TIDBITS 4 $18.00 FLIGHTS
This tidbit is 4 $ 18.00 flights
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Have a great and wonderful trip
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 TRIPS
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TIDBITS 4 ST JOHN’S CASTLE
This tidbit is about St John’s Castle in Limerick Ireland. This is a 13th century castle, There are 800 years of medieval history brought to life in this exhibition. There are excavated pre-Norman houses, fortifications, siege mines and the battlement walks. Found this a very interesting site to visit very different from the castles of royalty. The town of Limerick can be reached very easily from Shannon airport, Ennis, and is about a 3 hour drive from Dublin
Had a safe adventure
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 KAYAK TRAVEL SEARCH
This tidbit is 4 Kayak travel search site, I have found that Kayak is really one of the best travel search sites and now they are offering even more information.
Travel comparison site Kayak just opened access to its search data. Best known for aggregating travel deals on roundtrip flights, hotels and rental cars, Kayak is now offering the public a peek under the hood. The company is laying bare its most popular destinations and searches via a new trends page. The site offers users a look at what people are searching for, where they’re searching from and the most searched hotels in the company’s top 50 most popular cities. With the travel industry slowly recovering from what has been a tough two years, this data can go a long way towards reinvigorating businesses.
In addition to the most popular searches and destinations, Kayak is also offering users a look at the Kayak Travel Index. The data from the Index tells users how much the average traveler is willing to spend to visit a particular destination. While economic stability would affect many of these trends, short spikes are often more likely related to peak season rates and seasonal factors. For example, in mid July travelers were willing to pay 25% more for a trip to Seattle, but since then as the weather cools so does the willingness to spend. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Travel Index shows a completely different set of travel spikes.
With information from 404 travel sites including Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz, and information on more than 150,000 hotels, Kayak trends offers a great snapshot into the demographics of a destination’s most frequent visitors.
Says CTO Paul English, “People have conducted hundreds of millions of travel searches on KAYAK in the past year, generating a tremendous amount of data on travel demand trends. We’re happy to make this information available to the travel press and to the general public.”
Happy and safe holiday travel
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 CRUISE TRAVEL TIPS
This Tidbit is 4 tips for when you travel. Some of theses tips are for Cruises, but no matter how you are travelling these tips will be helpful.
- Once your major wardrobe selections are complete and the suitcases are ready, devise a streamlined packing strategy. Here are some suggestions:
- Make a packing list. Assemble everything on the list before starting to pack, and check items off when they’re folded and placed in the suitcase. You can find a packing list in the ”pages” column that you can modify so it works for you, then you can print it.
- “Just in case” is never the case. Resist the urge to toss items that you are almost positive you won’t need.
- Zipper-top storage bags—a packer’s best friend. Undergarments and knits take only a third of the suitcase space they normally occupy when they’re compressed in these bags. They also work well if you need to pack wet items.
- Go mini. Plan ahead and shop for sample containers of favorite toiletries. You can usually find the 100ml (3 oz) bottles at the dollar store. Please make sure if you are flying all liquids in your carry on must fit into a quart Ziplock baggie.
- Guarantee a smooth sailing. To help keep garments wrinkle-free, leave them on their hangers, cover them with dry-cleaning bags, and fold over once before placing them in the suitcase.
- Use the facilities… If the ship has self-service laundry facilities you can pack lighter and wash clothes midway through the cruise.
- …but remember life is short. Use the ship’s laundry service instead. It’s pricier, but who wants to spend valuable cruise time washing clothes?
- Share space. Cross-pack your luggage with your travel companion. Chances are if a suitcase is missing, it’ll turn up eventually. In the meantime, you’ll both have fresh clothing
Making Dining Arrangements on a cruise
Cruise lines understand that strict schedules do not satisfy the desires of all modern cruise passengers. Many cruise lines now include alternatives to the set schedules in the dining room, including open dining room seating, casual buffets, and specialty à la carte restaurants.
However, when you’re sailing on a traditional cruise with assigned dinner seating, your seating selection can set the tone for your entire trip. Which is best? Early dinner seating is generally scheduled between 6 and 6:30 pm, while late seating can begin from 8:15 to 8:45 pm. The best seating depends on you, your lifestyle, and your personal preferences.
Choose early seating if:
- You have small children accustomed to an early meal and bedtime
- You retire earlier in the evening and are an early riser
- You do not want to experience that full feeling at bedtime
- You want to attend the early shows, enjoy the casino and other activities, and take in the midnight buffet
Choose late seating if:
- You’re a night owl and do not mind finishing dinner after 10 pm
- Your itinerary is port-intensive and you don’t want to rush to get ready for dinner after a day of touring
- You like to sleep late in the morning or indulge in a late-afternoon nap
- You enjoy leisurely dining and linger over coffee at the end of the meal
Other factors to consider:
- Families and groups lean toward early seating, particularly when several generations are traveling together and ages vary widely.
