TRAVEL NEWSLETTER
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
September 2008 Newsletter
Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site in September.
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James Clark - editor itravelnet.com
Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor
---- Travel Photo Gallery: Rome - Italy ----
Location: Rome - Italy
Photo: Bocca Della Verita
Bocca Della Verita
Travel Photo Gallery: Rome - Italy
---- Keith Haring in Melbourne ----
Keith Haring was an artist whose graffiti became famous in New York in the 1980's.
Haring visited Australia in 1984 and his mural at the Collingwood Technical School in Melbourne is one of the largest surviving Haring outdoor murals outside the United States.
Keith Haring Mural - Melbourne Australia
Keith Haring in Melbourne
Featured Travel Sites
---- CouchSurfing ----
Why pay for accommodation, when you can stay for free. With CouchSurfing you can search for accommodation in the city you are visiting and stay with a local host. Or if you are not on the road yourself you can host visitors at your place.
couchsurfing.com
---- digihitch ----
digihitch is a site dedicated to the art of hitchhiking. Includes tips on how to hitchhike as well as a forum to ask questions, hitch a ride or find a hitching partner.
digihitch.com
---- Flight Club ----
At Flight Club, you find other travelers online to hang out with on the plane, at the airport, or afterwards.
flight-club.org
---- World Taximeter ----
International taxi fare calculator. World Taximeter gives you an estimate of the cost of a taxi ride in cities around the globe. Also available on your mobile. The site currently supports calculations for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, and Toronto.
worldtaximeter.com
---- Bagophily ----
One man and his obsession with Airsickness bags. Paul Mundy, with the help of bag enthusiasts around the world, has put together a massive collection of bags from current and defunct airlines.
www.bagophily.com
Subscriber Competition
This month's subscriber prize of a Fodor's African Safari Guidebook has been run and won, and the winnner is:
Brigitte from Newport, RI.
Latest Travel Sites
Some new sites that have been added to the travel directory:
---- Azure Travel ----
Azure Travel is a tour company based in Bangkok providing package tours in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.
URL: www.azuretours.com
Location: www.itravelnet.com/tours/agents/azuretravel.html
---- DriveAway Holidays ----
DriveAway Holidays is a multi award winning car rental wholesaler offering great rates on worldwide car rental, Peugeot Leasing, motorhome rental, GPS rental and more.
URL: www.driveaway.com.au/
Location: www.itravelnet.com/car/rental-agents/driveaway.html
For more regular updates please subscribe to the blog.
Subscribe in a Reader
or Subscribe by EmailJames Clark - editor itravelnet.com
Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor
---- Travel Photo Gallery: Rome - Italy ----
Location: Rome - Italy
Photo: Bocca Della Verita
Bocca Della Verita
Travel Photo Gallery: Rome - Italy
---- Keith Haring in Melbourne ----
Keith Haring was an artist whose graffiti became famous in New York in the 1980's.
Haring visited Australia in 1984 and his mural at the Collingwood Technical School in Melbourne is one of the largest surviving Haring outdoor murals outside the United States.
Keith Haring Mural - Melbourne Australia
Keith Haring in Melbourne
Featured Travel Sites
---- CouchSurfing ----
Why pay for accommodation, when you can stay for free. With CouchSurfing you can search for accommodation in the city you are visiting and stay with a local host. Or if you are not on the road yourself you can host visitors at your place.
couchsurfing.com
---- digihitch ----
digihitch is a site dedicated to the art of hitchhiking. Includes tips on how to hitchhike as well as a forum to ask questions, hitch a ride or find a hitching partner.
digihitch.com
---- Flight Club ----
At Flight Club, you find other travelers online to hang out with on the plane, at the airport, or afterwards.
flight-club.org
---- World Taximeter ----
International taxi fare calculator. World Taximeter gives you an estimate of the cost of a taxi ride in cities around the globe. Also available on your mobile. The site currently supports calculations for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, and Toronto.
worldtaximeter.com
---- Bagophily ----
One man and his obsession with Airsickness bags. Paul Mundy, with the help of bag enthusiasts around the world, has put together a massive collection of bags from current and defunct airlines.
www.bagophily.com
Subscriber Competition
This month's subscriber prize of a Fodor's African Safari Guidebook has been run and won, and the winnner is:
Brigitte from Newport, RI.
Latest Travel Sites
Some new sites that have been added to the travel directory:
---- Azure Travel ----
Azure Travel is a tour company based in Bangkok providing package tours in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.
URL: www.azuretours.com
Location: www.itravelnet.com/tours/agents/azuretravel.html
---- DriveAway Holidays ----
DriveAway Holidays is a multi award winning car rental wholesaler offering great rates on worldwide car rental, Peugeot Leasing, motorhome rental, GPS rental and more.
URL: www.driveaway.com.au/
Location: www.itravelnet.com/car/rental-agents/driveaway.html
Labels: 2008
