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January 2010 Newsletter

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James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Featured Travel Sites

---- flyersrights.org ----

FlyersRights.org is the largest non-profit consumer organization in the United States representing airline passengers.
flyersrights.org

-------- Google Transit -----------

Use Google Maps to:
- Get step-by-step transit directions in your web browser or on your mobile phone.
- Find transit stops in your area.
- View station information and schedules.
google.com/transit

----- Stuck at the Airport ------

A travel blog about airport services and airport and airline amenities.
stuckattheairport.com

---- FlyingFees.com -----

Find out what your potential baggage-related fees and other types of fees that aren't included in the ticket price.
FlyingFees.com

December 2009 Newsletter

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Featured Travel Sites

---- Featured Travel Sites of 2009 ----

It's that time of year again when all sorts of lists are trundled out. For the last tuesday of the year here is a review of the featured sites of 2009.
Featured Travel Sites of 2009

November 2009 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:04:00 +0000

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Classic Mini Tours of London - A Cool Alternative to Big Bus Sightseeing Tours ----

smallcarBIGCITY provide retro tours of London in classic Mini Coopers. The Mini's range in vintage from the 60's to the 90's, and the tour guides/drivers dress the part in period 1960s uniforms. They bring swinging London to life - Italian Job style.

smallcarBIGCITY - Classic Mini Tours of London

Classic Mini Tours of London - A Cool Alternative to Big Bus Sightseeing Tours

Featured Travel Sites

---- Embassy World ----

Directory and search engine of the world's embassies and consulates.

embassyworld.com

---- Luggage Limits ----

Luggage Limits details baggage allowance information on all routes and ticket classes for over 60 airlines. Avoid expensive airline luggage fees by preparing before you go.

luggagelimits.com

---- Holiday Pad ----

Holiday Pad is showcase of unusual, wonderful and downright weird ideas for a holiday.

holidaypad.net

---- UrbanRail.Net ----

UrbanRail.Net is a reference of urban railways worldwide. Includes information and maps on subways, tubes, undergrounds, U-Bahns, Metros and city railways worldwide.

urbanrail.net

October 2009 Newsletter

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Featured Travel Sites

---- Whatsonwhen ----

Worldwide events guide and travel inspiration.

whatsonwhen.com

---- Dine With Locals ----

Dine With Locals pair tourists with locals to meet and eat dinner in their home and exchange a bit of national culture. Experience a home cooked meal of authentic, local cuisine and a taste of local culture, or be a host and enjoy a night getting to know international people from around the world.

dinewithlocals.com

---- Iglu Dorf ----

Stay in an Iglu at the Iglu Dorf Igloo Villages in Switzerland, Andorra and Germany. You can sleep overnight or just visit the village. Igloo-Villages are open from 25th of December until April and bookings are available from mid October.

iglu-dorf.com

---- Points.com ----

Points.com is a frequent flyer management site where you can track all of your reward points in one location.

points.com

---- Monastery Stays ----

Monastery Stays is a booking service for monastery and convent accommodation in Italy. Accommodation is open to everyone and there are over 100 destinations to choose from.

monasterystays.com

September 2009 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:48:00 +0000

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---- Ubud Monkey Forest - Bali ----

The Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud Sanctuary is a great place to see monkeys in a natural environment. The sanctuary is south of the town at the end of the Monkey Forest Rd (Jl Wanara Wana).

Ubud Monkey Forest - Bali

---- Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) ----

Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT)

---- How to get from Johor Bahru airport to Singapore ----

How to get from Johor Bahru airport to Singapore

---- Tune Hotels - The low-cost airline of budget hotels ----

Tune Hotels - The low-cost airline of budget hotels

Featured Travel Sites

---- FreeToDo ----

FreeToDo list free admission attractions, activites and events in UK and Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

freetodo.net

---- Airbnb ----

Airbnb is an online marketplace that can turn your place into a B and B. Anything from a spare room to an entire apartment can be listed. You can set your own price and you can accept or decline each application.

For prospective lodgers, you can search for destinations and read user reviews of listed accommodation.

airbnb.com

---- The Ultimate Thailand Explorers ----

Tourism Authority of Thailand has taken a leaf out of Tourism Queenslands marketing book and have set up The Ultimate Thailand Explorers. Promote Thailand via social media and you could win cash and a trip to Thailand.

