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Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2009" started it with "850 trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead."
The fantasy travel flame has been fanned for foreign-travel wannabes who have been watching the dollar gain strength against the euro, and domestic dreamers who are encouraged by falling gas prices and deals, deals everywhere.
As 2009 opens, and we have a whole year to make a dream or two come true, here's a look at top Read the rest of this entry »

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Kangaroo Island - Sea lions, fur seals, kangaroos, wallabies,
koalas and 253 bird species make the island's diverse landscapes their
home. The island's farmers raise sheep with the finest wool, and run
cattle, while the grape growers complement the extraordinary cuisine
with fine wines. Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island's only world
class wilderness lodge, is the perfect way to experience Read the rest of this entry »

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Kangaroo Island - Sea lions, fur seals, kangaroos, wallabies,
koalas and 253 bird species make the island's diverse landscapes their
home. The island's farmers raise sheep with the finest wool, and run
cattle, while the grape growers complement the extraordinary cuisine
with fine wines. Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island's only world
class wilderness lodge, is the perfect way to experience Read the rest of this entry »

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When most people look into studying abroad, they tend to look in the same places. The majority of students who study abroad choose European destinations like England, Spain, France and Italy, while a small minority venture to Africa, Asia and Latin America, experts say.
But the State University of New York system offers almost 500 programs, and the variety of options — from archaeological digs in Turkey to biological research in Tanzania — Read the rest of this entry »

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"This is the perfect tool for travelers in the current economic climate,"says Sebastian Heinzel, tripwolf CEO. "With hotel price comparison right ontripwolf.com, travelers can still enjoy seeing the world."
"We are pleased to announce our API partnership with tripwolf. Through ourpartnership, tripwolf is taking travel social networking to the next levelby revolutionizing the way tripwolfers can research, plan and now find thebest available hotel Read the rest of this entry »

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tripwolf gives travelers the opportunity to create -- and print -- a
personalized travel guide for any destination. Travel information
found on tripwolf.com is compiled from the travel community's tips,
network friends, maps, destination "trip gurus" and MairDumont,
Europe's largest travel guide publisher. Users also can publish
content about their own travel experiences, including uploading
pictures and keeping travel blogs. Additionally, tripwolf Read the rest of this entry »

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Dubai: Air fare to two Indian states by the Indian national carrier has been brought to rock bottom in the M-class.
Expatriates from the states of Kerala and Karnataka can now travel with Indian on fares that are more or less equivalent to the no-frill budget airlines starting from today to March 31, 2009
M-class one-way fare will now cost Dh259.
"This is the lowest of the fares by us. I had meeting with different Indian associations in the Read the rest of this entry »

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* Sample roundtrip fares from all 18 U.S. gateways to London:

New York (JFK and Newark) $396
Boston $426
Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore $436
Miami, Orlando, Tampa $620
Atlanta $522
Chicago $456
Dallas/Ft. Worth $648
Houston Read the rest of this entry »

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SEATTLE, Nov. 7 WA-Alaska-Airlines

SEATTLE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A family vacation to The Walt
Disney World(R) Resort in Florida just got more affordable thanks to Alaska
Airlines Vacations. Book a four-night Alaska Airlines Vacations package to the
Walt Disney World Resort by Dec. 20, 2008, for travel Jan. 4 through June 27,
2009, and get three additional nights free including theme park tickets.

"This is one of the best deals we've Read the rest of this entry »

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US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express,
operates approximately 3,200 flights per day and serves 200 communities
in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The
airline employs more than 34,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is
a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers our customers 18,000
daily flights to 965 destinations in 162 countries worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »

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