Travel reads #25

January roundup of travel articles and sites I'm hooked on at the moment. Please do send me tips for other reading materials in the comments below or via email at jack@eyeflare.com. U.S. railroads The U.S. is further along the tracks to high-speed rail after President Obama put his boxcar behind that locomotive: [F]rom the first railroads to the Interstate Highway System, our nation has always been bui...

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Great reads #24

United (hearts) luggage Or rather, frequent travelers who need to check luggage. United Airlines just launched a service called the Premier Baggage program, which allows you to pre-pay $249 for the privilege of bringing bags for free. Normally, United charges $40 per round trip for this. The Premier Baggage program allows “… up to eight (8) traveling companions to check up to two (2) bags...

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Great reads #23

Time to share some of my recent travel article finds in another roundup. Here's what I've been reading and liking really a lot lately: Starting out with Robert Reid. Nothing like a travel stalwart in sharing 44 little travel rules. Some are bonkers, some useful, some absolutely hilarious. Jessica Spiegel spends a paltry 7 hours in Venice, and it's still worth it. Great photos as well. Another really fr...

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All Buzz-ed off with Google

It's not often I feel the need to comment on what's going on with social media, search engines, or anything similar...
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VisitBritain videos for Manchester

Manchester is an up and coming destination in England. These videos highlight some of the best parts of this city. ...
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Carnival of Cities - 13 January 2010

Welcome to the first Carnival of Cities for 2010. Last time, the carnival was hosted by Caitlin over at Roaming Tal...
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This is a construction zone

I had an issue with a backup on my end, and a database crash on my hosting companys end, and lost a fair chunk of t...
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Merry Christmas 2009

To all readers of eyeflare.com, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It's been a good year aroun...
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The Everything Everywhere blog carnival Sept. 2009

Liz over at Everything Everywhere posted the September blog carnival a couple of days ago, and my piece on the ...
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Great reads #22

My infrequent collection of travel-related links returns after a 10 month break. I'm not promising that this will b...
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Pilots and control towers, some real life exchanges

What follows are some real life transcriptions of the occasionally funny exchanges between the air traffic controll...
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Carnival of Cities 22 April 2009

Welcome to the 22 April issue of the Carnival of Cities, on visit to eyeflare.com from its spiritual home at Family...
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Great reads #20

A very late issue of my roundup, which I've decided to make monthly rather than weekly. Let me know if you'd like t...
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