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Find Cheap Flights To And From The UK With The EscapeMap Mashup

by Anil Polat | Oct 16, 2007 | Money | 0

Search through flights to and from the UK and get prices and routes? returned on a Google map with EscapeMap. Aside from basing the results on price, you can filter the results so you end up near the beach, or in an exotic place (New Orleans according the EscapeMap).

Unfortunately the deals only go to and from the UK – I love the interface, so hopefully they’ll expand it to more international destinations.

Keep in mind that you can still use Google to find cheap airplane tickets or actually search the international versions of popular online travel agents. After you get back, create a customized travel map to show off on your blog or MySpace/Facebook page.

Book Hotel Reservations Worldwide: HotelsEscape.com

by Anil Polat | Oct 16, 2007 | Sponsored Reviews | 0

Incorporate smart hotel deals and hotel reservations before your next trip on HotelsEscape.com. The site lets you search deals on international and US domestic hotels.

A simple search for Las Vegas hotels returns a large number of results which can be sorted on a variety of criteria. You can list in the order of the best hotel deal, quality, price per night, or simply in alphabetical order. HotelsEscape also lets users narrow down search result based on hotel features such as swimming pools or restaurants.

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Axis Of Evil Comedy Tour

by Anil Polat | Oct 15, 2007 | Pictures and Video | 1

Comedian Maz Jobrani.

Bayram In Istanbul Mosque

by Anil Polat | Oct 15, 2007 | Culture | 0

A picture from the morning of Bayram‘s first day in the S�leymaniye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

Today Is Blog Action Day

by Anil Polat | Oct 15, 2007 | Travel | 0

This year’s Blog Action Day theme is the environment. I’ve written a bunch of posts on how you can help save our world, or at least treat it better. I encourage you “green” your travel plans by protecting an endangered historical site, stay at an ecofriendly hotel, offset your carbon emissions, visit places close to home occasionally, and shut down your computer while you’re away.

Or at least put it to sleep automatically. I’ll be donating a chunk of change to an environmental cause in addition to my UNICEF campaign this month (any ideas)?

MegaBus Cheap Travel Between US Cities

by Anil Polat | Oct 15, 2007 | Car | 0

MegaBus offers cheap fares to and from many major US cities. Those of you who don’t mind longer travel times can save money instead of paying for expensive airplane tickets to smaller markets such as Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Toledo.

You can search and reserve a seat from MegaBus.com in the states they service. Good bus?service is lacking in the US, probably since most people drive and the distances are greater than in Turkey for example. Countries where buses are the common way to go often serve good food and have wireless Internet access.