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Entries Tagged as 'Travel Facts'

Yowtrip.com and CouchSurfing.com – best ways to travel from the perspective of locals

March 20th, 2008 by Kevin · 1 Comment

Touring a city like the locals is difficult often unattainable. Thanks to Yowtrip and CouchSurfing, this challenge has a partial solution.
Travelers bond easily and there’s an automatic built-in trust and credibility when meeting with fellow travelers during our travels. It’s like forming an instant clan, an instant friendship especially when the travelers are both new […]

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Tags: Travel Facts · Travel Philosophy · Travel Tips · Useful Travel Sites

Farecast and Kayak - BKM (Best Known Methods) of booking travel online

March 18th, 2008 by Kevin · No Comments

It’s been a while since I blogged about my travel. I’ve been swamped with some life transitions… for the better I hope.
Recently, I’ve been helping with several friends and relatives with their travel hunt. I thought I share the rules of thumb and steps to follow here:

Don’t keep querying the […]

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Why is Travel an Interesting Industry ?

September 11th, 2007 by Kevin · No Comments

Why is travel an interesting industry to learn about? Well, first to state the obvious - it is about Fun and Generating Memories. Ask anyone a hypothetical question around you
If you have all the money and time in this world, what would you do?
The answer you are most likely to get it “Travel” without much […]

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Tags: Travel Commoditization · Travel Facts · Travel Industry Size · Travel Philosophy · Travel Trends