It is no secret that Barcelona is a fantastic tourist destination and the poster city for urban rebirth after its hosting the ‘92 Summer Olympics.  Something you may not know is that 20% of inbound flights to Spain are by budget airlines, which makes getting there a bargain.  Budget accommodations in Barcelona are currently undergoing a transformation as [...]

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September 22nd to the 29th is Fashion Week in Milan.  So in addition to the Duomo and the Last Supper if you take a stop over in Milan you will have the added benefit of being surrounded by 100s of models.  

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iKangaroo Travel Media is proud to announce a new partnership with Anthony Capozzoli and www.unabellavista.com.  Anthony is passionate about everything Italian and a talent for communicating the wonders of Italian art, history, culture and language in an easy-to-understand manner.  Unabellavista.com offers a vast amount of information on Rome including pod-casts, well-put-together walking-tour itineraries and other useful tips that will help [...]

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[ September 24, 2007; September 26, 2007; 8:00 am; ] Anyone who has been to Spain can attest to the fact that the Spanish can party.  We think it’s the siesta that gives Spaniards the energy to eat dinner around 10:00 pm , party until the wee hours and then make it to work the next morning only to start the whole cycle again.  On August 24th [...]

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[ September 22, 2007 12:00 pm to October 7, 2007 11:00 pm. ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            We have to give props to one of Mike’s Bike Tour guides, Jason, who describes the annual Munich Oktoberfest as, “your drunk uncle’s Disneyland”.  Just imagine carnival rides, obscene amounts of brew that starts flowing at 10:00 am, 1000s of friendly Bavarians in traditional attire, Bavarian bands in lederhosen singing Justin Timberlake covers and then there are the bumper [...]

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Cozy rooms, minimalistic decor, great location, free WiFi, in-room safes, TVs, iPod docking stations, and technology that alerts guests about shared bathroom vacancy.  As the name implies the rooms are small but they are a far cry from the capsule hotels in Japan.  Furthermore, most rooms in NYC for under $200 with this location are [...]

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Ciao Travelers!
iKangaroo administers customer satisfaction surveys at different hostels / hotels in Europe and one trend that we have recently discovered is a high incident rate of travelers getting drunk in Rome and running into problems such as: run-ins with the locals, getting rolled (i.e. waking up on a street corner with no pants, cash, [...]

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Sept. 4, 2007-  This morning a Eurostar train made the trip from Paris to London in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 16 seconds.  This time did not beat the the 2 hour goal but it was still 15 minutes faster than the 2003 record.  The train is scheduled to start regular service between St Pancras and Paris [...]

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