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Are you confused about the overseas education options? Are you a student of hospitality? Then Malaysia is the perfect career option for you. It would ensure that you can get the best of education for all the Ringgits expended by you. Since Malaysia also has a lot of picturesque locations, it’s an idyllic destination for someone to pursue education along with having fun. The bill for students is quite low in this country and only 150 USD i.e. just the food costs. However, the costs for rent are also the same i.e. 150 USD due to which Malaysia is quite affordable for students.

Malaysia also has extraordinary universities like Victoria International University. The Victoria International University is a well-reputed university of Malaysia and offers courses like BBA in three years. The cost of this BBA is $4900 in 1st year and $4000 each for consecutive two years. Malaysia also has extraordinary tourist attractions for students like the PETRONAS Tower. This country also has campuses of foreign universities like Victoria International university located here. So, students have no dearth of choosing between different colleges for pursuing a desirable course. They can either shift to the branch campus of such international universities in Malaysia like Monash University of Australia or they can also pursue courses in the top ranking university of Malaysia including Universities Teknologi Malaysia(among the top 500 universities of the world).

Under an, Inter Campus Exchange program, the students can shift to Monash University campus in Australia by opting to pursue a course in the same university in Malaysia. As per this program, the students can have many advantages

• Admission of a student continues in Monash Malaysia despite his transfer to Monash in Australia
• All a student’s credits gained during the educational course in Monash Malaysia will be transferred to the university campus in Monash Australia.
• The student despite transfer to Monash Australia will pay fees in the local Malaysian currency of Ringgits

A visa consultancy can help you with the apt visa assistance in this regard and in getting admission in a recognized Malaysian university. These consultancies have experience in getting the right kind of documentation for such visas and know the intricacies that students can face in a foreign country. So, students are offered complete help like airport pickup through such consultancies and help in settlement also which is why one can opt to take professional help while going for a visa.

I have am taken an interest in how people and organizations are affected by technology, and subsequently how it affects my pocket and yours. Whether you believe it or not, blogs are quickly evolving from the normal online journals and diaries into strong powerful marketing tools that are already shaping the way advertising and marketing is being done. There are well over 35 million blogs, with 40,000 new blogs being started every day. The blogosphere – the world of blogs – is doubling in size every 5 months! Some blogs have millions of readers per month, while your organization’s website looks like a dull poster. If your organization is not paying attention, something is happening, you it may be going extinct!

While most companies and corporations have websites that look static and boring, with contents remaining unchanged for weeks, months and even years! Internet users typically don’t have much reason to visit a website over and over unless they want to buy something or want a current gist. Big Corporations are already paying attention to the problems they can cause; from the whistle blowing on the MLMs (dipotepede and deoluakinyemi’s posts on wonder bank blogs) to customers’ complaints on forums ( nairaland’s user- mypeace created a thread to announce UBA’s hidden COT charges on savings accounts, Nigerian Village Square online protesters and British airways saga). Your business cannot afford to close its eyes to them, because they have been the next big phenomenon since the internet itself…it has given the small business a leverage to compete with other companies- and the rising profiles of blogs have the potential to shake up just about every business — including yours. It’s now no more an ordinary online journal; it’s become a potent business weapon. It doesn’t matter whether what that business is you are running, we need to pay attention before a one-man company runs you out of business.

Blogs have gradually becoming a potent voice in mass communication, advertising and marketing campaigns. Blogs have been responsible for breaking a number of stories before tele-media, including the capture of Saddam Hussein. A 20 year old Nick Ciarelli, has continued to be one pin apple can’t sit on. His blog has a reputation as a reliable source of information about Apple computers’ planned launches. This has made his blog a hot site for both competitors and buyers. Someone decided to open a blog to put McDonalds on it toes, to “discuss the brand experience of the world’s largest fast food chain from the customer’s point of view” , and consumers have been talking. There is an uploaded clip of a dell product exploding on YouTube; this has forced Dell computers to withdraw 4.1million of the defective model from the market. A dis-satisfied customer of United Airlines angrily created a website, “untied.com -problems of the united airlines”, even arrogant Nigerian British Airways could not ignore the internet community at the Nigerian Village Square and their signature collection for an airline boycott to protest the treatment meted out to Nigerians in the airport. MTN, Biggs, and other corporations need to pay attention-they may be next, or a competitor may be coming. Mr. Edet (not real name) met the company he lost a web design and branding contract to-it was just a 28-year old boy working from the dining table of his Dad’s house. While Mr. Edet runs a 12-man company, with his website running, exquisite office space in Ikeja; the young guy work alone, at home-a weblog and a proposal, did it.

Apart from being “consumer-revenge portals”, blogs are now strong marketing and innovation tools tools. Millions of books hare being written everyday on business blogging. Business Week stated on its cover, “Blogging will change your business,” and virtually every business needs to embrace blogging as a business tool. I have a strong conviction one of the users of nairaland, who posted a question on bank PHB’s services, is a staff of Bank PHB trying to do a near cost-less survey on how their services are doing and it’s amazing the kind of downright straight 2 d point responses. Most foreign companies are already incorporating blogs into their websites or encouraging their employees to blog and many of us are starting to offer business blogging consulting.

