Middle East or bust…

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Egypt, India, Dubai, and Beyond! Fly Round-Trip from $937 with Emirates! > Expires 10/29/08….click here

Converse with a human

Posted by Staff in Flying, Tip of the Week

When booking a reward ticket on an airline, consider leaving your cyberworld to converse with a human.

Airline booking agents can sometimes find reward seats that are not visible online, let you know how many seats are left and in general get you a better deal than you can on your own.

So pick up the phone….people are not scary, I swear…..

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Future of Luxury

Posted by Staff in Future of Travel Fri.

On Monday I reported on a destination club in “Becoming partially fabulous” ……and today I received some news about another destination club planning on rocking the luxury travel world, Quintess.

Quintess has been Awarded the “Best of the Best” Mid-Sized Destination Club by  Robb Report (luxury gurus) for three years in a row.  The club has announced that it is investing $210 million into acquiring more properties to it’s portfolio of 70+ multi-million-dollar vacation homes.

Among its new purchases is the seven-bedroom Villa Tavernacia set on a 1,200-acre estate in Tuscany, where the club already has three residences.

So those who think that staying in a five star hotel is glamourous, I have news for you….hotels are so passé…you’ve got to stay in a villa to impress me!