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Expensive Not Always Better When Selecting Cruise Accommodations

In the ever growing world of "cruise vacationing", it is very easy to become overwhelmed with the number of choices you have when selecting ship-board accommodations, while also trying to stick within your budget...

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Flexibility is Key in Finding Best Airfare from Gulf Coast

When it comes to finding the best travel bargains, flexibility is the key. This is not only the case when searching for the best deal on a vacation package, but especially true when trying to find the...

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Gulf Coast Cruises to the Caribbean

If you are lucky enough to live along the Gulf Coast, you are no doubt aware of the many Caribbean vacation options you have access to within a short 2 to 4 hour drive. ...

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Cruise Ship Fire at Sea

The Carnival Splendor, which departed from Long Beach, California on Sunday, Nov 7 and was on the first leg of her 7-night voyage to the Mexican Riviera, encountered an engine room fire Monday morning. According to Carnival Cruise Line...

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Using a Travel Agent Makes the Most Sense

When it comes time to plan your next vacation, you will find that you have many options to choose from when deciding how to book your travel and which company, or travel supplier, to use. While...

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Traveling the Lower U.S. By Motorcycle (Photos)

Back in March of 2003, my friend Mike and I decided to take a motorcycle trip from Colorado Springs, Colorado to South Florida. In the preceding weeks ahead of our planned starting date, we began gathering things we would need...

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Halloween in the Philippines (Photos)

Today was Halloween in the Philippines and instead of the usual trick or treat we see in the States, Halloween is celebrated quite a bit different in this country. Since it falls in conjunction with the All Saints/Souls holiday...

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Boracay Philippines (Photos)

Located on the western side of the Philippines, in the Visayas region, sits the small but yet popular resort island of Boracay. Guarded as a secret in the past, it is now a favorite spot for local Philippine residents as...

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Dateline Zamboanga (Photos)

Despite the impression many people from around the world have and the warnings of many governments about this small southern provincial Philippine city, I can assure you this is not the case. Zamboanga today is a relatively peaceful city, whose...

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Getting things done in the home office

If you're like most of us, you have a computer in your home. When visitors come in, you call it your home office. But is it?Unless you can afford a whole stack of computers (and...

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Summer Season B&B Trends

If you build it, they will come… If the price is right, if the weather is perfect, if they can book at the last minute, if they can have one night. These are the signs of the times in...

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Blueberry Peach Stuffed French Toast B&B Style

A Gourmet Breakfast is really special. If you are planning a get away to a Bed & Breakfast and they advertise a gourmet breakfast, what can you expect? Breakfast at the SeaScape Manor Bed and Breakfast Inn in Highlands, NJ...

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