Bartering can supplement your travel costs…and it will also provide you with an adventure! It’s an unconventional way to meet people while traveling.

The above thoughts, as well as several very tradeable skills (you probably have one or more of them) are from (more…)

I read a fantastic article by Jeff Jarvis. He posed the question, “What if a plane flight were networked and became a social experience with its own economy?” Jarvis then describes the “Social Flight” where no marketing is required, but rather simply serving–connecting and organizing the customers the airline already has…

The airlines could let the consumer trade and barter their frequent flyer miles with each other–adding value to their $300 billion frequent flyer miles currency. The consumer could also (more…)

Pangaea Travel Consultants in partnership with Carbonfund.org today announced a new program to provide its clients with 100 percent carbon neutral travel.

Travel from airplanes, cars and other methods is a leading cause of CO2 emissions. The aviation industry is responsible for roughly 3 percent of a global carbon emissions, while just a short flight from San Diego to Cancun, for example, will emit the same amount of carbon into the atmosphere that it would take 20 trees ten years to absorb.

This program makes it easy and pain free for travelers to offset their carbon footprint and help contribute to the solution. Pangaea Travel’s program is the first of its kind to offset carbon emissions for all of its clients’ travel, start to finish, free of charge. This includes emissions caused by air travel, hotel stays, cruises, and everything else Pangaea Travel has to (more…)

A partnership between Greensboro, N.C.-based Gilbarco Veeder-Root Inc. and Google will soon see driving directions being provided at thousands of gasoline pumps across the USA. The pumps made by Gilbarco include an Internet connection and will display Google’s mapping service in color on a small screen. After the driver selects a destination, the pump will print out (more…)

November Report from Asia…by Thomas H. Greco, Jr. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
(Editor’s Note: Thomas Greco has, for more than 25 years, been working at the leading edge of economic and financial restructuring. He is the author of the book, Money: Understanding And Creating Alternatives To Legal Tender.helsea Green Publishing Company, 2001. Greco has spent most of the year traveling throughout the world lecturing and working with various communities to set up community (more…)

Looking to get an “autumn high” on trade? Some of the top accommodations at pricey ski resorts are available on barter all along the U.S. and Canadian Rockies.

So if you’ve ever wanted to enjoy Aspen or Vail in Colorado, Whistler in British Columbia, or any other renowned ski resort, now is the time to take (more…)

Key Holiday Villas is a holiday villa website displaying not only villas but chalets, cabins, condos and studio apartments for short term rental…direct from owners–worldwode.

A map of the world on their home page makes it easy to begin your search for the perfect holiday (more…)

An advertising and listing conduit for resorts, lodging properties as well as various retailers, is available through the Mountain Sports (more…)

Robert Half Management Resources, a provider of temporary senior-level accounting and finance professionals, reports that the bleary-eyed business traveler is becoming a less frequent sight in airports and hotels across the country. Nearly half (48%) of employees polled said they travel for work less frequently compared to five years ago.

The study shows that (more…)

Ad agencies have traditionally attended the advertising industry’s annual awards show in Cannes. But this year their clients are invading the glitzy French Riviera in unprecedented numbers, attending the 53rd International Advertising Festival. Nearly (more…)