Travel Tips
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Parking Ticket Blunder – Our Mistake Story
Introduction Renting a car during overseas travels is one of our favourite ways of exploring a country at our own pace. It allows us to stop and wander without sticking to a set path. While this gives you immense flexibility, you do need to be very careful about rules and regulations. This mistake of ours was a complete surprise to us and we hope our readers can learn from it and avoid such a costly mistake. Let’s get started Our Travel Route We were traveling in the beautiful country of Germany and were on the last day of our super road trip. We had rented a Mercedes Benz E Class…
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Faroe Islands – Our Best New Year Ever!
Introduction The new year is almost upon us and we wanted to share the best new year experience we have ever had. Faroe islands is one of the best places to visit on the planet. But while most people travel there during the summers, you should definitely consider traveling there in the winters especially during the New Year. We came here and were simply left spellbound. The Location The Faroe Islands are located between Iceland, Norway and Northern Scotland. It is an autonomous territory of the Kindgom of Denmark. Reasons to Visit While we will let the pictures speak for themselves here are some things that you will love about…
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The best website for booking hotels for beginners
Introduction When we got addicted to the travel bug, all our hotel bookings were simply based on finding the lowest price for the hotels that we wanted to stay in. We were indifferent to the source of our booking as long as the price was the lowest. While this strategy looks good on paper, it is not the best. There is a better way. The Normal Booking process Most people would use 2 to 3 OTAs (Online Travel Agents) to search for the lowest prices across various hotels. We typically use TripAdvisor.com to view rates across multiple OTAs as they show prices inclusive of all taxes. A sample search for Fairfield Marriott…
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Schengen Visa Rejected – My mistake story
Introduction I am a frequent traveler (25 countries and counting) and am always filled with envy when I meet my friends abroad who hold passports from USA / UK / Singapore / Japan etc. Little do they know of the struggles we Indians face in managing Visa applications every time we think of going abroad. Europe is one of our favourite destinations to experience natural beauty (Trip reports on Svalbard / Faroe Islands / Iceland coming soon) but they are some of the most conservative in granting Visas. USA grants a 10 year Visa and UK grants it as long as you can cough up the steep fees. France has…