TAT is sending 5 couples to explore Thailand's top five destinations. To enter this competition upload your audition video on Youtube and complete an application form on the site.

ultimatethailandexplorer.com

---- Distance Calculator ----

Measure the distance from one place to another. The site also generates a suggested map on how to get there.
distance-calculator.co.uk

August 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- The Five Foot Way of Georgetown Penang ----

Georgetown Penang in Malaysia is one of best preserved colonial cities in Asia. The city is dominated with shophouses from the 19th and early 20th century in varying states of conservation.

Georgetown Five Foot Way

Every shophouse has a five foot way (kaki-lima), which is a sheltered walkway in front of each shop front. As the name suggests the walkways are five foot across, providing shelter from the tropical heat (and downpours).

The Five Foot Way of Georgetown Penang

---- Wicked Camper Review ----

Air travel in Australia is a convenient way to get between the capitals, but you will only see cities doing this. To experience the rest of Australia, a road trip is the best way to go.

Wicked on the Great Ocean Road

Wicked Camper Review

Featured Travel Sites

---- FlightCaster ----

With FlightCaster, you can learn about flight delays even before the airlines notify you. You can find FlightCaster at flightcaster.com or download it straight to your iPhone or BlackBerry.
flightcaster.com

---- Atlas Obscura ----

Atlas Obscura is a collaborative project with the goal of cataloging all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist.
atlasobscura.com

---- AirportWiFiGuide.com ----

Comprehensive Airport WiFi Guide with Rating and WiFi user comments.
airportwifiguide.com

---- The Matchmaking Flight ----

The Matchmaking Flight will be matching singles in the sky from LAX to Auckland, New Zealand flying Air New Zealand on October 13, 2009.

thematchmakingflight.com

July 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- The Tall and Beautiful Prambanan Temple Complex ----

Prambanan is a complex of Hindu temples near Yogyakarta in central Java. It is the largest Hindu remnant in Java and it is billed as "the Tallest and Most Beautiful, Largest Hindus Temple in the World".

While I haven't been to enough Hindu temples to vouch for it's most beautiful claim, it certainly is grand in its size and detail.

The Tall and Beautiful Prambanan Temple Complex

Featured Travel Sites

---- StoodThere ----

StoodThere lists the Top 100 landmarks to stand in front of and get your photo taken.
stoodthere.com

---- Is This Your Luggage ----

isthisyourluggage.com is the site of a photographer who collects lost luggage, photographs it, then tries to find the owners.
isthisyourluggage.com

---- Earth.org ----

Earth.org is a collaboratively written travel guide with a non-profit approach (inspired by Wikipedia). Anyone can add a guide, whether it is somewhere you have been or of your own home town.
earth.org

---- Kids with Cameras ----

Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world. View photos taken by kids in Calcutta, Haiti, Jerusalem and Cairo.
kids-with-cameras.org

June 2009 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:40:00 +0000

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Borobudur - The biggest Buddhist temple in the world ----

Borobudur Temple is the biggest Buddhist temple in the world, which is impressive considering that it's not in a Buddhist country but in Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur - The biggest Buddhist temple in the world

---- 6 things to see in Yogyakarta ----

Yogyakarta in central Java makes for a handy base to explore the surrounding region. The city is nearby to the world heritage sites of Borobudur and Prambanan temples, as well as the smoking Gunung Merapi volcano.

It's also a great place to just hang out for a few days. There are plenty of interesting sites, and the city is well set up for travellers.

Here are some highlights of Yogyakarta.

6 things to see in Yogyakarta

Featured Travel Sites

---- Harefares ----

Harefares index the routes of nearly all low cost airlines in Europe.

The great feature about Harefares is that it shows you alternative airports close to your chosen departure and arrival airport. This opens up possibilites that you may not otherwise have been aware of.

harefares.com

---- FON ----

FON is the largest WiFi community in the world. Community members, Foneros, share some of their home internet connection and in return gain access to free Wifi worldwide.

The site has a searchable map of wifi hot-spots around the world, and if you don't have a home to offer wifi, you can but FON wifi Credit.

fon.com

---- earthTV ----

earthTV - the world's biggest remote controlled TV camera network broadcasting 24h live video footage from locations locations in Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania.

earthtv.com

---- Pintprice ----

You might be familiar with the Big Mac Index put together by The Economist.

Another site has come up with a worldwide comparison index: Pintprice.com. Beer prices from 206 countries with the help of thousands of beer drinkers.

