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Golf Vacation Rental Homes in Europe

It was Mark Twain who famously wrote that golf is a good walk spoiled. While Twain never laid eyes on me hitting an eight-iron, he surely knew what he was talking about. A more frustrating endeavor than knocking around a little white ball you won’t find in this world. It can also be marvelous or so I have been told.

The thing I enjoy the most about golf is that it is usually played outdoors (unless you go to one of those funky indoor driving ranges in Japan) and that it …

Discount Travel for Students

Have you noticed that university is bloody expensive these days? Of course you have, you’re the one still in school and you are the one who is excited when you find loose change under your sofa cushion. Paying for education is a necessary evil, but it shouldn’t keep you from traveling and seeing the world. You can learn just as much on the road staying in a flee-bag youth hostel as you can by sitting in a classroom at an ivy-covered university.

Fortunately for student travelers there are discount travel companies …

Borneo Encompassed Adventure Trip

A few years back I was in a used bookstore in London when I happened upon a weathered copy of Eric Hansen’s Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo. It has all the elements of a great travel story. An impossible adventure, a narrator prone to attracting trouble and a look at a society which most of us will never experience for ourselves.

Since reading that book, I have maintained an interest in Borneo and watched the island evolve from afar. It is an island that remains an unknown …

European Vacation Rental Homes

I like to believe that there is a type of holiday for everyone. Some people like to take time off to stay at home and get things done around the house. Some people are into adventure travel. Some people like to be out in nature when they travel. Some people prefer to spend their time in a large city. Some people like nothing more than to set sail on a cruise. You get the idea.

While there truly is a vacation suited for everyone, …

British Heritage Pass: Your Ticket to Savings

Great Britain has its share of history and if you are traveling there chances are you’ll want to take in Stonehenge, the Roman Baths, Shakespeare’s birthplace and lots of other historic attractions that you have read about in school and that you have seen in those romantic comedies starring Meg Ryan. None of these attractions on their own is overly expensive but collectively you could end up paying a lot just in admission fees to museums and must-see places.

One way to save some money and to avoid the long lines that typically …

Machu Picchu Inca Trail Explorer Tour

There is never a bad time to visit the famous ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, but there are better times of year to go than others. If you are looking to avoid the crowds, the best time of the year is February when only about 1,000 people per day make the pilgrimage to the sacred spot in the Andes. If you prefer better weather and more people around you, Machu Picchu usually sees around 3,000 visitors a day in its busiest month, July.

If you are going to make the effort …

Holiday Gifts for the Traveler who has Everything

I imagine there are two kinds of people who read Eu Cheapticketlinks. You are either a genius or you are a genius. Seriously, thank you for visiting this site. I hope that it doesn’t make your stomach hurt too much with all of the funny things I write. I can hear you laughing this very second.

In addition to being geniuses, I’m venturing to guess that there are plenty of you sitting in the live studio audience right now who are wondering how you should spend your disposable income during …

Win Two Free Airplane Tickets to the Caribbean

Discount airlines continue to spread faster than athlete’s foot through a locker room. XL airlines is trying to keep up with the competition by making their Web site all pretty and slick. In an attempt to lure you to this new pretty and slick Web site, XL is currently offering you the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the Caribbean. Just be careful, the quiz requires you to put on your thinking cap.

The Knee Defender: Protect Your Turf on the Airplane

Other than perhaps a bad wax job in the nether regions, there is little in this world worse than having the person in front of you on an airplane recline his seat all the way back into your lap. This is especially true if you are part of the 99% of the world’s population with legs that are too long for today’s modern, super cramped cattle herd-like airplanes. There is a device out there that can help prevent this and it could very well turn into your best friend while on …

A Classic Everest Adventure Trek in Nepal

After reading Into Thin Air, you couldn’t pay me enough to climb the world’s tallest mountain. I understand why some would want to experience all of the agony it takes to reach the summit, but I’d rather leave that challenge to others. That isn’t to say that I wouldn’t want to check out Mt. Everest in all her glory. Nepal itself is a fascinating country and one that offers some of the best trekking around, even if you aren’t a technical climber. The Classic Everest trek is one …