We’re back with another roundup of Blinks: the Bing editors’ favorite links to travel-related stories from around the Web.
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Here are some of our recent favorites:
Luxury resorts have some great deals this year, but once you arrive, overpriced mini-bars and dining options can quickly eat up all that money you thought you saved. Over at Gadling, there’s advice on how to save money on your resort vacation. (Gadling)
At The Atlantic, correspondent Christina Davidson is on a Recession Road Trip. For the next four months, she’s traveling through the lower 48 states on back roads and state highways and “uncovering stories of economic survival and endurance. In diners, bars, bingo halls and coffee shops, I seek those Americans who have lost everything – except hope.” (The Atlantic)
The San Francisco Chronicle has a roundup of travel tweeters you should be following. (We think Bing Travel’s Fareologist should be added to the list.) (SFGate)
A new Web site called The Titanic Awards seeks to “celebrate the dubious achievements of travel.” Famous travel writers, readers and editors weigh in on their worst travel experiences and contribute to surveys such as World’s Worst Beer and Worst Dressed Tourists. We particularly love the videos that are included for several nominees.
Online hotel reviews are handy, but how do you know they’re honest or even accurate? The new hotel site Oyster is providing reviews by experts sent out with a camera and a journalistic eye. (via Gadling)
An organization called the Consumer Travel Alliance is a new advocate for the traveling public in Washington, D.C. It hopes for travelers’ voices to be heard, despite the millions spent by lobbying groups for the airline, cruise and hotel industries. Join the focus group at Tripso. (Tripso)
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Cheers and good trips around the world ;)
Those are a few interesting places to travel too.
I'm planning an adventure trip to Thailand. Many Online hotel reviews are owned by the very hotels they lavish positive reviews on.
Im travelling from england to spain and staying in a luxury hotel, choose this hotel after reading reviews on it first though.
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