While the type of beer may vary, making it not truly like the Big Mac Index, it's a fascinating way to compare the cost of living around the world.

pintprice.com

---- Literary Traveler ----

People have long been visiting destinations from books or visited places that gave their favourite writers inspiration.

Literary Traveler provides travel writing featuring writers and the places that they have travelled. The site also includes a range of literary tours.

literarytraveler.com

May 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Jalan Jaksa - The Backpacker Budget Accommodation Street in Jakarta ----

For backpackers and budget travellers arriving in Jakarta, Jalan Jaksa is the the best option to find budget accommodation.

The jalan (street) has Losmen (basic flophouse style accommodation) and budget hotels. This type of accommodation is not bookable online so you have to look around for a place once you arrive.

Jalan Jaksa

Jalan Jaksa - The Backpacker Budget Accommodation Street in Jakarta

Featured Travel Sites

---- Lewis and Clark Trail ----

National and state parks, historic sites, campgrounds and RV parks, museums and other points of interest are easily located on our online maps.

lewis-clark-trail.us

---- Escape Artist ----

A huge directory of international real estate, overseas jobs, living overseas and other expatriate resources.

escapeartist.com

---- England Rocks ----

I have known that England rocks for quite a while, but now it's official. England Rocks has been put together by Enjoy England, the domestic marketing arm of VisitBritain.

The website lists Englands impressive rock heritage with the help of Google Maps. Places that are of pop cultural significance are marked on the map. You can plan a Beatlemania pilgrimage or see the London home of Jimi Hendrix.

england-rocks.co.uk

---- iStopOver ----

iStopOver is a hometel (Home + Hotel = Hometel) market place where you can rent space in someone's home as an alternative to hotels. You can also rent space in your home and make money and meet new people.

istopover.com

April 2009 Newsletter

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---- Lake Toba and the world's largest island within an island ----

Lake Toba in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, is the world's larget and deepest crater lake. The lake has a surface area of 1,130 square kilometres and is up to 500 metres deep at its deepest points.

In the lake is the island of Samosir (Pulau Samosir), which has the distinction of being the worlds largest island within an island. The island is nearly the same size as Singapore.

Lake Toba

Lake Toba and the world's largest island within an island

Featured Travel Sites

---- Pet Airways ----

Pet Airways is an actual airline (albeit a small one) where pets are the passengers. The pets fly in the main cabin, not in cargo.

petairways.com

---- Sleeping in Airports ----

If you are really on a tight travel budget or have a flight that leaves at a ridiculous hour in the morning sleeping at the airport might be a better option than paying for accommodation.

Sleeping in Airports was put together by Donna McSherry in 1996 and now has over 5800 reviews of airports that readers have slept (or tried to sleep) in.

Reviews including the best and worst around the world. Tips for sleeping comfortably and safely while grounded, articles, news and other strange places to sleep.

sleepinginairports.com

---- Monk for a Month ----

Monk for a Month offers you an authentic Thai Buddhist experience. Study and train with Buddhist Masters, learn from 25 centuries of wisdom and be ordained as a novice monk.

monkforamonth.com

---- The Rickshaw Run ----

The Rickshaw Run is a race in India using the iconic Indian motorised rickshaws. The Spring Rickshaw runs is on from 11th Apr - 26th Apr.

rickshawrun.theadventurists.com

March 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Orangutans of Sumatra ----

Orangutans are the largest living arboreal animal and can be found only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. These two islands have been logged extensively which has endangered the orangutan population.

One of the best places to see the Sumatran Orangutan is in Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra.

Orangutan Drinking Milk

Orangutans of Sumatra

Featured Travel Sites

---- The Man in Seat Sixty-One ----

The Man in Seat Sixty-One is Mark Smith, who has captured the adventure and romance of train travel. The site details how to travel From London to everywhere in Europe by train, as well as other places around the world.

seat61.com

---- The Currency Commission ----

The transition of currencies to the Euro in 2003 was a relatively smooth process. There are still people though that have old European currency that was not converted into Euros, and the old currency can no longer be converted at banks.

The Currency Commission exists in order to continue exchanging old outstanding banknotes into Euros, US or Canadian dollars.

thecurrencycommission.com

---- St. Patrick's Festival ----

On the 17th of March every year it is not uncommon to see people with green hair staggering around with a green beer in their hand. Yes, St. Patrick's Day is here.