- Older passengers tend to select early seating.
- Americans are more apt to select early seating than European and South American cruisers, who are accustomed to later meal times.
- Early seating diners are encouraged not to linger over dessert and coffee since the dining room has to be readied for late seating.
- Late seating is viewed by some passengers as more romantic and less rushed.
Have a safe and wonderful cruise
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 WINTER GET AWAYS
This Tidbit is 4 making get away plans before the start of winter. This week, Travelzoo.com, a travel deals publisher, is featuring Fort Lauderdale as its Destination of the Week, with discounts on airfare, hotels and activities. Here’s how to turn those deals into an affordable long weekend.
To get there from the West Coast, take advantage of Virgin America’s new nonstop servicefrom San Francisco, Seattle, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas, which starts Nov. 18. One-way flights start at $99 through Feb. 10. Book by Nov. 30.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts is offering discounts at three of its Fort Lauderdale hotels, including the Westin Beach Resort for $109 a night (normally $169). Book by Dec. 5 for stays through Dec. 17. There is a three-night minimum.
For a really cheap vacation, the Hollywood Beach Hotel & Hostel has beds for $15 a night. Or splurge on a family room (sleeps six) starting at $99 a night.
With these discounts, it’s possible to book a weekend getaway for two in mid-December, flying out of Los Angeles with three nights at the Westin, for about $400 a person. Florida here we come!
Have a wondwerful adventure
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 THE CLIFFS OF MOHER
This Tidbit is just a quick slideshow of the Cliffs of Moher, what a beautiful place to visit!
TIDBITS 4 IRELAND UPDATE
This tidbit is 4 updating all, first I was trying to get ready to go to Ireland, second the best trip to Ireland, now I am playing catch up, hope to have pictures and stories soon.
Had a wonderful and fairly safe trip
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 BOOKS ON YOUR TRIP
This tidbit is 4 the most valuable items that I pack in my carry-on are books. I usually get mine at a second-hand book store for around $2.
- The reason they are so valuable is because they help occupy your time during a delay. We cannot control what is going to happen while traveling to your destination. While delays due to weather, mechanical problems, missed flights, or being unable to check-in at time of arrival, are not a common occurrence, the more you travel the more a delay can happen. Even at that ALWAYS sunny destination.
- Throw a good book in your bag, and although it won’t make the clock tick any faster it does act like a personal time machine. The 30 minute wait for the meeting to start, three hour wait for the next flight or the afternoon at the pool waiting for the rain to stop can become an enjoyable time. I won’t say you will look forward to it, but it won’t be near as bad.
- An added benefit is that if you see someone around waiting for that “next” flight, say one of our service members, who looks like they have nothing to do, you can offer your book to them and make their day a little better. Not bad for only $2!
- If while at the used book store you pick up a couple of children’s books for the younger ones, when that little one behind you starts kicking your seat you can offer him an alternative. The Dollar store also has toys, and games. Please remember to ask the parent first as we do not want to upset him more!
Travel safe and enjoy the ride!
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 ALL INCLUSIVE RESORTS
This tidbit is 4 another option for checking on the best prices on flights, hotels, car rentals. The link below is for all inclusive rates, you may find the best deal you can get is by combining flights, car and hotel.
- The link below will give you another option so that with a little research you can make sure that you are getting the very best price available.
- Cheap tickets has been around for a very long time. I would still find the best price and then call the actual provider to see if they will match or give you a lower price, or any of the other annoying inconveniences that come up periodically. You do not have to worry about paying too much or too little, the rate of exchange with different currency’s and such.
- Remember though if you do travel out of the USA most countries have a departure tax. Some countries will only accept cash, and may only accept their currency.
Have a wonderful and safe trip!
Jaye
TIDBITS 4 Hotel/CAR/AIRLINE REWARDS
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Hi everyone, Hope your day is going well.
Just a TIDBIT 4 you, If you are traveling and you have not signed up for the rewards programs YOU should!!!. Most of the programs are free!! Most do not expire and all of them treat you better if you are a member. So even if you travel very little this can be a perk for you for you. -
Check with the hotel, car, or airline but most if not all work together with the rewards. So by flying on Southwest, and staying at a hotel in Los Angeles, and renting a car that you have signed up for their rewards, the car and hotel may have given you enough points for another trip on Southwest, or have a free upgrade on a care rental.
- I have found that if I do this I can book an economy car, with my reward points I can have a full size for free.
- These rewards can usually be signed up for online at the websites of the companies you chosen to have rewards with.
Have a safe and wonderful trip!
Jaye