Blogs can help companies in several ways:

” They give personality to a company and add personal relationship and interactivity to its website and brand. Thus building brand trust and customer retention. People give their money to people on blogs, for investments, goods or services, though they have never met them before.

” They offer a fantastic system to publicize company programs, opinions, values and products. I commend the PMNews team for adding the comments section to their news sections, imagine the reactions. Survey could be conducted easily, thereby giving us the power to keep tabs on market

” Search engines love blogs than websites. Due to their dynamic content, regular readers, and social network compatibility, blogs will drive traffic to your site traffic. Hence, potential customers.

” Since the internet has flattened commerce, SMEs (businesses) can become popular almost overnight. It has given businesses the potential to become popular overnight, and to literally reach literally millions of potential customers all around the globe, without the attendant cost of capital projects and infrastructure.

Business, in its simplest form, is the obtaining and retaining of customers, and the ability to make money and deliver excellent and quality products and services. Blogs will cause a huge change in the way customers are obtained and retained, how goods and services are delivered, and even how market survey is being carried out.

If you travel with a disability, handicap, physical limitation, mobility limitation, or developmental disability, have special needs, or use an electric wheelchair or handicap scooter, it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can to make disabled travel easier.

Or if you’re a mature traveler or senior who is a slow walker or just wants a slower pace, becoming more informed about disabled travel services and disability travel resources, will lessen the anxiety that often accompanies disabled travelers.

The following travel tips, resources and information for the disabled will help make trips, tours, holidays and vacations a lot easier for you, or for a child with a disability, whether short-term or long-term.

1. Plan your trip well in advance! Do you need to order extra supplements, medications or renew prescriptions, fix eyeglasses or change prescriptions, get a physical, have dental work done, have your wheelchair fixed or tuned up, etc.?

2. If possible, always book your travel through an agency that specializes in helping people with disabilities. This is important because specialized travel agents and tour operators for the disabled are experienced and can save you some awful headaches.

They offer a lot of good tips and a wide range of services for the handicapped traveler. Among other things, they can arrange for a: wheelchair at the airport, wheelchair accessible hotel room, wheelchair rental, lift-equipped accessible van, full van, minivan, RV, handicap scooter, or any other handicap vehicle.

Travel agents for the disabled can help arrange accessible transportation, help plan the best accessible cruise, give cruise line and cruising tips, arrange travel insurance and take care of special needs.

Agents can check with hotels for: inner and outer door widths to accommodate your wheelchair, ADA-approved handicap bath tubs, grab bars, or for roll-in showers. Just tell them your needs.

Travel agents can help you find cheap airfare, cheap tickets, cheap flights, cheap travel auto insurance, cheap hotels, cheap car rentals, cheap cruises, cheap vacations and cheap travel of all kinds.

3. Besides taking along your travel agent’s phone number, you’ll also want to take with you the phone numbers for the travel agencies that specialize in disabled travel at your destination, in the event you can’t reach your own agent.

These travel agents may know how to solve problems that come up regarding your hotel, car or van rentals, etc., even if you didn’t order your tickets through them.

4. When traveling to another city, check out the local health and medical associations before you go. For example, get the phone numbers for the local MS chapter if you have MS. These organizations can be great resources.

They usually know what museums, restaurants, theaters & other local facilities are wheelchair accessible and where you can get oxygen, emergency supplies or medical assistance. They may be able to help you with any problems that arise.

5. If you plan to rent a handicap scooter, wheelchair, electric wheelchair, handicap van, full van, mini-van, RV or other vehicle in another city, don’t wait until you get there. Make all the arrangements before you leave on your trip.

Make sure you ask any specifics like, are there tie-downs, ramps, or hoists, etc. Check on what van, RV, car or auto insurance you’ll need before you go.

6. Don’t leave anything to chance. If you can, double-check all the arrangements your travel agent makes. Call the airlines, hotels, scooter, wheelchair, car, RV or van rental companies, medical equipment rental companies, etc., and verify the specifics, especially if you’re traveling in a wheelchair or have any other special needs like oxygen.

This is important if you haven’t used the agent before.

7. If you need oxygen or any other special medical equipment, call airlines and suppliers well in advance of your trip. Don’t wait until the last minute. Start calling them as soon as you know you’re going to be traveling or taking a trip.

Then double-check with your travel agent and the airline at least three to four days before your flight.

8. Arrive early at the airport. It’s better to wait around there than miss your plane. This will eliminate some of the pre-trip anxiety you might feel and make for more leisurely travel. This seems like common knowledge but many people still arrive at the gate just in the nick of time.

With all that’s going on in the world today there are many reasons why you want to allow for more time at the airport.