Irish descendants and expats put on their own celebrations but the biggest party, of course, is in Ireland.

St. Patrick's Festival is Ireland's official celebration for Ireland's national holiday - St. Patrick's Day.

stpatricksfestival.ie

---- V Australia ----

With airlines closing and general doom and gloom in the airline travel world some good news with an new airline beginning operations.

V Australia is the new airline brought to you by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. It will initially fly between Sydney and Los Angeles and it's the first new airline to take advantage of the open skies deal between the United States and Australia. Previously only Qantas and United were allowed to operate between the two countries.

vaustralia.com.au

February 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Oriental Pearl Tower Ticket - Shanghai ----

At the ticket office of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China.

Travel Photo Gallery: Shanghai Photo Gallery

Featured Travel Sites

---- Not For Tourists ----

Not For Tourists is the the website of the guidebook of the same name. The guide covers local attractions beyond the obvious tourist attractions of a city, uncovering interesting bar and eateries that you might otherwise miss when visiting a city.

So far they cover the most popular US cities as well as London.
notfortourists.com

---- The Best Job In The World ----

Tourism Queensland is seeking an island caretaker to house-sit for one of the natural wonders of the world. If you were thinking of applying the application process closes this week.
islandreefjob.com

---- FreeNYC ----

FreeNYC is a guide to the best free and cheap events in New York City.
freenyc.net

---- Icehotel ----

The Icehotel hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden is a hotel made entirely of snow and ice blocks. This was the world's first ice hotel and the hotel lasts for about 5 months before melting away by June.
icehotel.com

January 2009 Newsletter

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Hand Of Man ----

The Hand of Man is a hydraulic mechanical hand that is controlled using an ergonomically accurate glove. The hand responds to the movements of the operators own hand movements and the mechanical hand is big enough to crush a small car.

The Hand Of Man picking up and crushing a small car.

Hand Of Man

Featured Travel Sites

---- Jumbo Hostel ----

Jumbo Hostel is, like the name implies, a hostel in a jumbo. The hostel is in an actual Boeing 747 parked and anchored at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

jumbohostel.com

---- Inauguration Day 2009 ----

The Inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth U.S. president will be one of the biggest travel events in the history of the United States. Millions are expected to travel to Washington D.C and the official site covers events, maps and how to get there.

inauguration.dc.gov

---- Skycar Expedition ----

Skycar expedition is a bio-fuelled flying car that will travel from London to Tombouctou in Mali.

skycarexpedition.com

---- Like-a-local ----

Like-a-local is a site where you can connect with the local life in major cities via people who live there. You can choose to Live, Go or Eat with a local, and see parts of a city that a regular tour couldn't possibly accommodate.

like-a-local.com

December 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:58:00 +0000

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Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Featured Travel Sites of 2008 ----

Every Tuesday I feature a different travel site, so being the last tuesday of the year what a good time to review the featured travel sites of 2008.

Featured Travel Sites of 2008

---- Christmas Markets of Europe ----

The Christmas market tradition began in Germany and Austria but markets can be found all over Europe.

Marienplatz Christmas Market - Munich

Christmas Markets of Europe

---- Dragon Slaying Angel - Munich ----

Angel Marienplatz - Munich

Dragon Slaying Angel - Munich

Featured Travel Sites

---- First Christmas Tree ----

History of the Christmas Tree indicates that the home of the first Christmas tree was in Riga Latvia in the year 1510.
firstchristmastree.com

---- Famous Locations ----

If you are planning a movie related pilgrimage, or if you are just curious as to where film scenes are shot, then with this site you can find 1000's of Famous Locations across the world.
famouslocations.com

---- Departure 2093 ----

Finnair have set up Departure 2093 as a forum to envision and discuss what flying might be in 85 years time.
departure2093.com

---- Wi-Fi-FreeSpot ----

The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory is a listing of locations that offer Free Wi-Fi. It lists State-by-State US sites as well as international locations.
wififreespot.com

November 2008 Newsletter

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---- Banksy in London ----

Banksy pieces can be found all over London so if you want to do a tour of his work you will need a travel pass and an up to date map on where the pieces are.

Cherub with a bullet proof vest

Banksy in London

---- Skyscrapers of Shanghai ----

Shanghai is one of the largest cities on the world, and it has a skyline to match the population. If the smog ever clears you would have a view of nothing but tall buildings everywhere you looked.

