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Easter Peeps Photo Contest

Visit Intelligent Travel and enter the “Peeps in Places” Photo Challenge by sending a picture of one or more Easter peeps in your own neighborhood or your favorite travel destination. You have until Monday, April 13th to submit your sweetest, funniest… read full article

For first time International travelers landing in a foreign country can be intimidating. You have your books, tickets, hotel confirmations through Venere.com and you’re ready to be adventurous.

But what do you do when you land at an airport ?

Here is a… read full article

Here are 5 more types of annoying people you’ll meet at the airport:

1. Café staff who won’t acknowledge your order until you’ve said it right

Why can’t I just order a small coffee? Why does it have to be called Tall, Regular, Medio or Royale?… read full article

Where to eat good airport food?

Want to know where to eat great food while waiting for your flight in Athens Airport, Greece,  Rome Fiumicino Airport, Italy, Munich Strauss Airport, Germany or other international airports in the world? Read PlanetEye travel experts’ recommendations on best airport restaurants

Paris has three international airports, Charles De Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais. Beauvais airport is only used by budget carriers such as Ryanair and Wizz for short hops within Europe, while the other two handle both long haul and short haul flights from around the world.

After the collapse of tour operator XL Sunday, stranded passengers on a replacement flight from Sharm el-Sheikh were delighted to find that Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was their pilot for the flight home.

Jean-Philippe Perol, chairman of the European Travel Commission says that… read full article

Europe is particularly well served by budget airlines and the wealth of choice available can be daunting.

Many travellers end up settling for the well known names because the price seems low and it then saves them the hassle of searching the market for other options. The first problem with… read full article

London’s Heathrow is located 32 km (20 miles) west of Central London, and it is well served by transport links.

There is a shuttle service between Heathrow airport and Hotels in Central London. The service is named national express dot2dot, and runs between… read full article

Rome by night: On Travelblogs, read an interview with Michael Gyulai, author of ‘Midnight In Rome‘.

Airline Gossip: On Gadling, read the story of a drunk flight attendant arrested by the police on a plane set to fly to Faro, Portugal.

Free wireless Internet… read full article

Forbes.com published this year’s list of the 10 Best Airports worldwide including Hong Kong (1st place), Munich Airport and Copenhagen Airport. No US airport made the list, which is dominated by Asian and European airports.

Rome has banned snacking near its famous monuments in… read full article

Check out this amusing list of types of annoying travelers you may find in an airport lounge:

1. The Traveling Chess Team

Probably the nerdiest group of kids you’ve ever seen. They’re nearly all male, have prominent jutting teeth, wear horn rimmed glasses, and have their… read full article

With nine terminals, endless security lines, and constant cancellations, JFK airport can be a traveler’s worst nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be.

If you are flying from/to this New York airport, check out these five ways to beat the baggage lugging heartache.

1. Book a

I try to stock up on optimism before I head to the airport. Everything is going to be seamless I tell myself. And these last few short-haul trips I’ve taken in Europe have gone pretty well I must say. Not too crowded, few lines, no delays

Flying to London? Read information about new Heathrow airport terminal on USA Today‘s website.

Go to the French L’Internaute Magazine to see the pictures of the most interesting places to visit in France for Oustsider Art (or Art Brut). The eleven sites mentioned include… read full article

The world’s best airline is a very controversial matter between my “traveling acquaintances”, most likely because we never come up with a definite answer. Every airline’s purported merits are generally hampered in some way by the lack of real evidence.

According to Skytrax’s figures, the Airline of the… read full article