These nine ways to score a free trip are not for everybody: Research, patience, good timing -- and often a bit of luck and sweat -- are required. But there's just no beating the price.
1. House-sitting: Take up residence in someone else's home
Instead of waiting for your rich aunt in the Hamptons to go away and ask you to watch over her place, look into a service that lists house-sitting opportunities. If things work out, you might be Read the rest of this entry »

(Forimmediaterelease.net) Frommer's has unveiled a mobile travel guide for exhibitors and visitors at this year's World Travel Market. The Frommer's WTM Mobile Guide will offer a digital diary of the event, including a guide to what's new, what's now, and what can't be missed.
Developed in conjunction with Whatsonwhen, the guide will also include advice to help get to and from ExCeL; a hot list of what else is happening Read the rest of this entry »

Destination Hotels & Resorts and Yahoo! Travel Offering Ski Discounts and Ski Vacation Package Prize
Destination Hotels & Resorts Mountain Collection has paired up with Yahoo! Travel to offer special ski discounts and the opportunity to win a dream ski vacation price for four.
Englewood, CO (
) October 31, 2008 - Destination Hotels & Resorts has partnered with Yahoo! Travel to feature its collection of
throughout the month of November in the Read the rest of this entry »

by Owen R Hughes, Daily Post
BOSSES at the world famous Italianate village of Portmeirion have promised they’re going nowhere – after being included in a travel guide on places to see before they “disappear”.
The popular attraction, made famous by the cult 1960s series The Prisoner, has been included in Frommer’s travel guide, 500 Places To See Before They Disappear.
Co-author Holly Hughes says the list – Read the rest of this entry »

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Lorraine Nicolle is starting her pottery lessons again. (0662460)
ACCORDING to the latest Lonely Planet Best in Travel Book, it is not only in Texas where the stars at night shine bright.
In fact, Texas doesn’t get a mention, but Sark does, having been voted one of the top places in the world to watch the stars, along with Stonehenge, the Caribbean, Hawaii’s Big Island and Abu Simbel in Egypt.
Featuring as one of the world’s top locations Read the rest of this entry »

($1) lets users create and mange a series of packing lists providing a way to plan ahead and ensure nothing is left behind. As users complete their packing lists they are able to check of the item ensuring that redundancy is avoided.
($2) provides users with travel guides, restaurants, and hotel reviews in cities through the world. T application also allows users to track places they have been as well as update where they currently are in a trip.
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are a goldmine of holiday
hints. A timely discovery we’ve just made is the
. It lists the closest ski resorts to seven European ski
airports (Geneva, Chambery, Lyon, Grenoble, Turin, Munich, Friedrichshafen)
plus links to shuttle bus services, taxis and trains.
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has also been busy.
This week it launched the latest in a series of online tools, called the
. It’s basically a cut and paste box that you can add to any blog, Read the rest of this entry »

Because most people use the Internet to explore vacation plans, the Utah Office of Tourism has launched an online tool to make it easier for potential visitors to get key information about the state.
    The "Adventure Planner" on its Web site, www.utah.travel, lets online visitors check for a variety of things they might want to do, and places they might want to stay or to eat, while traveling to one of three Utah regions (north, central or Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Chen had an overnight bag packed but no idea she'd be headed to Paris shortly after "The Early Show" went off the air Thursday.
CBS' morning show is sending its personalities on mystery trips over the next month, a ratings gimmick with a fun twist. The five on-air regulars were told they could be sent away on any day without advanced warning.
Chen was given an on-air clue about where she was headed: "find the dark Read the rest of this entry »