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		<title>Warning &#8230; American Express Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you traveling outside the United States and need foreign currency?  Beware!
We are traveling to three eastern European countries the 30th of June.  So, as I usually do, I exchanged/purchased foreign currency prior to our trip.  There are many benefits:

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		<title>InsideTrip &#8230; a new way to search for flights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a big fan of info-posts, but InsideTrip may be worthy.  This sight &#8230; still in beta &#8230; allows you to search for flights based on the criteria of speed, comfort, and ease.  Each category lets you further specify more criteria.  In other words, you get to search based on more than price, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=212&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lodging in Europe &#8230; the European way</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/lodging-in-europe-the-european-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a place to stay in Europe or anywhere can be a challenge, especially if you are making your own lodging arrangements, which we like to do.  But, one reason we have a challenge in finding a place to stay has to do with avoiding American chain hotels &#8230; not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=207&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling to Europe without breaking the bank</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/traveling-to-europe-without-breaking-the-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WalkinGates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer we are traveling to Europe and will be visiting three countries:  Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungry.  We are traveling while the dollar is very weak compared to the Euro &#8230; and most other currencies, but we are traveling anyway and intend to do so as if the dollar was strong.
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		<title>Europe 2008 &#8230; travel planning</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/europe-2008-travel-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many think that traveling to Europe or outside their home country is expensive ... and it is!  But, international travel is not prohibitively expensive.  Well, the most expensive component of most trips is actually getting there, that is, air travel cost.  So, I am going to talk about transportation in this post.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=204&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why don&#8217;t airlines make sense?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/why-dont-airlines-make-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, as in yesterday, I had to make airline reservations to Atlanta.  My reservations where under the 21 day rule for lower fares.  This I have no problem with.  Well, I have a little problems, because it cost so much more money!  But I can understand, well not really, but as travelers, we know that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=200&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Those interesting asterisks</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/those-interesting-asterisks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some reason, I get lots of email offering me inexpensive flights and travel packages.  These deals always look get; however, they almost always have an asterisks.  These asterisks always point you to a more complete explanation of the deal.  For instance, you have to fly out of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. or some other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=194&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STA &amp; G.A.P. &#8212; Travel for the young?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/sta-gap-travel-for-the-young/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I received my periodic STA (Student Travel) email with updates on travel deals and destinations.  STA [a Swiss found company] has an office at the University of Kentucky and provide travel arrangement for students &#8230; young students.  By the way, I am a full-time graduate student and a full-time employee and I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=193&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A case of big brother or a little help with your international travels?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/a-case-of-big-brother-or-a-little-help-with-your-international-travels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost time for me to start planning my summer holiday and every trip I debate whether or not I want help &#8230; from a travel agency and almost for every trip I research my destinations myself with a little help from Frommer&#8217;s and Expedia, and depending on the place, the United States Department of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=189&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When to use a travel agent?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/when-to-use-a-travel-agent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not or when to use a travel agency is one of those nagging considerations that I make as I plan or decide where I want to go.  To date, I have yet to use an agent, but there have been times when I wondered, should I have used an agent or not.
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