Stealing things from hotels can be a compulsion for some.
Sometimes, it’s the principle of the taking. When a luxury hotel charges you $400 (or more) a night for a suite, you sometimes feel obligated to take advantage of as much of the freebies as you can grab.
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
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Geography was one of those subjects in school that you either loved or hated.
For the people who loved geography, have we got a website for you.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
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If you are a frequent traveller, you may find yourself needing to select your hotel based on a myriad of online travel websites (like Travelocity, TripAdvisor, Expedia, AAA, Yelp, or others) that not only offer you the lowest price for booking your hotel stay, but also offer what should be the best crowdsourced advice on whether that specific hotel will meet – or not meet – your needs.
Travelling for business has one set of needs; travelling for pleasure has another. Travelling with kids? You may need to avoid staying at a high-end hotel if only because the kids won’t appreciate it as much as you would. Travelling alone? Maybe quiet, security and safety are your primary concerns.
And as always, accurate reviews of hotel location in relation to local attractions or transportation is always a help.
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How fast is your Internet connection?
Do you think it’s fast, or just fast enough?
Remember back in the day (and we’re only talking about maybe 10 years ago for many) when you were still using dial-up modems to connect to the Internet at 56k speeds? Heck – Web Watch still has a 2400 baud modem lying around here somewhere. Yeah, that day you upgraded to that 56k rocket was awesome, wasn’t it?
Need for Speed Most Wanted Deluxe
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Planning a future budget is one of the most difficult activities anyone can do.
It’s easy for you to look at a single monthly or weekly paycheck and determine where that money is going to be allocated to. So much for rent or mortgage, this much for a car payment, these utilities and credit card bills need to be paid. Don’t forget groceries, gas, and… oh yeah, the kids need new shoes for school next week.
But looking at the bigger picture, it can be daunting to plan three, six, or even twelve months down the line as you can’t always predict what you’re going to need to pay for beyond those regular set payments such as rent or a car note.
The Budget Kit:
The Common Cents Money Management Workbook
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There are lots of economic indicators you can use to determine if the local neighborhood pricing is more or less expensive than someplace down the road.
One common thing to compare is the BIG MAC INDEX, as the McDonald’s Big Mac is a fairly standard product that is sold around the world. A Big Mac in Norway is going to be more expensive than a Big Mac in India. Then again, the Big Mac in India is made from chicken instead of beef.. which may be part of the cost savings there.
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Whenever Web Watch travels around the country, we always try to “go local” whenever possible. We can eat at an Applebee’s or a McDonald’s almost anywhere… but we’ll go out of our way to chow down at an IN-N-OUT BURGER or grab a beer at the WYNKOOP BREWERY because, well, we can’t get that stuff locally.
Well, we could if we put some effort into the project, but you know what we mean. When you travel, you want to be like a native. If that means drinking sweet tea while in the South, or grabbing some BBQ in Texas, having a lobster roll in Maine — well, by golly, that’s what we’re going to do.
From Altoids to Zima:
The Surprising Stories Behind 125 Famous Brand Names
Bands are always trying to figure out what the “next big thing” can be in making their music videos more interesting and engaging with their fans.
You could do the same thing (concert video) that everyone else does, or you could work outside of your comfort zone and do something a bit different — both in film style as well as music style. Why lipsync when you can play live in a unique venue?
Horse Carriage