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This summer I am looking at traveling to cities in Poland and Czech Republic with no airline service. Over the past five years I have used Flixbus and Ecolines for travel across Central Europe and the Baltics where bus service is the fastest and often the cheapest way to travel between many cities in these regions.…
Winter in Europe was appealing travel for me when I flew San Francisco to Copenhagen, then visited Malmo, Sweden; Prague, Czech Republic; Wroclaw and Krakow, Poland; Stockholm, Sweden in January 2017. Sure, the weather can be bitterly cold, but some days can also be brilliantly clear skies for wonderful photo opportunities. The crowds might be…
Last month I stayed 20 hotel nights in Europe spread across several major chains. Choice Privileges: 5 Points Plus Cash reward nights = 30,000 points + $225 for Ascend Collection Skt. Petri Copenhagen and Clarion Prague City. Marriott Rewards: 2 reward nights = 15,000 points at Courtyard Pilsen, CZ. IHG Rewards Club: 3 reward nights…
This is a personal thoughts piece on how I plan travel. My travel itineraries are planned several moves and months ahead, yet I am still tweaking my hotel stays in Europe two weeks from now. Club Carlson’s Free Fridays promotion motivated me to shift some hotel nights around to Carlson properties for our July travel…
Two trips to Europe this summer meant planning an itinerary with over 30 hotel nights and six or more flights. The first trip is a little tougher to plan due to only holding a $150 one way ticket to Barcelona, Spain on the new Iberia Level route from Oakland in June. I found a return…
Hotel discount rates are available through the Park Plaza Winter Sale offering 30% off at 14 hotels in the United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. You must book before midnight January 31 for stays through April 13, 2017. Be aware these Winter Sale 30% off discounts are based on advance purchase nonrefundable rates. There are some…
As we were sitting in a pub in Bratislava, Slovakia two weeks ago drinking pints of beer for the big city price of 1.30€ per glass, Kelley sent out a tweet to her California winery drinking friends about the low price of wine at 1.50€/glass or 8€ per bottle in the pub . A quick…
A reader comment to my post on low United fares from EWR pointed me to Boston deals today. There is a major fare war between the alliances to cities all over western Europe with many places in the high $300s to low $400s. American $392 to Milan is one example. Lufthansa will fly you to…
TAP Portugal has had some of the lowest fares the past couple months for trips to cities all over western Europe. TAP Portugal has USA gateways in Miami MIA, Newark EWR, New York JFK and Boston. But these are not the only cities with great low fares to Europe. TAP Portugal partners with JetBlue for…
I am generally happy with any place I travel until the newness wears off. Weariness with a place is a function of how much I enjoy where I am traveling. In Stockholm, Sweden this summer, that infatuation lasted less than 48 hours. I think that was one of the few trips where I would have…
