Checkout….Shopping before your trip.

Travel shopping – is there a better phrase in the whole world?? “travel”  + “shopping” = pure bliss! Neil keeps a spreadsheet for all our trips with costings of flights, accommodation and food etc. I recently asked him if he also factored in the shopping we do for the bits…

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Google It! – Travel Planning Websites

It’s been a long time since I used the services of a travel agent. These days, with so many fantastic tools available online, I prefer to handle all the bookings myself. I have occasionally asked an agent to price airfares and hotels but not since 2008 was I able to…

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Give the Girl a Gadget – In Flight Comfort..

Travel really is a boon to the gadget lover – it provides so many excuses to indulge your gadget fetish. The GPS systems, cameras and phones are a given, of course, but early in my travelling career I also discovered ( with much glee!) the multitude of devices designed purely…

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Give the Girl a Gadget – Phones and More…

For our 2005 trip to the USA I was keen to take some still photos of my own, and being a big believer in  “smaller is better” and “digital or bust!”  I researched for months before buying a really great little digital camera, the Minolta Dimage X20.  This really was…

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Give the Girl a Gadget! – Video Cameras

If there is one thing that I love even more than travel planning…it’s gadgets.  I’m a pathetic geek and get excited about anything that has worn the label “cutting edge technology” at some stage in its evolution.  BUT…if the gadget in question is also designed to make the life of…

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