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Add JetBlue as Your Facebook Friend; Win an All-You-Can-Jet Pass

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  • 12.15.09
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  • Libby Zay
December 15, 2009 Become a fan of JetBlue on Facebook, and you might find yourself with a free pass to fly around the country for a year. The airline's new "All-You-Can-Jet Fan Sweepstakes" is giving one lucky winner a pass for unlimited travel in 2010,
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The Do's and Don'ts of Finding a Great Deal

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  • 11.24.09
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How to Fly for Less

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  • 11.20.09
Traveling by plane this holiday season? Unfortunately, airfare is often the most expensive part of travel, especially these days, as airlines get more and more creative when it comes to extra fees.
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How to Haggle for Hotel Discounts

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  • 11.17.09
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  • Colleen Clark
You've done endless online searches. You tried to cash in your hotel loyalty points. You even bid on Priceline. But you still can't quite afford that great hotel room. Don't despair. With occupancy rates down more than 8 percent in 2009, hotels are more
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Want to Fly Privately But Can’t Afford It? Blue Star Jets’ CEO Tells You How

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  • 10.30.09
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  • Patrick Batu
October 30, 2009 The state of the airline industry is a mess. You have pilots who miss runways because they are preoccupied with playing on a laptop or arguing with one another. Then you have the rising cost of baggage fees that make you want to fly
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No Men Allowed in Pink Taxis

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  • 10.27.09
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  • By Libby Zay
October 26, 2009 A fleet of hot pink taxis are hitting the pavement in Mexico, and it's all in an effort to give women a safe ride home. The Associated Press reported on October 19 that 35 female-operated cabs are now patrolling the streets of the city
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Secrets to Successful Leaf-Peeping

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  • 10.07.09
Nobel Prize-winner Albert Camus observed, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." (Yes, even moody existentialists rhapsodize about the joys of fall foliage fireworks.) Branson Entertainer Yakov Smirnoff quips, "Missouri is the 'Show
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Top Tips for Healthy Travel

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  • 09.08.09
With the current concerns over the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) pandemic, it’s more important than ever for travelers to be proactive about staying well. Before heading overseas, visit your doctor for a checkup and then check the
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Tourist Traps That Are Worth It

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  • 09.03.09
Tourist traps are to travel as death and taxes are to life: irritating and inescapable. Unless you're making fresh tracks in Siberia, wherever you travel you're bound to find restaurants with cheesy themes or costumed wait staff, historical sites turned
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Don’t Get Stuck in a Dump! How to Determine if Reviews by “Real Travelers” Are Fake

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  • 09.03.09
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  • Carrie Nieman Culpepper
With more than 25 million travel reviews and opinions, TripAdvisor’s user-generated reviews are a potentially powerful trip-planning tool. At its best it’s full of honest advice from average people with real life concerns, observations and photographic
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