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I stayed at the best five-star hotel ($1000) and the best hostel ($32) in Bangkok: A Review
Bangkok. The city of Angels. Host to some of the best food in the world and enough to keep you busy even if you spent a lifetime there. With a huge number of lodging options in the city, there can be quite...
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Tips for a long trip: Preparing for long term travel
Nothing gets me excited like a long trip. The flexibility of not having a set end date, or having an end date so far off that it feels like it doesn’t exist, is a freeness unlike any other. Take...
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Super Hotel Premier Ginza: This Tokyo hotel will give you cash back when you stay
Most travel loyalty programs these days make you jump through hoops to register and only reward you if you are a very, very frequent traveler shelling out big bucks. However, there is a charming hotel...
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Don’t make this tourist mistake in Bali
If you’re anything like me, you’ve also been enchanted for years by photos of Bali’s verdant, terraced rice fields. As I set off on my seven-month honeymoon, I knew it was a destination that we would visit....
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My mission to save $100,000 on my honeymoon with points and miles – Part Two: Flights
Yesterday, we did a rundown of the money we saved on hotels during our seven-month honeymoon by using credit card and hotel points. Today, we’ll finish up the tally by focusing on flights and determine...