Monday, November 30, 2015

Trip Review of the Month: Golden Domes of Kiev

Each month, we’ll highlight one new trip review submitted by an IndependentTraveler.com reader. If your review is featured, you’ll win an IndependentTraveler.com logo item!

st michael's monastery kiev In this month’s winning review, a traveler enjoys an autumn trip to the capital of Ukraine, … Keep reading!



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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Top Travel Stories of the Week

Here’s another edition of our weekly travel news round-up, keeping travelers informed, inspired and entertained.

airplane water sunsetHow to Fly Free Forever: Charge $170 Million on Your AmEx Card
A Chinese billionaire recently charged the purchase of a $170 million painting to … Keep reading!



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Monday, November 23, 2015

State Department Will No Longer Issue Extra Passport Pages

us passport visa pagesYou’ve seen them in the security line in front of you: globetrotters with passports so thick that they have to use thick rubber bands to keep them closed.

Soon, this will be a thing of the past.

Frequent travelers who … Keep reading!



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Friday, November 20, 2015

Flag Friday

This week’s travel puzzle is part of our ongoing Flag Friday series of challenges. Can you identify which nation the following flag belongs to?


Enter your guess in the comments below. You have until Monday, November 30, at 11:59 p.m. … Keep reading!



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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Top Travel Stories of the Week

peace for parisHere’s another edition of our favorite travel stories of the week. (If you missed the first edition last week, you can check it out here.)

Fodor’s Stands with Paris
In this moving post, the editor-in-chief of Fodor’s explains why … Keep reading!



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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

5 Recommended TED Talks on Travel

What do you do when wanderlust strikes, but you’re not in a position to indulge it? That’s a dilemma I often face this time of year, when work is busy with end-of-the-year deadlines and most of my budget and vacation … Keep reading!



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Friday, November 13, 2015

Friday Word Puzzle: Major Seas of the World

This week’s brainteaser is a Friday Word Puzzle. We’ll give you a category and the first letters of five countries that fall into that category, and you fill in the rest. Keep in mind that there may be more thanKeep reading!



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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Top Travel Stories of the Week

travel newsWe spend all day, every day reading travel stories from around the globe — and to keep you from having to do that too, we’ve rounded up our favorite articles of the week (as well as one hilarious video!). Have … Keep reading!



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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Scoring Free Travel: A Q&A with Ben Schlappig

ben schlappigBen Schlappig is a master of the miles.

Since giving up his apartment in April 2014 to spend all of his time traveling, Schlappig now flies around 400,000 miles a year, nearly all of it in first or business class. … Keep reading!



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Friday, November 6, 2015

Where in the World?

This Friday’s challenge is a photo of an unidentified place somewhere in the world. Can you tell us where the photo was taken? Leave your guess in the comments below — and check back on Tuesday to see if you … Keep reading!



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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Zurich Hotel Offers New Space-Themed Suite

For travelers looking to explore beyond planet Earth, there’s a new frontier in sight. A hotel in Zurich has just opened a brand-new Space Suite designed to resemble a space station, reports CNN.

The five-star Kameha Grand Zurich hired … Keep reading!



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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

And the Hottest Travel Destination for 2016 Is…

Dust off your floppy safari hat and polish your binoculars: Botswana is the hottest travel destination for 2016.

Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet selected the southern Africa safari destination as the No. 1 country to visit in 2016 in its … Keep reading!



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