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In June I wrote about a Club Carlson offer for 20,000 bonus points for a two-night stay from Thursday to Sunday at participating hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa. With my travel plans taking me to Scandinavia, I did not even bother checking rates around Norway for a Club Carlson Europe weekend 20,000 points…
by Ric Garrido
Airbnb published a CleanTech Group study on its website yesterday – A greener way to travel: the environmental impacts of home sharing. The study finds using Airbnb promotes more efficient use of existing resources and is an environmentally sustainable way to travel. The conclusion is home sharing makes Airbnb greener travel than hotel stays. The…
Lucky of One Mile at a Time wrote something in his blog post yesterday that touched on a topic that I have been thinking about this week as I plan travel for Norway next month. There are so many Choices to choose from in Norway and Sweden. While not directly based on advertising, branding has…
There are 22 Choice brand hotels in the vicinity of Oslo, Norway. The Thief, Oslo’s top ranked hotel on TripAdvisor.com, is a member of Ascend Collection and 20,000 Choice Privileges points per night. I checked periodically over the past couple weeks and I do not see any reward nights for The Thief during my trip…
Yesterday’s post on Norwegian Air under $500 USA to Scandinavia fares had a glaring omission on the real cost of travel with this low cost carrier for travel between the USA and Europe. Passengers need to pay the $89 checked bag fee each way if you desire an assigned seat, one checked bag and food…
In about 45 days I will be arriving in Oslo, Norway on United flight UA38. My arrival and my flight departure from Oslo 13 days after arrival are the only confirmed portions of my two week trip. Time to start Norway trip planning and put in place some Choice Privileges and Club Carlson hotel nights…
by Ric Garrido
Looks like airfare dropped by $50 from $625 last week on several Delta/KLM routes to Norway for April and May 2014 travel. Bergen (BGO), Stavanger (SVG), Kristiansand (KRS) and Alesund are four smaller Norwegian airports with rates at $571 and lower than Oslo. Sunday, April 27 – Wednesday May 7 $571 SFO-KRS KLM roundtrip $571 SFO-BGO…
Delta and Skyteam partners have low airfare for roundtrip flights to Norway fjord country and other airports around Sweden and Denmark for departures by May 15 or after August 24. Lowest fares are for Monday-Thursday departures. Here are sample fares found today: San Francisco All these flights are KLM operated flights via Amsterdam. The following…
Forget Barrow, Alaska and Hammerfest, Norway or Tiksi, Russia. Take a look at any list of the world’s northernmost towns and Longyearbyen, Norway comes in at #1 by several hundred miles. Longyearbyen sits at latitude 78° 12′ North, only 819 miles distance to the North Pole. Barrow is 1,298 miles and Hammerfest is 1,342 miles…
U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways returns May 19-June 20, 2014. A preview of 2014 offers will post May 12, 2014. Daily Getaways are daily travel package offers where one travel company is featured each weekday (Mon-Fri)for a flash sale. Hotel loyalty points, airline discounts, car rental discounts and Las Vegas packages are common in the…
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