Manila traffic is pretty bad on a regular day – and it’s worse for special occasions, like the visit of the Pope or this week’s APEC Leaders Meeting, November 16 – 20, 2015! If you are planning to visit, you should check out my travel tips below to make the best of a bad situation!
This week’s DealDispatch brings you flight deals around the world. If you live in the US, you can take advantage of a 2-for-1 promotion by Emirates to Europe. If you live in Europe, you can get great deals on AirBerlin’s new routes to the US in Summer 2016 and if you live in Asia, you
If you want to learn about Riga’s and Latvia’s modern history (and I did), there are a few museums that will provide you with a lot of information. Latvia’s history since independence after World War I to occupation by the Soviets in 1940, Nazi Germany in 1941 and again by the Soviets in 1944, until
We recently returned to Hong Kong for a weekend trip and we also returned to the InterContinental Hotel Hong Kong. It sits in an enviable spot with stunning harbor views, offers great rooms and service and is even available with IHG Rewards points, making it a great deal in an expensive city!
If you have never been to Asia, Hong Kong should be one of the cities high on your list. It was one of the first cities I visited, it is one of the easiest big cities in Asia to travel to on your own and you have lots of things to see and do! All
Flying with All Nippon Air or ANA for the first time? Here you can find all the facts & figures about ANA, the experience you can find in ANA Economy Class, ANA Business Class or the ANA lounges, as well as the highlights of their rewards program, ANA MileageClub!
All Nippon Air or ANA (NH) is a StarAlliance airline and a United Airlines partner for flights to Asia. I’ve flown them a few times since I started traveling to Asia regularly and learned about their Mileage Club rewards program because of their great web tools! Read my ANA Mileage Club review below, to find
My second hotel in Riga, as part of my Baltic Explorer trip, was the Radisson Blu Daugava hotel. I had picked it based on value alone – at 15,000 points for two nights (a value of $30/night), and I didn’t expect a whole lot. It turned out to be a great bargain upscale hotel in
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you cheap flights to Panama and Lima, Peru! Panama is only a short flight from the US and uses the US Dollar, making it easy to visit. Lima is the gateway to Machu Picchu, one of my favorite historic destinations, and a trip well worth planning! I’ve also found one
One of the things that makes Riga unique among the Baltic cities is the large number of Art Noveau (or Jugendstil) buildings in the city – there are 950 buildings in that architectural style, making up 40% of the old cities buildings! While it was common across European cities at the beginning of the 20th
You only have one day in Bangkok, the City of Angels, and need the perfect itinerary for one day in Bangkok to make the most of your time? No problem, you can enjoy a fun river tour, see a historical palace and temple, enjoy great Thai food and a uniquely Thai market – all in
If you want to visit the ancient temples of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, you’ll need to find cheap flights to Siem Reap. Fortunately, a lot of airlines are flying to Siem Reap airport today, including some low-cost carriers (Bangkok to Siem Reap or Kuala Lumpur to Siem Reap) and it’s easy to find