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Love the layover: elevator ride in Paris

03/17/09

If I had a one-day layover in Paris, I’d probably spend a few hours at the Musée du Louvre and then head to the Eiffel Tower for an elevator ride to the top. Or I might just save my euros and visit the new Radisson Blu Le Dokhan’s Hotel, Paris Trocadéro and spend some time →

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Tips for travel tightwads: book the “flagpole” room

01/30/09

One summer, when my travel budget was really tight, I took my mother with me on my work-related road trips. Not because she was great company, but because with her in tow I could get a senior discount on motel rooms. As you can imagine, there were some serious downsides to that scheme, but at →

Want a quiet hotel room? Try an airport hotel.

12/12/08

(Image from column courtesy John Brecher / msnbc.com) What’s the use of battling the crowds at the airport and on the airplane if you end up checking into a hotel where the hallways are noisy and the walls are so thin that it sounds as if the guests next door are having that private conservation →

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Greetings from Portland International Airport

09/16/08

I got a chance to visit Oregon’s Portland International Airport yesterday and ventured just beyond it to be on hand for the opening ceremony at the new aloft Portland Airport at Cascade Station. aloft is Starwood Hotels’ new uber-hip, high-tech line of hotels. This one has a cool bar complete with weekend DJs, loaner bikes →

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Airport sleepover: 747 plane to become Jumbo Hostel

09/03/08

Move over Yotel. According to this Wired Autopia report by Dave Demerjian, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport will soon welcome the Jumbo Hostel – a 25-room hotel located inside a decommissioned 747 and parked just outside airport property. If it’s true, I’m making my reservation now. (Courtesy: Jumbo Hostel) According to the Jumbo Hostel Web site, travelers →

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