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10 Tips For Better Travel in 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Bart Lapers

10 tips & tricks for more affordable and enjoyable travel in 2017! Cheap hotels and flights, the best seats on the plane, local transportation, avoiding exchange fees and more!

Category: Planning Tags: airbnb, awardwallet, credit cards, destinations, flights, Gett, google flights, grab, hotels, hotelscombined, momondo, passenger rights, revolut, rome2rio, seatguru, uber

Up next: Thailand & Laos

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Bart Lapers

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Back in Feb 2013, Turkish Airlines published an error fare between Warsaw (WAW) and Kuala Lumpur (KUL) via Istanbul (IST). For a short period of time (less than 48h), you could book a roundtrip in business class for just €638….

Category: airlines, Planning Tags: bangkok, bangkok airways, business class, error fare, Kuala Lumpur, laos, luang prabang, lufthansa, miles and more, phuket, thailand, turkish airlines, warsaw

Lufthansa Business Class to 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bart Lapers

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Business Class award availability from Europe to Brazil during the 2014 World Cup is almost non-existing. Being creative with your routing, can provide some alternatives. Flying from Frankfurt to Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo is a great example of an alternative…

Category: Planning, World Cup Brazil 2014 Tags: 2014, award, booking, brasil, brazil, Buenos Aires, business class, EZE, flight, GRU, lufthansa, miles and more, sao paulo, turkish airlines, world cup

Planning: Bangkok Hotels

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Bart Lapers

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Back in 2008, when I traveled to Bangkok for the first time , I stayed at an ‘alternative’ hotel called Phra-Nakorn Norn-Len If you’re not hooked to hotel chain loyalty programs, I can highly recommend this one as it provides…

Category: Hotels, Planning Tags: a-club, Accor, ambassador, bangkok, certificate, free, Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, holiday inn silom, hotel, intercontinental, VIE Hotel, weekend