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Practical Techniques for Last Minute Flight-Hunting

Argo Contributor

It’s flights and hotels that consume most of our funds when traveling. And it’s usually the plane tickets that we book first – because they set the beginning and end dates, as well as the intermediary stops during our itinerary. This is especially for traveling far away, but even on short routes, it’s often the air travel services that are most expensive. So, fining your way to save on flights, will obviously make your entire trip cost a lot less!

Wanderu Wants U 2 Take the BusBud

Phil Butler

We’ve discussed the need for transportation companies to better engage via the web and mobile many times. So, news that BusBud has launched did not come as a great surprise. What Wanderu has done with fitting the need in this under-served market is interesting, if a bit far off practicality wise.

JuiceCane, the Stackable Power Can for Techie Travelers

Aleksandr Shatskih

JuiceCane is a mobile, scalable power can that fuels the tech toys travelers need so much. With one single JuiceCan you can recharge an iPhone three times or use it to juice up an iPad twice. This gadget is extremely useful when there is no power outlet in sight or when you’ve forgotten to pack all the adapters you need to plug in your mobile devices when you travel from one country to another.

Google Maps Adds Ski Resort Data

Aleksandr Shatskih

Just last week, Google added yet another new upgrade to its mapping platform, announcing that the app now carries data for 38 of the most popular ski resorts across Canada and the United States.

BetterDoctor Startup Hits iTunes Store

Phil Butler

What could be more important for travelers than finding help when it’s most needed away from home? The answer here is simple, noting! A startup new San Francisco startup called BetterDoctor is now taking aim on solving for any distant travel aches and pains you may feel.

Design + Excellence = Digital Conversions – Period.

Phil Butler

About 85 percent of the hospitality websites you can surf to right now need a redesign. Don’t try and find the math to justify my exactness here, just user your “mind’s eye” to scroll back through what you’ve surfed to, and past, during your web experience. Luckily the old saying “ugly is forever” does not have to apply for your business billboard on the web.

Touchscreen Walls Featured in Future Hotel Concept

Aleksandr Shatskih

How about this for a futuristic hotel room? The concept showcases a model room that literally comes alive at the ‘touch’ of a smartphone, with walls made almost completely out of Microsoft Surface tablets, multiple touchscreens and interactive surfaces that can be controlled via a smartphone or by touch

TUI Travel’s Peter Long Talks Profit, Sunshine, and 2013

Phil Butler

TUI Travel PLC’s CEO talks about what’s to come in 2013, as well as profitably for 2012. There’s a lot to be said for TUI, sunshine, and smiles – out of the gloomy forecast, some TUI brightness appears to shine.

Unsure Where To Go On Holiday? Maybe This Can Help…

Aleksandr Shatskih

Looking for an escape from the cold this winter? Uncertain which holiday hot spots will live up to their name? If so, then you might just find this new interactive infographic from Thomson Holidays comes in quite handy.

Can Swipp Whip Facebook and Swipp Market Intel Into Shape?

Phil Butler

CEO and co-founder Don Thorson has been “Swipping” his team’s startup into shape, according WIRED’s Ryan Tate, actually “quietly honing its social search system” until BANG. Even Tom Foremski admires the team behind the data/social/whatchamakawlit Facebook ankle biter.

Rand McNally Launches New Handheld GPS for Outdoorsy Travelers

Aleksandr Shatskih

If hiking, biking, geocaching, and other outdoor activities are the core focus of your trips, then you ill love the new Foris GPS handheld device unveiled by Rand McNally, a company founded in 1856 that specializing in maps, navigation, road travel and trip planing. This new gadget unveiled at the Outdoor Retailer show is designed for […]