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31 Bangkok Taxi Tips: Tuk tuks, tipping, tolls and scams to avoid in Thailand

Bangkok is HUGE. I live in New York and am used to walking everywhere, but Bangkok is no joke.

By stuart

February 9, 2017February 10, 2017

Tech Travel

#deleteuber: Boycott Uber’s support of Donald Trump by using Lyft or Sidecar

If you didn’t know, now you know: Uber sucks. And they’ve sucked for a while. .

By stuart

January 27, 2017February 3, 2017

Travel

Review: Bell Travel Services shuttle bus service from Bangkok to Pattaya

The trip to Pattaya from Bangkok should take anywhere from 1.5 – 2 hours from Bangkok. Booking a car from Bangkok to Pattaya is the quickest method of transportation, but it will cost you between 1,000 baht (at best) to $1,800 all depending on your luck.

By stuart

January 22, 2017September 28, 2017

Travel

Hanging Out in the Bahamas

Source: Wikimedia.org The Bahamas are the holiday destination of everyone’s dreams, or at least it seems so. The fantasy of walking down a white or pink sandy beach (yes, some of them are pink!) is pretty common and not surprising at all.

By Benjamin Rose

January 17, 2017February 23, 2017

Travel

How many days in Macau? 1-2 days should be enough for most

Who I am as a traveler, I prefer a good mix of culture and history, food and shopping, as well as being a little touristy. I’m also decently traveled, and though not willing to spend a ton of money on hotels, I’m open to spending on new experiences and adventures.

By stuart

December 14, 2016December 15, 2016

City Travel

How Many Bicyclist Deaths/Fatalities in New York City by Year (since 1996)

New York City has added miles and miles of protected bike lanes over the last couple decades as ridership has increased many-fold.

By stuart

September 15, 2016September 17, 2016

Travel

The Orleans Hotel & Casino: When are check-in and checkout times?

Staying at The Orleans? The published check-in time for the hotel and casino is at 3PM, but depending on how full this huge hotel is, you can probably get into your room earlier. Of course, early check-in is at the discretion of the hotel.

By stuart

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

Tech Travel

Lyft in Baltimore: Save $50 on your first Lyft ride in Baltimore

Lyft, launched in 2012 in San Francisco, CA, currently provide services to 195 cities across the US. From San Francisco to NYC, it covers a lot of major cities, one of which is Baltimore.

By stuart

February 28, 2016June 21, 2016

Tech Travel

How to use Lyft in Detroit and using it to DTW (Detroit’s airport)

Lyft brands itself as your friendly neighborhood ride-sharing service and it’s grown significantly in Detroit. Launched as a mobile app in the summer of 2012 as a service of Zimride, it has grown exponentially ever since.

By stuart

February 20, 2016June 21, 2016

Tech Travel

Quick guide to using Lyft in Minneapolis-St. Paul (and $50 code)

There have been some exciting innovations to the personal transportation industry in the last decade. One of those innovations is the advent of rideshare companies such like Uber and Lyft. In this post, we’ll focus specically on Lyft (because I dislike Uber).

By stuart

February 14, 2016June 21, 2016

City Travel

Myanmar 4.8 earthquake on January 12 knocks out power to Yangon

Laying in bed at my hotel after a long day doing touristy things in Yangon, the hotel started to sway.

By stuart

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016

Tech Travel

Lyft can pickup passengers from LAX now (w/$50 code)

For more than two years, Lyft and Uber have been able to drop off, but not pick up from LAX. That’s until tomorrow when travelers will be able to request a Lyft from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) legally.

By stuart

December 22, 2015June 21, 2016

Shopping Travel

Here’s how to use Tiket.com to book Indonesian flights with a U.S. credit card

There’s a way to book your Air Asia, Lion Air, Batik, Sriwijaya and Citilink flights from the United States, it’s just not through their respective websites unfortunately.

By stuart

December 8, 2015December 9, 2015

Money Travel

Why I decided not to use TicketIndonesia.info to book my flights

As mentioned on yesterday’s post, buying tickets directly from Indonesian airline websites with a United States credit card seems futile.

By stuart

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015

Tech Travel

Is it safe to use Tiket.com to book Indonesian flights from U.S.?

With an itinerary set for a trip to Indonesia, I wanted to start booking my internal flights to Yogyakarta and Bali within the country.

By stuart

December 3, 2015December 4, 2015

Tech Travel

It costs approximately $32 to take a Lyft to/from LGA to Lower Manhattan

If you follow this site (wow, your life) then you know that I am a big proponent of Lyft and especially when compared to Uber. Specifically, when I do use Lyft, I use their “Line” service because it’s economically sensible.

By stuart

November 24, 2015November 15, 2016