Travel bargains

Not France, that’s for sure. According to the latest “Arbitrage” rundown from the Wall Street Journal, a large Pizza Hut pan pizza with pepperoni will cost you 19 euros, or $27.60 in today’s dollars. It had better be good! I think I’d rather order one in Manila, where it’s $6.58. These comparisons are always kind …

There are a lot of good reasons for visiting the Moravia area of the Czech Republic, which gets about 1/100 the crowds of the country’s capital city. My previous Czech trip posts were on rural Czech prices, the sleepy town of Znojmo, and what it’s like to go cycling through Moravian wine country. Of course …

My new MSNBC column (via Tripso) is out now, called Reservations About Making Reservations. Of course the majority of backpackers go for months or a year finding rooms on the fly without even thinking about it, but from the comments I’ve gotten already on Tripso, you’d think I proposed some radical idea that’s going to …

In the vineyards and wineries of Mendoza and Cafayate, Argentina, you can see and taste the wine country on two wheels. My time in Argentina is coming to an end, but after some excellent experiences, including a few different bike tours. I may be eating way too much good food, but at least there are …

I’ve always liked what Doug Lansky writes because he comes across as a sensible, well-rounded traveler who sees things with the proper amount of humorous perspective. So I often recommend his First Time Around the World book to those setting off for an extended bout of travel. The Signspotting book he compiled for Lonely Planet …