How to protect your credit card on the road

Recently, it seems that the amount of credit card fraud being carried out against travelers has risen very fast. Myself, I've had my credit card cloned twice while away in the last few months. So, I've studied up on what you can do to protect yourself against credit card fraud while traveling. Restrict credit card use to a single card By using only a single card, you will know much faster if there's a pro...

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Enjoy visiting London with the kids

Visit a gallery, take in a show, have a nap. London is a fantastic place to visit with children, with so many options it’s sometimes hard to choose.  But you don’t have to stick to the obvious, expensive, choices like Madame Tussaud’s or Ripley’s Believe it or Not.  London is full of wonderful activities that a family can enjoy together, even it’s youngest members. Ride on a bu...

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The chip and pin dilemma

Chip and PIN, a security feature used on all European credit cards, as well as Mexico, Brazil, and Japan, continue to cause trouble for American travelers. No, not the chip and pin itself, but the lack of this technology on U.S. credit cards. As credit cards have been rolled out as the default payment method anywhere from grocery stores to automated kiosks, and carrying a credit card is safer than a roll o...

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ESTA explained

ESTA, or the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, is a requirement from the United States government for tra...
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How to protect your hotel room with a towel - video

Hotel rooms have fairly low security standards by anyone's reckoning. Most hotels won't even guarantee your in room...
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Top Twitter Travel Tips

I asked some Twitter friends yesterday to share their travel tips, here's what I got sent: @travelogged: Museums t...
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Spilled coffee makes map of the world

Stumbled over this photo manipulation today, and thought it worth sharing: Quite a travel-inspired and very well d...
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Get a car rental deal in Hawaii

Looking into a Hawaii trip, I asked around about car rental deals for it and got pinged the Hawaii Drive O car rent...
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Website review: Travelgrove

In my ongoing quest to find the best travel search engine, it's now time to review new-ish meta travel search engin...
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New York City: The Real Deal Fall

NYCGo.com, New York's official tourism website, just launched a massive package of nearly 150 discounts and deals...
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Capturing silhouettes: A great travel photo technique

Coming away with good photos is always a challenge when traveling. After all, you can't really come back when the l...
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Zeev's map of Paris

Paris lovers should take a look at the amazing map of Paris that Zeev Ben-Nahum has created after realizing that in...
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Where to buy items confiscated by the TSA

The TSA doesn't just throw out the items confiscated at security checkpoints. Some are donated to non-profit organi...
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