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Budget Travelers Find Value in Off-site Airport Parking

September 8th, 2011 No comments

Budget Travelers Find Value in Off-site Airport Parking

Off-site airport parking lots have become lifesavers for both business travelers & vacationers alike. Although most major airports have increased the number of parking lots & available space, it can still be an ordeal finding an available spot. Circling the airport to find an open space when you have a plane to catch is very stressful.

Off-site airport parking lots are usually 1-2 miles from the airport itself. These facilities offer an airport shuttle that will take you from the parking center directly to the airport drop-off point on departure. On arrival, these same shuttles will return you directly to your car. Most even offer luggage assistance in addition to refreshments & complementary newspapers. Many of the lots offered covered parking, useful in winter months.

Privately run off-site airport parking facilities are often cheaper than airport-run long-term lots. Travelers can realize savings of 20% or more using the off-site parking garages. For instance, the standard parking rate at Cleveland Hopkins airport is per day. A nearby off-site airport parking facility offers a long term parking rate of per day and offers routine specials discounting the daily rate even further. And if you leave you car with these facilities for a set number of days, the price continues to fall. The San Diego Airport Parking Company offers a rate of .50 for a full week of parking. This is a savings of more than 30% from the weekly rate at the economy parking lot at San Diego International.

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The savings don’t stop there. Many airport parking lots have an online website where travelers can make reservations and take advantage of online coupons that offer special savings. Frequent flyers can join repeat customer programs to get additional savings and benefits.

Satellite parking lots have other advantages. These parking facilities are offering unique services to make them stand out. USAirport Parking in Denver offers oil changes & windshield repair that’s performed while you’re away. Many facilities are offering car wash & detailing, tire rotation, and other maintenance services.

Find out more about off-site airport parking.

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Egypt Budget Vacation By Air For 7 Nights With Nile Cruise

June 18th, 2011 No comments

Egypt Budget Vacation By Air For 7 Nights With Nile Cruise

Day 1: Welcome to Egypt! Egypt Travel Gate representative will meet you at Cairo International Airport. After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival at the hotel he will do your check in and give you detailed information concerning your upcoming trip. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Cairo City Sightseeing After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus & then to the oldest known monumental sculpture and the largest monolith statue in the world , the great Sphinx , and the Valley Temple , which was attributed to king Chefren and had been used for the mummification process .Then pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum where you can see the collection of Tutankhamen among other splendid pharaonic artifacts. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Combining fascinating history with shopping in a lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar , which dates back to 1382. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 3: Luxor / Nile Cruise Check out from hotel in the morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your 5 star Egypt Nile cruise to check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise.

Day 4: Sail to Edfu After breakfast on your Nile cruise, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC. Proceeding to the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch, you will sail to Edfu enjoying a leisurely dinner on board. Overnight on board Nile Cruise.

Day 5: Edfu / Kom Ombo Temples After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god.. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board you Luxury Nile Cruise.

Day 6: Aswan / Felucca rideAfter breakfast on Nile cruise, enjoy a day touring in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Sail and move around Elephantine Island by a local felucca boat. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise.

Day 7: Back to Cairo Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo where you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 8: Final departure Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.Inclusions• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle• Accommodation in Cairo for 3 nights basis B.B• Accommodation on 05 star Nile Cruise for 4 nights on full board basis• All sightseeing tours in Cairo privately with qualified Tour guide• Sightseeing tours during cruise joining Egyptologist Tour guide• A bottle of mineral water per trip in Cairo and Giza• Entrance fees to all sites as per itinerary• All service charges and taxes Exclusions• International Airfare• Egypt entry visa• Any optional tours if requested• Any personal expenses• Entrance fees to special archaeological sites• Gratuities Additional Information1- Prices are quoted in US Dollars based on a double occupancy, SGL Supp 210 USD2- You must have a valid passport at least 06 months3- Single supplement is applied for those coming with other & prefer single occupancy

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Tips on how to plan your Dream Honeymoon on a Shoestring Budget

April 30th, 2011 No comments

Tips on how to plan your Dream Honeymoon on a Shoestring Budget

Arranging a wedding can be awfully stressfull and leave you with little money to spend on your honeymoon. You honeymoon should be one of the most memorable trips of your life and you do not need to short change your experience because absence of funds. Read below on how to economize for your honeymoon so you may have the trip of your dreams.

1. Start with a Budget

The first step is to put together a budget of what you can realisitly spend on your honeymoon. Be precise with guess costs for hostels, food, activities and anything else you plan on doing.

2. Sacrifice

It may not be fun now but sacrificing now will enable you to have fun later. This can mean watching a DVD at home instead of going to the flicks. Cutting down on services or subscriptions ( cell phone, wire, facials, manicures, etc ). The little sacrifices add up quickly in your vacation fund.

3. Brown Bag it

Let’s face it, we all like to eat out. As good as it could be it does a job on our savings. The average couple spends 0 per month on eating out. That’s money that would easily be put into your honeymoon fund by eating out less or bringing a bag lunch to work. If you’ve got a tough time giving up eating use vouchers or check out local deals. ( buy one get one free dinners ).

4. EBay

a great way to start your new life together is out with the old and in with the new, why don’t you make money cleaning out your stuff. EBay has become the ultimate site to sell your possessions and earn cash. If you do not want to deal with the trouble of eBay there is always the old fashion way, a garage sale.

5. Reward Cards

Reward cards are a good way to let visa cards pay you back. In the months prior to your wedding, use a Visa card that amasses points ( most well-liked are cash or travel rewards ) for everything you can. It should not be tricky to quickly accumulate points with all your marriage expenses. Once the reward points have piled up you can cash them in for plane tickets, hotel rooms, gift certificates or cash.

