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Travel in Europe: hotels, restaurants, backroads travel, travel tips, car rental, rail travel
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- Hertz Domestic One-Way Fee in Germany on May 9, 2009
Hertz is the first rental car company in Germany to charge a fee for domestic one-way car rentals. That means you'll pay extra to pick up a rental car in downtown Frankfurt and drop it at the Frankfurt Airport. More info.
- Book day-trips, tours prior to departure from the U.S. on Apr 19, 2009 in Europe Travel General
At the "Things to Do" link at our website you can book any of nearly 1,700 daytrips, tours, castle dinners, and local public transportation deals prior to your departure for Europe. You can, for example, book the "Sound of Muisc Tour" for $47, a Roya...
- Euro Rises: Book Rental Cars in Guaranteed Dollar Prices ASAP on Mar 19, 2009 in Car Rental in Europe
Bulletin: the euro's more than 7-percent rise from 1.26 dollars to 1.35 in the last two weeks is almost sure to raise rates on dollar-guaranteed rental car rates. I suggest if you are headed for Europe this year that you book now to lock-in current...
- Beware Multiple Car Rental Bookings on Mar 18, 2009 in Car Rental in Europe
It's easy to book rental cars online. Payment is often not required to hold a reservation. Problem is you might get one too many. Let's say you book Avis online, then call Gemut.com for a quote and find they have a lower price, also with Avis. You bo...
- Spectacular Rebirth of Berlin's Neues Museum on Mar 18, 2009 in Europe Travel General
There's a new "must see" in Berlin, the Neues Museum, a stunning confluence of old and modern. The art won't be installed for several months but that didn't stop some 35,000 Berliners from touring the building last weekend. Under the direction London...
- Follow Bob Bestor on Twitter on Mar 18, 2009 in Europe Travel General
For the past couple of weeks Europe Traveler editor, Bob Bestor, has posted regular travel commentary on Twitter, an Internet messaging service. Twitter is a fast way of communicating very short messages to many people at once. The goal is to highlig...
- Buy Two Delta Sky Miles for the Price of One on Mar 12, 2009 in Air Travel
Paying cash for frequent flyer miles is usually not a good idea. However, through March 31, Delta’s Sky Miles program will sell two miles for the price of one. At $.0275 per mile (plus 7.5 percent excise tax) you can, for example, purchase 10,000...
