http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com Great last minute deals on flights! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.51 en-us http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/airlines-defying-gravity/ For a guy operating in an industry beset with rising costs, falling profits and outright bankruptcies, Robert Deluce is the very picture of confidence. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/ryanair-could-set-up-long-haul-airline/ Ryanair, if it can pick up some cheap aircraft next year, might set up a sister company specialising in cheap, no-frills, long-haul flights, Michael O'Leary said today. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/which-web-sites-do-you-look-at-to-find-cheap-fares-when-traveling-for-business/ ?Kayak for airlines and Priceline for hotels and rental cars. We like Kayak because we can see a lot of the flights and can make decisions. We love Priceline because it?s really cheap. With hotels, you plug in the highest star level and look at average price and take 40 percent of that, and that?s what you bid. You end up getting a dirt-cheap hotel in one of the nicest spots in town.? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/travel-frustrations-dip...except-over-costs/ The quarterly barometer that tracks traveler frustrations with such headaches as cost, safety and service found movement in both directions during the past summer. While frustrations with rising gas prices fueled a spike in concern about overall travel costs to their highest levels in the past year, travelers registered more resignation over the hassles associated with airline travel. Overall, ... 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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/wacky-new-airline-stunts/ If your November travel plans include a flight out of Los Angeles, don't be surprised to find yourself standing behind a bald, tattooed human billboard. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/travel-almanac-top-10-fall-international-destinations/ Travel Reading France: A Traveler's Literary Companion 256-page paperback, $14.95, Whereabouts Press Most guidebooks give basic information on where to stay and eat and what to do with a smattering of history. This book, part of a series of Traveler's Literary Companions, is different. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/travel-almanac-top-u.s-fall-destinations/ TRAVEL READING The Navajo Nation: A Visitor's Guide By Patrick and Joan Lavin, 283-page paperback, $21.95, Hoppocrene Books About the closest a traveler can get to visiting a foreign country without leaving the United States is on the expansive Navajo reservation in the Four Corners area, the largest reservation in America. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/n.j-issues-travel-rules-for-tax-boards/ TRENTON - Reports of a county tax board's extravagant travel habits have prompted new rules in New Jersey. The state Treasury Department in recent months distributed guidelines to all 21 county tax boards. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/sorry-theyre-away-ravens-to-travel-for-5-of-next-6/ Sorry they're away so much: Team to travel for 5 of next 6 A day after a questionable penalty factored in their 13-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Ravens can look ahead to their next challenge, which also comes compliments of the NFL. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/budget-travel-honors-affordable-travel-innovations/ A government agency, an airline, a bus company and several Web sites were among the recipients of Budget Travel Magazine's annual Extra Mile Awards, honoring "noteworthy innovations, large and small, that make travel easier, more enjoyable, and/or more affordable across all aspects of the industry." Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/russia-travel-agents-check-out-the-nmi/ Four travel agents from Vladivostok, Russia, recently visited the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota. The agents were from Lucky Tours, Double Step Travel, Fregat Aero and Primorye. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/backpackers-secrets-top-tips-for-cheap-travel/ Adopt the mindset of a backpacker and improve your travel savvy. From packing light to finding affordable food and accommodations, backpackers truly know how to travel. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/dalai-lama-to-resume-overseas-travel/ Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been cleared to resume international travel after a medical checkup showed he has recovered from a recent abdominal ailment, his spokesman said. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/doctors-clear-dalai-lama-to-resume-foreign-travel/ The Dalai Lama underwent a second medical checkup in as many months Tuesday and doctors cleared him to resume foreign travel, said a spokesman for the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/schensul-bargain-hunters-beware/ Ever on the lookout for a cheap way to get to Paris, my heart beat a little faster when I saw the deal: "Bargain Paris Package ? from $575." Got my attention. Let the questions begin. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/2018-tech-toys-offer-escape-from-fiscal-ills/ It's time to take another trip in my buddy's time machine to the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, to get a heads-up on what will be cutting edge in consumer tech a decade from now. Why now? Well, who can afford an actual trip in this time period? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.lastminutedealsonflights.com/couples-take-the-plunge-without-getting-soaked/ It wasn't your typical rehearsal dinner, but it was everything Liz Jones and Josh Dilworth hoped it would be ? authentic, casual and relatively cheap. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:05:00 +0000