Shanghai has two distinct areas: Puxi and Pudong. Puxi is the old city west of the Huangpu River, while Pudong is the new city east of the river.

Pudong Night Skyline

Skyscrapers of Shanghai

Featured Travel Sites

---- Blunity ----

Blunity is a social networking site where you can communicate with and meet people who travel with Air France and KLM. A similar concept to a website I have featured previously, Flight Club.

bluenity.com

---- Sacred Sites ----

Sacred sites lists the world's sacred sites and pilgrimage places from every region and religion. Includes photos, maps and explanations of the sacred places.

sacredsites.com

---- OurExplorer ----

OurExplorer allows you to book user rated professional tour guides from all over the world. If you know your home town well and have a passion for sharing it with visitors then you can register to be a tour guide as well.

ourexplorer.com

---- Melbourne Cup ----

Every four years on the first Tuesday in November the world stops to watch America as it goes to the polls to elect a President. Meanwhile every year on the first Tuesday in November Australia stops and watches a horse race.

The Melbourne Cup has been run since 1861 and it is known as the race that stops a nation. The day is a public holiday in the State of Victoria, which must be the only place in the world that has a day off for a horse race.

The genius of the schedulers who first put the race on a Tuesday means that many Victorians take the Monday off as well, making it a 4 day long weekend holiday.

melbournecup.com

October 2008 Newsletter

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---- Qantas A380 Inaugural Flight - Melbourne to Los Angeles ----

Qantas has launched its first service using the Airbus A380, flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles.

Qantas A380 Melbourne Airport

Qantas A380 Inaugural Flight - Melbourne to Los Angeles

Featured Travel Sites

---- The Bathroom Diaries ----

The Bathroom Diaries is the world's largest database of restroom locations. It rates over 12,000 public bathrooms in more than 120 countries. Handy for finding public toilet locations when you are on the road.

thebathroomdiaries.com

---- ComeBackAlive.com ----

ComeBackAlive.com, by Robert Young Pelton, is a website where professionals, adventurers, travelers and those who work and travel in high-risk areas can keep abreast of the latest information and safety tips.

comebackalive.com

---- The Degree Confluence Project ----

A project which aims to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.

confluence.org

September 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:25:00 +0000

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---- 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.org

---- 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

August 2008 Newsletter

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---- Travel Photo Gallery: London - England ----

Location: London - England
Photo: London Eye Capsules

London Eye Capsules

Travel Photo Gallery: London - England

---- Is it time to end La Tomatina? ----

La Tomatina is the giant tomato fight held in the town of Buñol in Spain on the last Wednesday of every August. It has become an immensely popular event, but is it appropriate to continue a food fight festival while in some countries food shortages and prices have produced food riots?

Is it time to end La Tomatina?

Featured Travel Sites

---- BookCrossing ----

BookCrossing is book swapping with a twist. The general idea is that you register (free) and then once you are done reading a book register it at the website, write down the URL and the allocated ID number inside the cover, and then give them away or leave them where someone will find them.

This is a great outlet to share with the world your favourite books and you get to track where they go, for the life of the book. Hopefully you will end up with a collection of well travelled books.

bookcrossing.com

---- Beijing 2008 ----

Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Contains fact sheets, athlete profiles, cultural information, and news.

en.beijing2008.cn

July 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:52:00 +0000

Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site in July.

James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Publish your own travel magazine ----

Are you a budding media mogul with designs on becoming the next Rupert Murdoch? Or maybe you would like to exact revenge on all those travel magazines that have rejected your travel articles? Whatever the case you can now publish your own travel magazine, and it will cost you nothing!

Publish your own travel magazine

Featured Travel Sites

---- Unclaimed Baggage ----

This store in the U.S sells unclaimed baggage. Over one million items pass through the store annually. Items include clothing, cameras, electronics, sporting goods, jewellery, books and, yes, luggage.

www.unclaimedbaggage.com

---- I Found Your Camera ----

I Found Your Camera is a site where you can upload photos from found cameras, hopefully reuniting the camera with its owner.

www.ifoundyourcamera.net

---- Bed Jump ----

The urge to jump up and down on hotel beds is universal it seems. Some say a holiday hasn't truly begun until you arrive to your hotel room, plonk your bags down, then take a running jump to your bed.

