 14th, 2009 | By | 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 [...]



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

Jul 21st, 2009 | By | 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 [...]