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We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Where to Find Travel Coupons

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Traveling is always a nice and enriching experience. And with all the great deals offered by airlines, cruise lines, restaurants as well as hotels and resorts to people today, there is every opportunity to be able to visit a new place you’ve only dreamed to reach in the past.

But as always, it pays to do your homework as not every deal is what it says it is. Oftentimes, you will have to read carefully and understand the fine print or you’ll end up paying more when you get to your destination.


Being fully aware of what’s happening among the most popular coupon sites is very important. A number of these social coupon sites that have been established in recent years include Groupon, LivingSocial, Daily Candy and Eversave. Some sites, however, have been widely criticized after failing to deliver what it offered to consumers. Many travelers complained about getting fake deals and being swindled of their hard-earned money.

A standard step that you need to take is to register on coupon sites such as the CheapSally.com coupons. It would be best to sign up for deals offered at your destination. Find out some fun activities (tours, rentals, etc.) that you can do there and if possible, sign up several weeks before your trip to get the best deals.

Be wary of the expiration and blackout dates. Most of these coupons have an expiration date while some special rates are not allowed on certain dates so better check that out ahead of time.
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Where to Stay in Key Largo

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The Florida keys are among the most visited areas in the southern part of the U.S. Key Largo is the largest among the islands measuring 48 kilometers long and is situated on the northernmost part. It is also known as the world’s diving capital owing to its so-called living coral reef.

Summer is a fun time to be in this great paradise island. The warm temperature and fantastic scenery are just some of the reasons why people in the U.S. and those from the different parts of the world come here whenever time permits.

Nature parks abound on this island and are recommended for adults and kids alike. One of them is the John Pennekamp coral reef protected park which features a museum and an aquarium. Other than the coral reefs, visitors can see up close and personal here the colorful marine creatures and various types of flora to include the orchids, gumbo, wild cotton, wild coffee and mahogany trees.
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Exquisite Hotels of the World with State-of-the-Art Lavish Bathrooms

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There are many people in the world who choose their hotels depending on the kinds of bathroom that the hotel has. There are many hotels in the world that claim themselves as star hotels but are quite poor in doing up the bathrooms in the hotel. But, nevertheless there are many lavish hotels in the world that have excellent bathrooms with the best of the facilities and amenities in them so that guests can enjoy a relaxing stay in the place.

Here are two top hotels of the world that offer the best accommodation facilities to guests with a lavish bathroom: [Read more…]

Are Budget Hotels Worth It?

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ibiseustonMy husband and I are probably the two most different people in the world. Anything one likes, the other one dislikes. Don’t ask me how we hooked up. Anyway, when it comes to traveling, I tend to look for the budget hotels. Naturally, he prefers the more luxurious ones. It’s a good thing that I always end up planning the whole trip, so I get my way.

This brings to mind a question that I hear a lot: are budget hotels worth it? On the one hand, as the name suggests, you do not have to spend an arm and a leg for your accommodations. More so, you don’t really get to stay in your room during your trip. On the other hand, you might not get the amenities that you want in a budget hotel. Worse, sometimes, you never know what you are going to get in a budget hotel.

Then again, I think that’s the beauty of it. If you are in for an adventure, then budget hotels should do the trick for you. For the most part, if you do your homework, you will not go wrong with a budget hotel. As I said earlier, you will not be staying in your room the whole time anyway. Why spend so much when you’re going to be out all day? And do you really need all those amenities? Think about it, going budget just might free up more cash to spend on trinkets and other activities that you might never get to do again!

So yes, budget hotels are SO worth it!

Banyan Tree Ringha’s Lost Horizon

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Like the Aman-junkies (devoted Aman resort followers who langorously troupe from one luxury Aman resort to another), Banyan-junkies are now flocking to the latest Banyan Tree hotel high up in the mountains of Yunnan, China which opened this month.

Amid a Tibetan-style atmosphere of meditative Buddhist temples, prayer flags and gorgeous mountain views, the hotel is located a gasping (literally) 10,500 feet above sea level in a beautiful part of Sothwestern China in between Tibet, Myanmar and China’s Sichuan province.

The rooms are massive and decorated rather somberly with dark woods and large splashes of Chinese red lacquer and quilted curtains teeming with Tibetan flavour. The smallest room of the hotel, the Tibetan suite sprawls at 2,200 square feet and all the other rooms of the hotel are likewise on two floors.

The bathrooms are equally grand and spa-like in size, with more lacquer and tubs so large that one guest reported that his actually took over an hour to fill. To be expected are the mod cons easily found in most top hotels and resorts these days – the dvd and cd players, satellite television and high-speed internet to perhaps keep up with your blogging away from home.

There are two restaurants and a tea house to choose from, serving Chinese, Tibetan and Western cuisine. Of course, you could also choose the in-room dining option which is served until late in your room or in the romantic privacy of your courtyard garden.

The reason why this resort is so special (and near the top of my list of hotels to visit) is not its opulent comforts, but in its location, location, location. For the Banyan Tree Ringha is set in what James Hilton so wonderfully described in one of my favourite novels, “Lost Horizon” – reportedly Shangri La itself.

And after a hard day’s trekking and exploring (by four-wheel-drive) with one of the hotel’s expert guides, you can then treat yourself to a gloriously exotic-sounding treatment at the resort spa – perhaps a rice wine bath followed by a black sesame scrub to prepare you for another day in the Himalayan paradise.