BedJump.com by hotelsbycity.net is where jumpers can send photos of themselves jumping on hotel beds.

BedJump.com

June 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:31:00 +0000

Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site in June.

James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Iceland as a Transatlantic Stopover ----

Most people may never consider visiting Iceland as it is seemingly so out of the way. What many people may not know though is that it's possible to visit Iceland as a stopover trip if you are flying between North America and Europe.

Iceland as a Transatlantic Stopover

---- Travel the world as a spy ----

If you are looking for a job where you are paid to travel the world, then perhaps a job as a spy is for you.

Here is a compilation of secret service departments around the world and how to go about getting a job as an international man (or woman) of mystery.

Travel the world as a spy

Featured Travel Sites

---- She Went Of Her Own Accord ----

If you like cheesy pun making, then you'll love She Went Of Her Own Accord. The site revolves around making a pun around a place name, eg:

My wife's gone to the Caribbean.

Jamaica?

No, she went of her own accord.

You can contribute by adding your own joke. I have added one for Dubai:

shewentofherownaccord.com

May 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:42:00 +0000

Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site in May.

James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- OpenSkies is open for business ----

OpenSkies is a subsidiary airline of British Airways that has been set up to take advantage of the Open Skies agreement between the US and Europe.

OpenSkies is open for business

---- The Tomb of Sir Richard Burton ----

In the leafy suburbs of Southwest London is a small parish church cemetery that has one of London's most remarkable tombs. The tomb is of Sir Richard Burton and his wife Isabel.

Burton Mausoleum - St Mary Magdalens Mortlake

The Tomb of Sir Richard Burton

---- European Bus Passes ----

A Eurail or Interrail pass is often the first thought when it comes to getting around Europe with a travel pass. While a bus pass may not get you to as many places as the train, it's a far more economical option and thus a worthy consideration with the current value of the Euro.

European Bus Passes

Featured Travel Sites

---- Fancamp Vienna 2008 ----

Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland kicks off on June 7. While our English friends could care less this year (England failed to qualify), it's a good time to be visiting Europe as there is always a party atmosphere on game days.

If you are planning a last minute trip to Vienna, accommodation will be hard to find. Fancamp Vienna has been set up to accommodate the influx of visitors expected.

There are 3000 beds available in Vienna at "an excellent price".

fancamp.eu

---- One Bag ----

A guide to packing light. Travel with one bag (a carry on bag) and save time and hassle of checking in luggage.

onebag.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. The site currently supports calculations for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco and Toronto.

worldtaximeter.com

April 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:39:00 +0000

Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site this month.

James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Travel Blog - Notes from the Editor

---- Singapore Airport Budget Terminal ----

Singapore Changi Airport is world renown for its award winning facilities. It is the home of Singapore Airlines and it is a major air travel hub of Asia.

Budget airlines though are not interested in such facilities that add to the cost of a cheap flight. To cater for the low cost airlines of Asia that might not otherwise consider Changi's gold plated airport, Singapore Airport opened a budget terminal in March 2006 to accommodate budget airlines.

Singapore Airport Budget Terminal

Singapore Airport Budget Terminal

---- Pink Dolphins of Sentosa Island ----

A popular attraction of Sentosa Island is the Dolphin Lagoon, home of Sentosa's Pink Dolphins. These dolphins start off life grey then become pink as they mature.

A Pink Dolphin becoming pink

Pink Dolphins of Sentosa Island

---- Tiger Airways Terminal - Melbourne Airport ----

Tiger Airways Australia has its home base at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. A budget airline like Tiger would seemingly be more suitable for Melbourne's other airport, Avalon, which is operating as a secondary low cost airport on the European model. Tiger have their own budget terminal at Tullamarine (terminal 4), separate from the main 3 terminals.

