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Paul Bowles’ 1949 novel and Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1991 film The Sheltering Sky came to mind as I considered clicking the purchase button for airline tickets to Amsterdam in June. The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to Algeria, accompanied by their friend Tunner. Tunner:…
Yesterday I purchased six airline tickets in 30 minutes, spending $1,055 and 25,000 miles for trips to Amsterdam, Krakow, Poland and Copenhagen. These are all places I frequent regularly. No reason to mess with a good thing. Amsterdam Light Show is a visual winter treat on the canals. Might even take a canal boat ride…
Multi-city ticketing is not the kind of airline ticketing I typically search. The main reason is the only way to really check multi-city pricing is picking and choosing the exact dates. I search round trip and one way ticket prices daily for many places around the world. Most of my travel is arbitrary to coincide…
After a 23-day trip to Europe this past month, my attention has turned to figuring out December holidays travel plans. I am making preliminary assessments of where I will go in December and where I want to spend New Year’s Eve. So far, Amsterdam, Krakow, Riga and Tallinn have been on my radar as leading…
What a long relaxing trip it has been in Europe after my laptop stopped recharging power on day four of a 23 day summer trip. With only my iPhone as a social media device and camera, I decided after 11 years of relatively continuous blogging effort on Loyalty Traveler to take advantage of my situation…
One of the areas of North America I have always wanted to dedicate some time to travel around are the Great Lakes. Yesterday I came up with the idea of a Great Lakes road trip to focus on circumnavigating all five Great Lakes: Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Turns…
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish high school student from Stockholm has become the activist voice for millions of young people and launched a climate change revolution with her school strike for climate campaign over the past year. In recent weeks she traveled around Europe by train to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican and British…
My wife is an elementary school teacher in a traditional school calendar meaning her two biggest work breaks in the year are summer vacation and the Christmas-New Year holiday break. While she gets nearly 12 weeks of vacation period, her biggest blocks of time available for international travel, mid-June and July and the Christmas-New Year…
For the budget traveler, the cost for a trip to Europe varies widely depending on where you go. Miles and points can significantly reduce the cost of your travel without needing to fly Norwegian economy class or stay in hostels. Still, there is a wide range in cost for food, drink, transportation, shopping and entertainment…
Peak season for airline ticket prices between California airports to Europe is mid-June to early August. If you can travel to Europe starting in the last week of July and first week of August, then you have the dual benefit of cheaper airfare and summer weather. Fare differences between June, July and August are illustrated…
