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| Getting A Green High | Whenever I exchange what-do-you-do’s at a party or social meet-and-greet, I’ve learned to anticipate THE SNIGGER. It comes right after I say I write about green travel. “And so you fly from place to place? How can you call that green?” It’s a fair question, despite the dreaded snigger. [...]

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| Sweet Green Sleep | London is not a cheap date, but she’s soooo worth knowing. Get to know her more intimately—culturally speaking, of course— and save money at the same time by lodging in a London bed and breakfast. They’re not only cheaper than cookie-cutter hotel rooms, B&Bs are often family run, so the [...]

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| Tips For A Green Resort Stay | We love to travel together as a big family, and we even take my little brother with us. We choose overland travel because of the environmental concerns we all share. Although there are many people who support this type of eco-friendly adventure, some seem to forget all [...]

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| Europe Holiday Discounts | Most major airlines have just announced excellent sales on Business Class tickets from the U.S. to Europe over the long Thanksgiving weekend and the Christmas-to-New Year’s holidays. But you’ve got to move quickly, because the sale seats are limited (and you’ll need to be flexible in your dates and flight [...]

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| British Airways Deal | Last year, British Airways offered the best mileage bonus ever: 100,000 miles for members of its Executive Club program who signed on for the co-branded British Airways-Chase Signature Visa credit card. Just as quickly and mysteriously as this tantalizing offer surfaced, it disappeared, leaving procrastinators much wiser but mileage poorer. [...]

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Good afternoon, and welcome to Hotel Schizophrenia. Checking in?” Honestly, that’s the way it often feels these days. Like you’ve arrived in the Twilight Zone of Hotel Marketing. The Yin and Yang of green hotelery in the early 21st century. The Yin: You arrive at what seems like a 5-star monument to unbridled luxury and [...]

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Reason #1: It’s best for you. It’s healthier. You gotta eat, right? So eat the right stuff and keep your body’s natural defenses at their peak to help ward off the stresses of the new and strange of travel. Study after study shows organic foods are just plain better. Why? you ask. Foods grown in [...]

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| US Airways Deal | Green Guru says, don’t buy rewards miles directly from airlines. Usually, they’re a bad deal. Except when they’re not! Once in a while, airline frequent flier programs make an offer that is too good to be missed. US Airways recently announced one of these—it’s the real deal, but it ends [...]

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| Meet GTG’s Guru | So you’ve decided on your ideal next trip: maybe it’s to a breathtaking archipelago in the South Pacific before the rising oceans reclaim it, the dreamscape backwaters of Kerala in southern India, or even a catch-up visit to brash, irrepressible New Yawk, New Yawk. Now comes the hard part: getting [...]

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|Best For You | It’s healthier. You gotta eat, right? So eat the right stuff and keep your body’s natural defenses at their peak to help ward off the stresses of the new and strange of travel. Study after study shows organic foods are just plain better. As in more nutritious. They also contain more [...]

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