News and Tips #31 - April 23, 2015

In this issue:

-The 5 Most Spectacular National Park Road Trips | Conde Nast
-A Guide For How To Explore Beijing | We Blog The World
-Packing for 7 Days in 1 Bag in 5 Minutes
-8 Cruise Lines With the Best Internet Service | Travel Pulse
-10 Tips For Travel Photography - [Infographic]
-What Kind of Carnival Cruise Should You Take

The 5 Most Spectacular National Park Road Trips | Conde Nast

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Nothing get us more excited for summer than the prospect of an epic road trip: wind whipping through open car windows, highways flanked by stunning landscapes. Luckily, this is an easy reality in the U.S., thanks to an abundance of amazing national parks. Here are the 5 most road trip-worthy...
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A Guide For How To Explore Beijing | We Blog The World

Smog, sprawl and the ghosts of the Tiananmen Square protesters be damned: Beijing is one of my favourite cities on the planet.

It isn't priceless world heritage - the Forbidden City, Temple of Heave or the nearby Great Wall of China - although that helps; nor is it the towering skyscrapers lurking in their shadows. It isn't the way Beijing's over enunciate...
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Packing for 7 Days in 1 Bag in 5 Minutes

I have watched in wonder as families wheel large luggage carts around the airport. They seemed to have packed as if their cross country trip were by wagon train instead of by airplane. Similarly, I have watched people board cruise ships with suitcases and trunks large enough to carry a spare sailor or two...
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8 Cruise Lines With the Best Internet Service | Travel Pulse

A cruise vacation allows travelers to unplug from the modern world for a while, but life at home doesn't stop, and checking in can be cumbersome. Finding internet access in ports cuts into already limited short time, and access at sea is slow and expensive. There's hope on the horizon: A number of luxury lines recently unveiled ...
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10 Tips For Travel Photography - [Infographic]

Travel photography is the perfect avenue to keep those fab trip memories alive for years to come. But how many of us are professional photographers? Trained professionals skilled and practiced in the fine arts of capturing special travel moments with our cameras? How many of us would love to step up our game, to improve upon or refine our photo snapping skills?..
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What Kind of Carnival Cruise Should You Take

When it comes to planning a cruise one of the biggest decisions that a person will make is deciding what type of cruise to take. Carnival Cruise has so many different places that it cruises (to) that it's hard to know which one to choose. You can visit places like Alaska, Bermuda, Canada and the Bahamas all while having a blast aboard the ship...
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