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Start reading and don t stop.

Read all the greats, but don t skip the more obscure writers. Read magazines. Get yourself a library card if you don t have one, and if you can t do that, check Google Books and Google Magazines.

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Flying standby can be a much more economical way to travel by plane, but it can also be frustrating and you may need to qualify to buy standby tickets with some airlines. Still, it is an excellent way to get where you need to go for less money, especially if you have extra time and a lot of extra patience. Standby tickets mean you get a seat on a sold-out flight if someone doesn't show up or there are cancellations, but you are not guaranteed a seat until the flight is about to leave.

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Finding the Cheap Flights to Greece

• Be willing to travel any day of the week. If your schedule permits, check a day or two before your optimal arrival and departure dates.
• Check who is flying to Athens International Airport near your departure date; you may notice a new airline which will be offering promotional fares. You may also find a European regional airline that you never thought of taking before.
• If you re thinking of taking a tour or cruise, see what airfare deals they offer and find out if you can extend your trip to allow time for independent travel.

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How to Become a Travel Writer

By: Guest Column | November 11, 2013

Each person in the audience fights the bull along with the torero, not by following the flight of the cape, but by using another imaginary one that moves differently than the one in the ring.

—Federico García Lorca, Poem of the Bull

Nearly everyone loves to travel, and many of us wrote a really great story in Junior High, so often people feel it would be easy  to become a travel writer.  But to me, it is like entering the ring in Madrid s Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas to face a raging bull, waving, instead of a cape, Hemingway s truest sentence you know .

All good travel writing moves the reader twice: it transports him to a place, and moves him emotionally.

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Design the outline for your site before you leave on vacation if you plan to upload photographs and videos as you travel. Select a simple background that does not detract from your content. Consider using a complementary theme. For example, if you will be posting photos from an island vacation, choose a background that features a beach and palm trees.

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How Much We Spent Traveling in Europe for Two Months

When Andy and I set off on our Beyond Vacation kick-off trip. I decided to keep track of every penny we spent. There were two reasons for this. We ve never really tracked our travel spending, and I wanted to know how much it costs for us to travel for more than a week or two. And I wanted to be able to share with you how much it costs to travel to the places we visited in Europe. I will have posts later that break down our spending by location, but for now here s an overview of how much we spent traveling in Europe for two months.

A quick look at how much we spent

The following amounts are for two people. All numbers are listed first in euros, second in US dollars.

2,959.40€ / $3,924.47 accommodation

1,335.60€ / $1,771.31 trains

295.60€ / $391.81 other transportation

2,056.78€ / $2,726.21 food and alcohol

205.80€ / $272.80 activities

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