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• Watch Town, Guangzhou, China

  

  #fullpost{display:inline;} Guangzhou, China is not exactly on the main tourist trek but anyone in retail will be more than familiar with this industrial city. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 TRAVEL

• 'The Place' Shopping Mall, Beijing

  

  #fullpost{display:inline;} More video from my brief travels in China. This one is from Beijing in 2009. This shopping street is good for people watching and a... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Price Mistake - Free W/e Car Rentals on Avis - Act Fast!

  #fullpost{display:inline;} Similar to the deal I got last year this comes thanks to Mr Pickles - Book a w/e car rental with AVIS and ensure a Friday night... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Hong Kong Rugby Sevens - Party Time!

  

  #fullpost{display:inline;} It's that time of the year again when thousands of people from all over the world descend upon Hong Kong for the party of the year.... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, Shanghai, China

  

  #fullpost{display:inline;} China does have a lot of people, no doubt. This video is from a trip to Shanghai in 2009 when I lived in Hong Kong. Despite the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Hotel Best Rate Guarantee

  

  #fullpost{display:inline;} Numerous hotels and travel booking sites offer a best rate guarantee (BRG). If you find a cheaper price than what you booked they wil... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Amalfi Coast - Italy

  

  From an Xmas trip many moons ago - This is what Italy looks like in Winter - enjoy! Tags: .Amalfi Coast - Italy.. If you like what you've read, wh... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Snowed Under

  

  I've been a tad snowed under recently (literally and figuratively) with work and weather and thus have had little time to post to the blog but fear not - I'll b... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 TRAVEL

• Compensation for NO Movies/Music on United UA846

  

  My wife and son are finally home and flew (Business Class) from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Newark, New Jersey on United flight UA846 a few days ago (January... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 TRAVEL

• How to Maximize When You Volunteer to Be BUMPED from a Flight

  

  My wife and son were to stay in Buenos Aires for another two weeks after New Year, but I needed to return to work in New York.  I typically max my vacation... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 TRAVEL

• Asado (BBQ Argentina)

  

  Perfecting this is no easy process.  Wood is the preferred fuel to burn until the embers are broken down and orange. Timing the cooking of the lomo... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 TRAVEL

• How Much Do Things Cost in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013?

  

  Prices have increased considerably since I spent a year here back in 2007 to 2008. Back then it was relatively cheap to live here in comparison to the USA or EU... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 TRAVEL

• Unlock iPhone 5 Via eBay for Less Than U$d10 - CRAZY!

  

  I am the worlds biggest skeptic on services that claim to offer unlock codes for iPhones since Apple lock down the system pretty well.  Unlocking means you can... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 TRAVEL

• United Airlines Business First Class

  

  A lot of point junkies never seem to get around to using their hard or easy earned miles. I splurged a lot of miles to fly the missus and wee lad in first... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Credit Card Churn

  

  I wanted to add a few more cards and more importantly points before year end so I applied for and was approved for not one but two no annual fee Citi Hilton... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 TRAVEL

• New Policy from AMEX - No More Than 4 AMEX Issued Credit Cards

  

  I haven't applied for any credit cards recently in fact I've been closing accounts where the annual fee became due. I decided to start a credit card churn last... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Baby on Board

  

  Last week the missus and I and 3 month old junior headed to Dublin to introduce the wee man to his grand parents. This was our second flight with a baby and... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 TRAVEL

• Hawaii Airfare for $420 Return

  

  Aloha! For a direct flight on United from Newark to Honolulu $420 is cheaper than what I paid on my first visit to Hawaii back in 1999. Back then you had to... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 TRAVEL

• Hurricane Sandy - Lessons Learned

  

  Observations from Hurricane Sandy The hurricane itself is not as bad as the chaos that follows e.g. flooding, and power cut. The power cut itself is not as bad... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 TRAVEL

• Easiest $25 You Ever Made with AMEX Serve

  

  I have posted many Amex promos but this is the quickest freebie $25 you are likely to ever get. (valid thru Dec 31st 2012) 1. Click here and register (sorry - U... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 TRAVEL