Remember Leaving Las Vegas? Well, what about Leaving Moscow? Leaving Moscow is a blog entry about the equally insane prospect of taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Russia in the dead of winter. Read more.
Fly on Aeroflot from New York to Moscow for only $573 round-trip, non-stop.
These $573 fares are available for travel from September through April.
Fly New York to “Publin” for only $468 in early October before the weather gets too chilly. This fare is available on Delta for travel through March, at which point it then spirals into the $700s.
These prices beat the Aer Lingus $199 sale which is actually $575 after round-trip and taxes.
Find the $468 fare on Delta.com for travel from October through March.
In Dublin, make sure to visit O’Donoghues on Merrion Row and take in some live Irish music (pictured above)! These guys even let my buddy Boram sit in on guitar for “Dicey Riley”.
Need a cheap flight to Manila? There are multiple $830 fares for travel from September through early November. We found this $838 fare (below) on Vayama.
Don’t miss this. The travel downturn in Dubai is an opportunity to save a sultan’s sum on travel to this region.
Hotels, which in the past, could easily cost you $300-500/night, are now a lot more affordable.
Rememeber, make your reservations for after the summer heat begins to subside and Ramadan ends (September 9).
For travel in September through Spring 2011 there are many itineraries to Dubai for under $800. We found this $726 (below) fare from New York to Dubai on Aeroflot. It was cheaper on Orbitz than Aeroflot’s site.
With a just released Associated Press report detailing that domestic airfares in Q1 are up 5% over last year, it is only a matter of time until the same is reported about international airfares. Read more.
With that said, it’s been harder to find cheap rates to Asia these days. In 2009 it was commonplace to see prices in the $500′s to Japan, Philippines and Vietnam. However, that’s nearly impossible this year.
Flights to Seoul on China Air are in the low-800′s for November and mid-$800′s for October travel. It’s pretty wide open. We actually found the cheapest fare on Vayama. Air China’s website was slightly more expensive.
In “Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade” you saw the chiseled, sandstone façade of Al-Khazneh in Petra which was featured during the climactic ending. This is a must.
Yes, it can be touristy, but the horseback trek through the red rock canyons makes the experience even more epic. And, you can channel your inner Indy by wearing a fedora and concealing a “top-secret” diary. Read more.
Fly non-stop on Royal Jordanian for $817 (see below) from New York to Amman.
Check out this jewel. Fly on Aeroflot to Beirut from New York for only $822 round-trip (see below). This price was found on Orbitz. I had difficulty searching the Aeroflot site for it.
Search Hawaiian Airlines for most dates in August and several dates sprinkled throughout September, October and November for fares below $400 to Honolulu.
We found this itinerary for late October travel for only $321. This is the ideal time to visit because tropical temperatures have cooled and crowds have dispersed.
In the late 1980′s, Americans were bombarded with advertisements featuring Juan Valdez soliciting coffee from the Andes Mountains in Colombia with his mule “Conchita”.
A cup of coffee, known as “un tinto” in Columbia, is still a big part of the country’s culture, identity and economy.
Visions of freshly picked coffee sacks still provide reason to trek into the Colombian countryside and experience these magical fields.
Today, there are a slew of coffee tourism options in Colombia including an amusement park.
With that said, Mexicana is offering fare from Chicago to Bogota for only $255 (see below). This fare was found on Vayama. On Mexicana it is $265.
