Travelization

Do you like to search out weird tourist attractions? Do you drive out of your way to see a funky folk art environment made out of found items? Do you plan your road trips around giant, larger than life roadside oddities? Would you rather stay in a haunted bed and breakfast than a chain motel? [...]

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SINGAPORE – Whether you choose to rub, kiss or pat them, travel website VirtualTourist.com has come up with a list of the top 10 monuments in the world believed to bring good luck. Whether it’s noses, bellies or bottoms, these talismans brave the affections of thousands trying to improve their lot, VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) general manager [...]

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For travelers seeking the outlandish, travel review website IgoUgo.com has come up with a list of its top 10 weird activities ranging from cream fights to cockroach races.This list was compiled by editors at IgoUgo.com on recommendations from its readers and is not endorsed: 1. The Great Whipped Cream Battle – Olomouc, Czech Republic Fluff [...]

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“After five years’ travel,” veteran guidebook writer Geoff Crowther once recalled, “most of us went feral.” So did the books they wrote. Jammed into backpacks, ripped into pieces, guidebooks escape into the wild to get lost or abandoned for the next edition. Here are 10 that are so transfixingly odd that they’ve remained readable long [...]

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Spring break, generally a time of year when folks let their hair down, is coming. So, perhaps you’re wondering: What are the craziest party towns around the world? Well, here is a list, compiled by Travel + Leisure magazine, of the places where inhibitions run free: Top 10 Craziest Party Towns 1. Ibiza, Spain 2. [...]

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It’s time again for the OTR’s nearly annual 10 Strangest Airline Stories of 2008. While we don’t have anything as good as my all-time favorite (Farts Lead to Flight Diversion), there are some gems. With that, here we go: 10) A Nevada brothel offers to reimburse American Airlines’ $15 checked bag fee for visiting customers. [...]

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Top 10 Strangest Jobs in the Travel Industry, according to Travel + Leisure. It’s in one way funny which jobs are in travel industry but you know , everything for satisfied costumer ! 1)Hotel Falconer, Biltmore Four Seasons, Santa Barbara — walks falcon around pool to shoo away seagulls. 2)Airport Hunters, Zurich Airport, Switzerland — [...]

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The lure of the bronze sun, vast azure skies and the endless blue-green oceans on a tropical paradise beach resort make for a perfect holiday destination. With hundreds of beautiful beaches to choose from, some have been given the distinction of being the best beaches in the world. Some of these resorts are listed below. [...]

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Heathrow has been voted the worst international airport for passport queues and baggage problems, a survey of air travelers said on Friday. New York’s JFK and Los Angeles International airports were ranked second and third worst in the survey by online travel and social network WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?). The survey asked 2250 passengers [...]

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Nervous fliers, stop reading! Travel + Leisure has come up with a list of the world’s scariest runways that can make even the most relaxed travelers grip their armrest. 1. Paro Airport, Bhutan Tucked into a tightly cropped valley and surrounded by 4900-meter-high Himalayan peaks, Bhutan’s only airport is forbidding to fly into. It requires [...]

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