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Baggage Blues: how to skip luggage fees

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Let’s be honest, no one likes paying up for checked (or carry-on) luggage. We just want to get to our destination! In the US alone, airlines racked up $1.7 billion in the first 6 months of 2012 in baggage fees. With a little effort, you can easily avoid the luggage fees. Here’s how. Continue reading »

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Wizz Air revises their carry-on luggage rules

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Low cost airlines seem to be hitting new lows as Wizz Air, a Hungarian low cost airline, considers the possibility of charging passengers for their carry-on luggage. They wouldn’t be the first in the world, but at least the first in Europe to do it. Continue reading »

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Tracking lost luggage… with your mobile!

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Is lost luggage a thing of the past? If you’ve ever worried about your bag missing a tight connection or just getting helplessly lost on a multiple-connections journey, don’t fret about it a minute longer. Soon you’ll be able to track your misplaced and helplessly lost baggage with your mobile phone! Continue reading »

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Could you travel with carry-on only?

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We’re travelling in a world of over-weight luggage fees (on top of check-in luggage fees), no frills airlines and the coolest travel gadgets. The only way to avoid paying extra fees it seems, is to travel solely with a carry-on, but is it even possible? Not only is it possible, cost-conscious travellers are doing it! Could you? Continue reading »

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Travel companions: how to keep the peace

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Halfway through the trip and you’re already about to pull your travel companion’s hair out. Frustrated and at the end of your rope, what do you do? Unless your travel partner is just as fed up with you as you are of them, you’re likely stuck together. Here are 10 tips for keeping the peace between travel partners. Continue reading »

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Avoid over-weight luggage fees… with a jacket!

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There are a lot of trendy travel gadgets, clothing and tools out there for making travelling easier. But what about something to beat  the system and avoid paying overweight luggage fees? There seems to be only one clever answer out there and it comes in the form of a jacket made by Scottevest. Continue reading »

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