You can get to a remarkable variety of places and tourist attractions by way of plane, train, bus, and boat. Sometimes, though, the only way to veer off the beaten path and explore lesser-known destinations is to have your own set of wheels. Renting a car is relatively simple in the U.S. — aside from navigating all of the “extras”…
Some travelers prefer the control of driving themselves when they’re abroad rather than being constrained to public transportation schedules or paying for taxis. If you’re interested in driving yourself while abroad, you can’t just hop in a driver’s seat and go. First, you may not legally be allowed to drive there. Second, if you’re unfamiliar with the local driving laws…
Check out this infographic from CheapFlights.ca that shows how different taxi fares are at various destinations across the globe! From The Airport To The City: Taxi Fares Around The World [Infographic] by the team at Cheapflights Media (USA) Inc
If you have a license and drive frequently, you likely know the rules of the road by now, as well as what to expect. You know which areas are the most congested at certain times of the day, where you’re most likely to get cut off, or roads that are lined with pot holes. But when you’re in a foreign…
Uh oh. This will make your blood pressure rise. Or worse, force you to stay home and not travel this holiday season. The Wall Street Journal’s Scott McCartney reports that airfares this holiday season are up almost 10 percent from last year, and projected to keep rising in the weeks ahead. If you’re thinking of getting away this November and…
As you certainly know by now, The U.S. State Department issued global travel advisories due to terror threats in the Middle East, emanating from Yemen. The U.S. has closed down its embassies in multiple countries due to the threat, meaning that if you travel to Yemen or Pakistan and trouble erupts, there’s no embassy to run to right now. So…
The world was all aflutter this week with the news that the Royal Baby (caps required) was born. Prince George Alexander Louis, as you most surely know, is third in line to the English crown. Prince William and Kate are expected to soon be traveling with Baby George, and Meg Nesterov at Gadling offers advice for the royal couple –…
When you stop and look at the statistics, it becomes clear that it’s a big dangerous world out there. Particularly for international travelers when they take to the roadways. According to the Association for Safe Internal Road Travel (ASIRT), more than 3,200 people die in road crashes every day around the globe. That’s 1.3 million people a year. An additional…
This blog exists for the very simple reason that it is not easy to stay healthy when you’re traveling. On the road, we all have a hard time avoiding stress, getting enough sleep, eating properly and maintaining exercise routines. But this week at USA Today, Nancy Trejos offers up six tips for maintaining your health while traveling. Staying healthy is…
As Americans, we love to drive. The quintessential American scene is someone zooming down the Pacific Coast Highway with the top down – that’s freedom right there, baby. But the PCH is just one of the world’s great drives. There are plenty of spectacular vistas that are best viewed with your hands on the wheel and the wind in your…
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