http://blog.mobissimo.com/ The traveler’s blog for airfare, hotel deals and travel tips from around the web. en Serendipity 0.8.4 - http://www.s9y.org/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:58:48 GMT http://blog.mobissimo.com/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://blog.mobissimo.com/ 100 21 http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/1078-Holiday-Travel-Blues-How-to-Survive-Holiday-Travel-and-Enjoy-Your-Time.html NewsActivitiesEvents http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/1078-Holiday-Travel-Blues-How-to-Survive-Holiday-Travel-and-Enjoy-Your-Time.html#comments http://blog.mobissimo.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=1078 0 http://blog.mobissimo.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=1078 blog@mobissimo.com (Mobissimo) <p>Travel can be stressful.  Holidays can be stressful.  Traveling during holidays is probably the worst.  Time constraints, big crowds, end of year blues can all add up to a huge headache, <b><a href="http://blog.mobissimo.com/exit.php?url_id=11101&amp;entry_id=1078" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33606436/ns/travel-seasonal/" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33606436/ns/travel-seasonal/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">here's how to combat that</a></b>.</p><blockquote><p>The airports are crowded, the weather is dodgy, and stress levels are high. Here's where to go and how to get there with your sanity intact.<br /><br />It seems like every worthwhile destination is overcrowded and overpriced around the holidays. Can you recommend some reasonable ways to avoid overpaying?<br />Christmas and Hanukkah are wholesome family holidays, when most people want wholesome family destinations. So one idea is to be contrarian and go where demand is weak. Consider heading to a party town like Las Vegas or New Orleans. The Big Easy has a long tradition of offering discounted hotel rates, free concerts, and free cooking demos during the first three weeks of December; check out fqfi.org/christmas for event schedules and special hotel deals.</p></blockquote> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:53:47 -0800 http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/1078-guid.html http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/962-Easy-on-the-Pocket-Traveling-Free-Festivals-The-Edinburgh-Fringe.html NewsDealsEvents http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/962-Easy-on-the-Pocket-Traveling-Free-Festivals-The-Edinburgh-Fringe.html#comments http://blog.mobissimo.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=962 0 http://blog.mobissimo.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=962 blog@mobissimo.com (Mobissimo) <p>Tired of paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket to an event?  Check out free festivals like this one - <b><a href="http://blog.mobissimo.com/exit.php?url_id=10410&amp;entry_id=962" title="http://blog.hostelbookers.com/travel/edinburgh-festivals-for-free/" onmouseover="window.status='http://blog.hostelbookers.com/travel/edinburgh-festivals-for-free/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">the Edinburgh Fringe</a></b>.</p><blockquote><p>What’s on in Edinburgh this August? What isn’t! The Scottish city really gets festive in August 2009, with a jam-packed line-up of events in Edinburgh. First up, there’s the Fringe, a celebration of up-and-coming music, drama, dance and comedy – the largest arts festival in the world and the number one tourist attraction in Britain. Then there’s the International Book Festival, the Jazz and Blues Festival, Foodies at the Fringe…the list of Edinburgh events is exhausting!</p></blockquote> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:16:23 -0700 http://blog.mobissimo.com/archives/962-guid.html