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Gadlinks for Friday, 1.8.2010

by Katie Hammel on Jan 8, 2010

Happy Friday, faithful Gadling readers! Here are a few more travel tidbits to send you on your way to the weekend.

Finally, someone gets it right. ABC News talks about Miami Airport’s efforts at “profiling passengers by actions, not ethnicity.” [via ABC News]
Stuck at the airport? Check out this list of airport bars where you can “drink your delays away.” [via Cheapoair]
As a dedicated “carry-on only” traveler, I love these 7 reasons why you should go carry-on. [via MyMelange]
After being subjected to way too much acoustic guitar during my time at hostels, I could only say “Amen!” to this list of 10 Commandments for hostels. [via BootsnAll]
Flyover America discusses the eternal traveler conundrum: go explore somewhere new or return to a place you know and love? [via Flyover America]

‘Till Monday, happy travels!

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Gadlinks for Thurdsay, 1.7.2010

by Aaron Hotfelder on Jan 7, 2010

Welcome once again to Gadlinks, your daily source for the most interesting travel-related articles and blog posts on the Web. Here’s what we’ve got for you today…

Travel porn: A great photo essay from Matador on the 14 Natural Wonders of South America.
Did you know retailers in France can only have sales at certain limited times of the year? Me neither. Apparently the winter sales started yesterday.
You can count on the TSA— to overreact to tiny threats and ignore big ones.
In the “Vicarious Traveling” department, do yourself a favor and follow the blog posts and tweets of our pal Andrew Evans as he travels via bus to Antarctica.
Think you spent a long time at the airport during that 8-hour layover? Over at World Hum, Frank Bures chats with Alain de Botton, author of The Art of Travel, about why he spent a week at London’s Heathrow Airport— on purpose.

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Gadlinks for 1.6.2010

by Katie Hammel on Jan 6, 2010

Looking for more nuggets to satisfy your hunger for travel news and information? Check out some of these links from around the internets.

Remember being a child and thinking there was nowhere in the world you wanted to go more than Fantasia from The Never Ending Story? Then you’ll love this list of 10 places that don’t exist (but should). [via Lonely Planet]

Headed to London on a budget? Check out these 5 free things to do in London during the winter. [via Budget Travel]

The New York Times has put together a list of 10 ways to cut your travel costs this year. You may already know many of them (get on Twitter, take the bus), but it’s a good reminder as we start a year where travel costs are expected to rise. [via The New York Times]

National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel Blog team found this one, but I had to pass it on. Check out Fun with TSA for a list of “travel safe activities” that you can still do on a plane, even in that last hour of flight. Some in-flight college courses anyone? [via Intelligent Travel]

Robert Reid throws a party for the Manhattan Bridge, which turned 100 years old on December 31. [via Reid on Travel]

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Gadlinks for Tuesday, 1.5.2010

by Aaron Hotfelder on Jan 5, 2010

Good evening, friends of Gadling. Didn’t get enough travel-related news on our humble site today? Check out what else is going on around the web…

Security expert Bruce Schneier: “I wish that, just once, some terrorist would try something that you can only foil by upgrading the passengers to first class and giving them free drinks.”
Over at Slate, Joshua Kucera tells why China is Russia’s “Land of Opportunity.”
Tyler Cowen recounts some observations from his trip to Yemen.
Travel writer Leif Pettersen offers ten totally-gonna-happen predictions for 2010.
Check out Rick Steves’ travel resolutions for the new year. Among them: “Eat at the counter in market eateries to season the meal with all that local action.” Also: “Order more adventurously to delve more deeply into regional cuisine and treats of the season.”
Finally, our own Mike Barish goes “urban camping” and shows you “how a Manhattan apartment can be transformed into a rustic escape.”

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Gadlinks for Tuesday, 12.29.2009

by Aaron Hotfelder on Dec 29, 2009

We’ve had plenty to offer you on Gadling today, from great deals on gadgetry to an interesting dispatch from Antarctica to some virtually impossible Travel Trivia. Want more travel-related edification? Look no further than the five posts below from around the blogosphere…

Rick Steves offers some tips on something I can never manage to do– stay healthy on the road.
It’s never too early to start thinking about your Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone. [Include a receipt.]
Those old media dinosaurs over at CNN point to some of the best New Year’s Eve destinations.
The indispensable Radley Balko takes aim at the TSA’s dumb new security regulations.
I’ll admit to feeling a little Schadenfreude about this story: “Best job in the world” winner stung by jellyfish.

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