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Rooftop bar in Manhattan?

7/10/2017 12:52:48 PM I realise this question is old but if anyone is looking for something a little unusual with great uninterrupted views of the park and midtown then the Met have a roof garden/terrace which is open at certain times of the year (usually the beginning of summer, May/June). For the cost of admission […]

Can I book a seat on the Glacier Express from Zermatt to Disentis?

Can I book a seat on the Glacier Express from Zermatt to Disentis?

9/8/2016 4:24:06 AM Even though this is on a private railway, you may buy the ticket at the SBB-CFF-FSS site. (That’s three acronyms in German, French, and Italian for the one Swiss State Railways.) Choice of language is in tiny letters near the top of the screen. I have just checked, and I could have […]

Redeeming miles from one program for partner airline ticket (Star Alliance)

9/6/2016 7:40:24 PM Yes, it is possible to redeem Turkish M&S miles for flights between two Canadian cities. You might be able to find availability online, but you will need to call M&S in order to book your award flight. No airline has any real incentive to help you use miles on partners, who must […]

How to get from Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile by land

2/10/2013 1:50:02 PM Sorry about being brief on my last post – a tad more info here now. After going Retiro teminal in B.A. on Friday I was told that there would be no coaches until Monday due to disruption in the high passes around Mendoza. The good thing is I get a couple more […]

How on earth can I use a Canadian toilet without splashing myself?

How on earth can I use a Canadian toilet without splashing myself?

8/14/2012 8:33:01 AM OK then…warning, this gets graphic. The problem North American toilets tend to be siphoning toilets – that is, the water-ways in these toilets are designed with slightly smaller diameters than a non-siphoning toilet, so that the water-way will naturally fill up with water, each time it is flushed, thus creating the siphon […]

Ship Luggage Same-Day from Haneda to Narita?

Ship Luggage Same-Day from Haneda to Narita?

9/12/2016 1:06:16 AM There is no way to ship your luggage between Haneda and Narita airports in such a short delay. Shipping companies require at least two days to do so. Here is the closest solution (courtesy of The Wandering Coder) If you can get to Tokyo Station with your luggage before 11AM, you can […]

Do the Macedonian police issue visitors a registration card?

9/21/2017 10:24:52 PM UPDATE: Registration is remarkably easy in Ohrid (unlike in Skopje with its many police stations, where it’s frequently unclear where you’re supposed to go): there’s only a single police station in the city, where I was directed to the nearby “Servis”, some administrative Kind of place. There I showed my ID card, […]

Is it safe to drive the Baja Peninsula?

11/20/2014 4:29:16 PM My experiences in Baja and BCS have run directly contrary to the folklore about corruption in Mexico. I drove the peninsula, eschewing warnings against driving at night, with only a few regrets. It is a much longer drive than it appears on a map. Infrastructure is uneven. You may assume that it’s […]

How to deal with contact numbers while traveling?

9/2/2016 9:38:30 PM Even if many countries switched to 00 (which is apparently recommended by the ITU) in the last decades, the international dialing prefix can indeed be different. Traditionally, business numbers were written as + [country code] [number without the long distance prefix] and it was up to the caller to substitute the right […]

How to get to Ljubljana (Slovenia) from Trieste (Italy) by Train?

How to get to Ljubljana (Slovenia) from Trieste (Italy) by Train?

11/29/2018 8:35:30 PM There is actually a train connection between both cities again since September 2018. From The Man in Seat 61: A new twice-daily regional train started running between Trieste & Ljubljana from 9 September 2018, restoring rail travel between Italy and Slovenia after a gap of several years. It’s now the comfortable and […]

Do I need to book Ukrainian long-distance trains in advance?

9/2/2016 3:46:45 PM I’ve never went on this particular route, but as a policy you should book post-Soviet long-distance trains in advance. People used to book them month in advance, but now two weeks is usually sufficient off peak season. It usually goes like this: people buy out cheaper and best tickets first, leaving only […]

Are there any techniques, tricks, or tactics to avoid a one-way fee when renting a car?

7/10/2012 11:39:13 PM Certain car rental companies have membership programs which have waving this fee as one of the benefits. For example, I frequently use National (in the US) renting in one airport and returning to another, using my Emerald Club membership to avoid the fee. How do I get compensation for messed-up flights? 4/1/2016 […]

Reaching Rotterdam airport during night hours

9/4/2016 2:56:52 PM I have checked the Rotterdam public transport site and done a search. It did not find any bus on a weekday night. As public transport does not run at that time on the Thursday, you are very limited. A ‘normal’ taxi. A prebooked shared taxi. Uber and alike where you contact people […]

How do I get compensation for messed-up flights?

7/5/2012 8:28:36 PM Definitely talk to their customer relations people. While I’ve never had any reason to talk to their customer service, this is the kind of thing that their customer service employees are paid to handle. Definitely emphasize the travel delays, the incidental expenses that were incurred, and the fact that they booked you […]

Issues with booking 2x round-trip tickets (with a 'fake' layover) instead of a multi-city ticket?

8/29/2016 11:55:51 PM Nesting tickets like this is common, or at least it is common for people who do these kind of trips regularly. It is perfectly allowed but it comes with inconveniences and risks, part of the reason why it is cheaper. It is also quite often the only way to construct the itinerary […]

Is it possible to book an hotel being a minor?

8/3/2013 1:08:14 AM Both of my children have had issues renting hotel rooms in Canada – the US has similar rules – while under 21. Twice my youngest was stranded far from home with a credit card and the hotel had a policy forbidding him to rent a room. One place called us, and with […]

What is the northernmost location on the north american continent, reachable by four-wheel drive?

9/10/2016 12:28:45 AM The Dempster Highway goes up to Tuktuyuktuk now. Farther north than Prudhoe Bay. Free / cheap ways to get airport lounge access? 9/10/2016 1:17:13 AM The northern most road would be the Dalton Highway which ends in DeadHorse and extends to Prudhoe Bay. The northernmost road in Canada is Dempster Highway, which […]

Is there a way to travel from Canada to Japan that's cheaper than the most direct flight routes?

8/31/2016 3:05:18 PM You should just shop around and go at a time that leads to the cheapest fares. It may be cheaper from Toronto so you could consider hitchhiking or something like Megabus to get from Montreal to Hogtown. I’ve recently seen $542 CAD (about US$430) round trip YYZ to Osaka including taxes and […]

Free / cheap ways to get airport lounge access?

6/19/2012 5:55:00 AM Before we discuss ways to get in, you first need to remember that lounges aren’t free. Someone somewhere needs to be paying for it! Depending on the facilities and location of the lounge, it can vary quite a bit. Discussions on FlyerTalk seem to indicate that the wholesale cost per visit is […]

What is the cheapest way to cross the English Channel from France to the UK on foot, single ticket?

8/12/2016 8:40:12 AM Depending where you’re going from/to, Eurostar tickets start at €39, which may work out cheaper than the ferry, plus travel to the port, plus travel from the port at the other end. The cheapest way of all is to hitch-hike on a car going through EuroTunnel. There’s no charge to take an […]

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