Category Archives: Cool Tools
Cool Tools: SteriPen water purifier
Nothing can ruin a great trip to an exotic country than consuming some exotic bacteria and setting off what’s more euphemistically referred to as “Montezuma’s Revenge”. You can soak your hands in Purell all your want and run all your … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: Tripadvisor!
One of my favorite travel tools of all time (though taken with a grain of salt): TripAdvisor.com. I’ve been on there multiple times while researching several trips for people who wrote requesting help with travel planning. Talk about an open … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: The Bathroom Diaries
The Bathroom Diaries (www.thebathroomdiaries.com) is really more amusing than useful, because I don’t know if it will really be reliable when nature calls and you don’t have a phone or computer with you in whatever part of the world to … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: SpottedByLocals.com
If you’re sitting in your office, grimacing that you’re in the office, even though you might have spent the past week grimacing at home because you were hunkered down there during the blizzards (or maybe you were just grimacing in … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: AirFareWatchDog.com
Airlines and search engines enjoying sending lots of lists. They are good lists, of course: lists of the lowest airfares and hotels, lists of great vacation packages, that sort of stuff that budget and time-conscious travelers like myself enjoy receiving. … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: WhatsOnWhen
Some of the best reasons to travel somewhere is because of the happenings around town. For example – Jon and I planned our trip to the beautiful island UNESCO world heritage site of Visby, Sweden to coincide with the ridiculously … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: The Fab Map
You never want to stand out like a tourist when you are one, so you do as the Romans do – assume the posture, don’t wear the camera around the neck, remove the name badge, wear cool shoes, and you … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: XE.com, currency converter
If there’s a silver lining in this recession, it comes threefold: the cheaper cost of travel, the abundance of time for unemployed individuals to travel, and the value of the dollar against other currencies. The last time I was in … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: Gotobus.com and Busjunction.com
My niece has her own version of “The Wheels on the Bus” that she prefers to sing. For example, the “Ayi (me) on the bus goes ‘Hi Kiddo. Where is everybody? JON!!’” Apparently Ayi (which officially means “aunt on mother’s … Continue reading
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Cool Tools: EuroFlights.info for discount European airlines
One of the best highlights of living in Paris was its proximity to so many amazing European destinations that would otherwise cost us 10 days of vacation and $700+ if flying from the U.S. Of course, while the euro continued … Continue reading
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