Tiger Airways Arrivals - Melbourne Airport

Tiger Airways Terminal - Melbourne Airport

---- Multi leg flights and low cost airlines ----

The typical low cost airline operates on a point-to-point basis. Costs are kept down as there are no bags to check through to another flight, and no waiting for connections due to delayed flights.
Multi leg flights and low cost airlines

Featured Travel Sites

---- AltFrankfurt.com ----

AltFrankfurt.com is an electronic picture book, a "Golden Book" of images of the beautiful Old City of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, once Europe's largest preserved medieval city.

altfrankfurt.com

---- BoltBus ----

BoltBus is a low cost bus service operating in Northeast USA. Book early enough and you can get a ticket for 1 dollar. Destinations currently served are New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston.

boltbus.com

---- Live Air Traffic Control ----

LiveATC.Net provides live air traffic control (ATC) broadcasts from air traffic control towers and radar facilities around the world.

liveatc.net

---- V Australia ----

V Australia is the new airline broght to you by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. It will initially fly from Sydney to Los Angeles from December 2008. It is the first new airline to take advantage of the open skies deal between the United States and Australia. Previously only Qantas and United were allowed to operate between the two countries.

vaustralia.com.au

March 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Welcome to the itravelnet.com monthly newsletter - a summary of what's been happening on the site this month.

James Clark - editor itravelnet.com

Notes from the Editor

---- Long Neck Women - Chiang Mai ----

The long neck women are from Burma/Myanmar but many live as refugees in Thailand. The long neck women are known as Padaung, a sub-group of the Karen tribe.

Long Neck Woman

Long Neck Women

---- Koh Samui Airport ----

Samui Airport (USM) is the airport of Koh Samui, serving domestic and international destinations. Samui Airport is a privately owned airport, built and owned by Bangkok Airways.

Koh Samui Airport

Koh Samui Airport

Featured Travel Site

---- Heathrow Terminal 5 ----

After much hype and publicity, Heathrow Terminal 5 opens this on March 27 for the flying public. British Airways is the sole tenant of the massive new terminal which took six years to build and cost £4.3bn.

terminal5.ba.com

---- TripAdvisor's 2008 top 10 Dirtiest Hotels ----

TripAdvisor has compiled a list of the dirtiest hotels in the US and UK, as chosen by their members.

tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels

---- St. Patrick's Festival ----

On the 17th of March every year it is not uncommon to see people with green hair staggering around with a green beer in their hand. Yes, St. Patrick's Day is coming. Irish descendants and expats put on their own celebrations but the biggest party of course is in Ireland.

St. Patrick's Festival is Ireland's official celebration for Ireland's national holiday - St. Patrick's Day.

stpatricksfestival.ie

---- JohnnyJet.com ----

JohnnyJet.com is a weekly travel newsletter/directory that has been online since 2000, which in internet years is a long time.

The weekly newsletter features the travels of Johnny Jet, AKA John DiScala. This guy flies alot, and he is still as passionate about flying as when he started out.

johnnyjet.com

February 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:25:00 +0000

Featured Travel Sites

---- Sleeping in Airports ----

If you are really on a tight travel budget or have a flight that leaves at a ridiculous hour in the morning sleeping at the airport might be a better option than paying for accommodation.

Sleeping in Airports was put together by Canadian Donna McSherry in 1996 and now has over 5000 reviews of airports that readers have slept (or tried to sleep) in.

Reviews including the best and worst around the world. Tips for sleeping comfortably and safely while grounded, articles, news and other strange places to sleep.
sleepinginairports.net

---- Megabus.com ----

Megabus.com offer bus and train fares (megatrain.com)in the UK for prices from one pound and up. Given how expensive travel around the UK can be, this is a great deal if you can plan trips in advance. They have also launched a bus site for US travel as well.
megabus.com

---- Unusual Hotels of the World ----

Unusual Hotels of the World list some truly unique hotels. From underground hotels, undersea lodges to tree houses and igloos.
unusualhotelsoftheworld.com

---- Escape Artist ----

Huge resource directory on living overseas and long term travel advice.
escapeartist.com

January 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (itravelnet) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:09:00 +0000

Notes from the Editor

---- The World's Best Airport Names ----

Nepal have announced plans to name an airport after Sir Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay. Lukla airport will become Tenzing-Hillary airport.

It is a common tradition worldwide to name an airport after a local hero. Here is a list of some of the best airport names in the world.

The World's Best Airport Names

---- When can you say you've been to a country? ----

Can you say you have been to a country if you only spent a few hours in one of its cities? Changing planes at international airports doesn't count (of course), but what about a weekend or day trip to one place? Technically you can, but do you?

When can you say you've been to a country?

Featured Travel Site

---- Postcrossing - The Postcard Exchange Project ----

Postcrossing is a project that invites people to exchange postcards (real paper ones, not electronic) from random places in the world. If you send a postcard, you'll receive at least one back, from a random postcrosser somewhere in the world. It is free to participate.

Postcrossing.com