What you simply learned about Honeymoons is just the beginning. To get more ideas, read stories, check out pictures and videos go to http://www.HoneymoonNation.com or check out my squidoo Honeymoon Nation.

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Jane Atkins is the creator of http://www.HoneymoonNation.com, the #1 site on the web for Honeymoon Ideas. Check out Honeymoon blogs forums, pictures,videos and more.

Secrets Of Numinbah Valley And Natural Bridge

July 8th, 2010 No comments

Concealed somewhere between the recognized areas of Springbrook, Beechmont and Binna Burra Plateau along with the world heritage listed Lamington National Park, lies the localities of Numinbah Valley and Natural Bridge. These locations are generally uncovered when taking a scenic circuit, which begins at Nerang and heads south on Route 97- The Nerang-Murwilliumbah Road.

Traveling through tall eucalypt forests, lining the shores of the Hinze Dam, lead you into the Numinbah Valley. Here located in lunch pastures between the mountains of Springbrook and Beechmont, beverages and a multi-colored gemstone display can be found at the Valley View Caf. Journeying a little further south, Numinbah Valley provides horse riding adventures for all functionality where riders will be able to meander along crystal creeks or to mountain lava caves. Yet again moving south through the bank of the volcanic caldera, lunch at the natural Arch Caf Restaurant introduces another wonder: the largest and yummiest hamburgers you are ever likely to eat!!

One more kilometer south, from the Natural Arch Caf, and you enter into the forgotten world of the Natural Bridge National Park. It is a simple walk through the park which will leave you awestruck by the stunning rainforest giants, wildlife and a perfect waterfall plunging through the geological phenomenon called the “Natural Bridge”.

Once dark the glow-worms in the cave glitter just like the stars of the Milky Way. When you go out of the Natural Bridge National Park and drive 3 Kilometres south you will come to the Queensland/New South Wales border the place you will view the extinct volcano of Mount Warning, its surrounding volcanic caldera, green valleys and crowding bluffs. Then you gradually descend down the flourishing and tranquil farmlands to the village of Chillingham, town of Murwillumbah and get back onto the Pacific Highway for your return trip.

Springbrook, surrounded by forest and National Park is famed for its Purlington Falls, English gardens, breathtaking pristine rainforest, abundant wild life, various wonderful lookouts and magic waterfalls. Springbrook Plateau is a fragment of the northern side of a once large volcano that was centered on Mt Warning. On the highest possible parts of Springbrook, stands of ancient Antarctic Beech trees survive. These trees may be more than 2000 years old and reveal that the temperature here was at one time much cooler.

Coming from Mudgeeraba appreciate a scenic 25 kilometre drive along Springbrook Road to Springbrook. At 900 metres above sea level Springbrook can be very cool, even in summer. The area is a haven for stunning and impressive birds and rare Australian wildlife. There are a lot of forest tracks and natures wonders to enjoy, however you will need to take some strong and comfortable shoes as there are more than 160 kilometres of graded walking track to cover if you want to see everything!

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B&B Guests Earn Rewards 10 Times Faster Than Leading Hotel Chain

March 26th, 2009 No comments

If you are looking to pile up free-night rewards from frequent stay programs when you travel, we’ve found that you can get more bang for your buck staying at a bed and breakfast. Here’s a little test we did:

Rewarded 10 Times Faster than at Marriott

Picking up the phone, we called Marriott Rewards with a standard request to earn a free stay. We asked about booking a $209-per-night room at the Marriott Suites, which would get us a total of 627 points per night. In order to compile enough points to get a free night at their lowest level, we would need 7,500 points. That means we would have to spend $2,500, staying about 11.9 nights in order to get that free night reward.

Now we’ll check how travelers can earn a free stay at B&Bs nationwide, in addition to a few other B&B-related values. Bed and breakfasts are hard to beat when it comes to unique lodging, hospitality and what you can get for your hard-earned dollar. If you are interested in making your money work better for you, take into consideration a couple of items:

Across the nation, more than 1,500 B&B inns will give guests a free second-night stay with the purchase of the first night. They do this for a simple reason. They want exposure for their property. The typical bed and breakfast doesn’t have the large advertising budget that a standard hotel does. So, they look to earn word-of-mouth exposure and added promotion through this popular program.

At iLoveInns.com, the site that runs this free-night program, travelers can save $140 on an average two-night stay. Think about the numbers above that we quoted from Marriott Rewards. How much more can you stretch your travel dollar than using it to spend 11.9 nights in order to get that free night?

Depending on the individual bed and breakfast or country inn, a traveler can save as much as $650. Plus, the buy-one-get-one promotion is an immediate reward.

You can save even more when you take into consideration your meal expense. The bed and breakfast, after all, comes with breakfast. But many inns also take it a step further an offer various free business services and such items as free drinks or snacks (and not with a mini-bar price).

Money and Memories Go Further with Bed and Breakfast Trips

Now that you know you can save more from a bed and breakfast, consider a typical inn and what it provides. For example, look at this California Bed and Breakfast, the Inn at Seventeen Mile drive located in the Monterey Peninsula.

Choose from rooms with views of the sea or garden in the main house of this three-building bed and breakfast. Or, enjoy the oak and redwoods in the chalet and cottage rooms. Unwind in the spa beneath the towering trees or the gardens whose guests also include the occasional deer and monarch butterfly. Maybe sip some champagne near the fountains and koi ponds. With the Buy-One-Night-Get-One-Night-Free program, guests will save anywhere from $145 to $290 at this lovely property.

Hard to beat an excellent experience and an excellent value. When you’re trying to decide how to find that next free-night perk, take a look at a property like that California bed and breakfast. The B&B free-night program is a superb travel value.

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