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Lonely Planet’s Best Value Travel Destinations 2014

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Many of us playing the miles and points game are always on the lookout for a great deal or other ways to save a bit while traveling.

Kim and I like to head to destinations which are off-season at times. This could lead to incredible value as well as having sites pretty much all to your self.

Many times off-peak does not equal a bad time to go.

A couple of trips that we’ve taken that come to mind are Guatemala in late June/ early July which can be the rainy season and Egypt/ Jordan in mid August which can be a time where it is extremely hot. In both of these cases we had a great time and were lucky to visit sites which were a lot less crowded than their busier times of year to visit.

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Win A Trip To 1 Of The Lonely Planet Best In Travel Cities

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Earlier in the day I wrote about Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2014. My post talked about LP’s choices for countries to visit for the upcoming year.

The Best in Travel guide has many other lists including Cities and Lonely Planet along with Booking.com is giving you a chance to win a trip to one of them!

Here are the Cities: Continue reading Win A Trip To 1 Of The Lonely Planet Best In Travel Cities →

Lonely Planet’s Best In Travel 2014- Top 10 Countries

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 Lonely Planet’s Best In Travel 2014 sounds like an interesting reference guide. It offers the best trends, destinations, journeys & experiences for the upcoming year.

While I’ve never purchased this kind of guide, I love skimming through them, seeing what made the list for the upcoming year. For Lonely Planet to come up with their results they used information provided by LP staff, authors and online community.

A list of interest to me was the Top 10 Countries for 2014. I wouldn’t necessarily use this list to help me decide where to visit next but it’s fun to see what is supposed to be hot for the new year.

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Lonely Planet Top Alternatives To Halloween

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Lonely Planet has a list of six alternatives to Halloween. According to the article, “Halloween isn’t the only festival for fans of costume parties, the occult, fireworks and general merriment.”

Here are the 6 alternatives:

  • Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead): Oaxaca, Mexico- November 1-2
  • La Diablada: Puno, Peru- week leading up to November 5
  • Bonfire Night: High St, Lewes, East Sussex, England- November 5
  • Festa del Cornuto (Festival of the Horned One): Rocca Canterano, Italy- November
  • Pirates Week: George Town Harbour, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands- ten days in mid-November
  • Fantasy Fest: Duval St, Key West, Florida, USA- 10 days ending on last Sunday in November Continue reading Lonely Planet Top Alternatives To Halloween →

Lonely Planet "Not For Parents" Guides

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I recently came across a collection of Lonely Planet books geared towards kids.

Lonely Planet Not-For-Parents books aren’t guide books. They offer interesting stories and “facts about people, places, history and culture from around the world”.

The series was created because Lonely Planet felt that an important group of travelers- kids, were being left out. Continue reading Lonely Planet "Not For Parents" Guides →

Lonely Planet- Oddest Food Museums

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I’ve always been interested in visiting bizarre, odd and weird sites around the world. I’ll even go out of my way to visit one if it seems like it might be worthwhile.
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Here are some places I’ve visited and mentioned on the blog:

A few days ago I read a Lonely Planet article that had a list of “Oddest Food Museums”.
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The Best Places To See Amazing Street Art

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A couple of months back I was reading a Lonely Planet newsletter which had a short article related to street art. A LP Magazine reader sent in a question asking- Where can I see Amazing Street Art? (Check out the article HERE)
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The article answered the question with three suggestions- Belgium, Pittsburgh and Melbourne. I’ve been to Belgium and Melbourne and don’t remember the street art. Maybe I didn’t pay attention to it or it just did not catch my eye.
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However, I immediately thought of a couple of cities that did- Bogota, Colombia and Valparaiso, Chile. Continue reading The Best Places To See Amazing Street Art →