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We arrived in Krakow, Poland on Christmas Day after a 6.5 hour drive across Slovakia, portions of which were across narrow icy mountain roads in a snowstorm sitting on the top level of a double decker bus. Thankful I wasn’t driving. The bus was probably filled with Catholics praying their way for our safe arrival.…
Vienna is consistently ranked at or near the top of world cities for quality of life. Three of the primary reasons are low cost of housing, extensive public transportation services and safety. The low cost of housing was the aspect I was not aware of until a conversation in a small pub with locals indicated…
A sum total of probably less than eight hours outside walking the neighborhoods over three days I spent in Auckland does not give much depth to city experience. Auckland is big and spread out across a hilly and island landscape. I basically saw about 5 miles of streets with their homes, businesses, civic center gathering…
My Loyalty Traveler blog niche and the focus of a large proportion of my articles is how to travel comfortably well on an economy class budget. Credit cards are a part of my hotel strategy, but I have never had an airlines branded reward card. My focus is primarily buying low cost airline tickets to…
My first night in Slovakia after arriving from London Luton Airport on Wizz Air to Košice International Airport, Slovakia was spent at DoubleTree by Hilton Košice, Slovakia. This was a hotel night I booked for 64.70 EUR on an advance purchase nonrefundable rate feeling with 99% certainty that I would get a best rate guarantee…
Slovakia is a country where hiking is part of the national culture with a well developed network of marked and maintained trails across the country. The High Tatras of northern Slovakia are the smallest region of alpine peaks in Europe and a year round resort area. Next to Bratislava, this area of Slovakia receives the…
Hotel prices were relatively expensive for the weekdays I planned to be in the city of Salzburg with many properties at $150 USD and higher. After evaluating my options, I chose to book a Wyndham Rewards GoFast reward stay at Ramada Salzburg City Centre for 3,000 points + 52 EUR per night. The lowest published…
Bratislava on the Danube River is the capital city and largest city in Slovakia at 450,000 residents. The location is unique for a capital city with its location on the borders of both Austria and Hungary. Bratislava has a growing tourism market attracting tourists from western Europe for its low cost of living. Efforts made…
Often, one of the big expenses of travel in Europe is the cost of ground transportation to get from place to place during a trip. Slovakia surprised me by how little it cost to move around the country by trains and buses. The price of city trams and buses was cheap in Bratislava and Kosice,…
Often, one of the big expenses of travel in Europe is the cost of ground transportation to get from place to place during a trip. Slovakia surprised me by how little it cost to move around the country by trains and buses. The price of city trams and buses was cheap in Bratislava and Kosice,…
