Train Travel Italy – A Great Way to Get Around

If you are planning a trip to Italy, or anywhere in Europe for that matter, you should consider taking a train. Trains on an Italian trip are fast, economical, clean and efficient, allowing you to see the countryside while moving from one location to another. Most trains take you directly from the city center to the city center, giving you proximity to the location as well as lodging and eating places. You don’t need to fight local traffic (a truly awful experience for the most part) or waist time at the airport.

A big side benefit is meeting with locals. The Italians are warm and expressive people and they really love their city, region and country. You will get great tips about places to eat and sites to see on your trip. You can even practice in Italy. If you prefer, just sit and enjoy rural Italy when you travel … Continue reading >>>>

Condo For Rent? Use Social Media For Results

If you have a perfect vacation getaway for rent and you do not have a place online to publicize, you are already behind. When people consider a vacation, they go online to get as many details about a destination as possible. There next step is almost always “Where should we stay?”

Other than getting your condo posted on popular renting sites and waiting for people to come to you, why not take a more active approach? Create a Web site for your condo and list all information and pictures you can to give your future visitors all the information they need about your destination. Provide a guestbook online of people who have visited before, as well as an easy-to-use contact page for interested renters.

After building a Web site to promote your destination, use social media to find vacation goers where your condo is located and directly contact them. For … Continue reading >>>>

Social Media Is Changing The Game

Trip planners, today, are one of the most popular applications on social media. Sites like Facebook allow people to form groups and share travel plans. Travel social media involves the using of these sites to convert visitors into prospective buyers. Hoteliers and travel suppliers don’t only use travel websites but have also started to use social networking sites to their advantage by gauging what most users think of them. It becomes necessary for them to seed the basic listing information required to attract users into finding out more about them. All information like rates, web address, phone numbers, hours that are available online needs to be updated regularly, be accurate and checked for duplicated or outdated information. Care should be taken to ensure that all sites give the best working description of the brand.Maintaining a brand that lends its image to social networking sites makes it easier for the industry … Continue reading >>>>

Great Tips for Getting the Best Deals on Your Airplane Tickets

One of the most expensive costs on your trip abroad is the cost of your plane ticket. With the upward trend in fuel costs, it has been linked to rising plane ticket prices. Therefore, this might be one area where you need to plan well in advance to make sure everything still fits your budget. What is said with hard work and patience, you can still find good prices for flights so you can still stay within your budget. Here are some great tips for getting the best deals for your flight ticket.

Tip 1: Use the Internet to research on several travel booking sites

The internet has made access to information much more available and easier to obtain. There are various travel booking sites or travel consolidator sites that can help find airline ticket prices from various vendors. Often this website will offer promotions that you see have significant … Continue reading >>>>

Travelling to Goa

The trip to Goa was one of the highlights of the tour to India. Goa is a land blessed with exotic landscapes enchanted, silver and golden beaches, green hills, sea food smacking lips and other tangible and intangible charms. Travel to Goa cools the physical body and soul.

Goa has been inhabited since ancient times. The area was part of the extensive Mauryan Empire. The arrival of the 14th century Goa was administered by the sultanate of Delhi. This was possible thanks to the military conquest of Goa led by the Portuguese Admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque. The Indians adopted the Christian religion, either by choice or by force. The year saw the Indian army invaded Goa and make it a part of the Indian nation. Goa became a state in India in 1987. A trip to Goa India brings to light such transcendental activities clearly visible.

The culture of Goa … Continue reading >>>>