9. In your airplane carry-on bag keep copies of the prescriptions for your medications and eyeglasses, extra eyeglasses, sunglasses, all your medications and supplements, and a list of your doctor, dentist and other health professionals with their addresses, and phone numbers.

Include your doctor’s fax number for prescriptions in case you lose your medications. Keep duplicate copies of these in your luggage and at home by the telephone. Know where your medical records are kept.

10. When you travel, and for any other time too, if you take medications, learn their names and exactly what they’re for if you don’t know. People come into the emergency room all the time and don’t know what medications they’re taking. You might be surprised to find out that most people say ‘a little yellow pill’ or ‘a white capsule’, etc.

Emergency workers need to know what you’re taking so they don’t give you medication that would interact adversely with it, overdose you or somehow interfere with their treatment and your recovery.

11. If you’re traveling by air, tell the flight attendants when you board, of any medical problem you might encounter on your flight. Note the location of the closest restroom before getting seated. Tell the flight attendant if you think you’ll need assistance getting to it during the flight.

You may need or want an aisle seat for easy access to the restrooms. Discuss seating with your travel agent.

12. If you need someone to travel with you, ask your travel agent for ideas or suggestions. Call the local chapters of medical associations and ask if they can recommend a travel assistant or travel companion to help or accompany you.

There are national companies who offer traveling nurses, traveling companions or travel assistants to accompany disabled travelers or people with serious medical issues.

13. Make sure to take with you: any medical cards, Medicare cards, discount cards, car or auto rental discount cards, auto insurance policy numbers and agent’s phone number, passport, airline tickets, etickets, American Express Travelers Cheques, debit cards, credit cards, and drivers license. Photocopy everything.

Keep photocopies in your luggage and at home by the telephone or someplace where someone has access to it in case you need it.

14. Read everything you can about traveling with a disability. Read disabled travel books, access guides, accessible guidebooks, disability travel articles and travel publications for the disabled traveler. Read the personal travel experiences of wheelchair users and others who have traveled with disabilities. Be informed.

These travel tips, information, resources, and services for the disabled should help you, or anyone with a disability, handicap, physical limitation, or who uses a wheelchair, have an easier, more pleasant, anxiety-free, trouble-free trip, tour, holiday or vacation.

Are you planning to go on a Europe Vacation some day? If so, you have picked an excellent place to venture to, as Europe has great cultural and historical significance, making it a hot locale for travelers. Places like Berlin, London, Venice, Nice, and Paris are very popular for people taking trips abroad. I have some tips for you, expert information, about how you can make your trip to Europe an experience you will never forget.

Keep an Open Mind

You should never settle on a rigid itinerary for your vacation. By traveling to a foreign location, you are giving yourself the opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture and lifestyle than what you are accustomed to. For that reason, you should try looking into short-term rentals on homes and apartments. It is actually a very common practice in that part of the world, and you will find that renting is much cheaper than hotels or resorts. This will give you the opportunity to go into the streets and meet people, allowing you to learn more about the people and lifestyle of that country. That is the best way to have an unforgettable experience.

Stability

If you are looking for a more stable vacation, perhaps you should contact a travel agent and purchase a vacation package. Packages range in price, but you may be able to find a sale if you look hard enough. A discount package price will allow you to save more money for spending while you’re in Europe. The benefit of vacation packages is that they will make sure you are on tours that explore all of the major attractions of a location, allowing for a worry- free vacation.

Bargain Vacations

The true key to getting a discount on a vacation, no matter where you go, is flexibility. You can save a great deal by taking advantage of bargains that only come up at certain times of the year and at certain places. These vacations are great if you can be flexible with:

* Which of the airlines you choose

* Which cruises you want to go on

* What you want to eat

* Where you want to stay

* When you want you leave

For example, if you have no particular goal in mind, but you just want to see Europe, then you will be able to find cheaper rates for traveling and staying in certain nations. Don’t wait until the last-minute to start planning your vacation!

Stretching Every Dollar (or Euro)

Keep in mind that in other countries, prices are often times negotiable. Depending on where you go, especially in countries with weaker economies, you can often times haggle on the prices of your purchases, which will help you save a lot. This usually does not work with large-scale franchise businesses, but will almost always work with small local businesses.

Also, if you choose to eat at restaurants, a local restaurant is good in this respect because they will generally offer you lower prices then places that you are accustomed to seeing in America. Remember, if you truly want to make the most of your European vacation, then save money every chance you get, it will allow you to spend more on the things you like!

The Blue card gives you flexibility and freedom you may or may not find in other major credit cards. Depending on how you like to manage your finances, you can pay off your Blue credit card balance in full each month or over an extended time period. The Blue card has no annual fee and a 0% APR (Annual Percent Rate) for the first 15 months – 3 months longer than most reward credit cards. There is also a 20 day grace period to defer monthly interest fees and if you want additional credit cards for family and friends, you will receive them free.

The credit card offers a no cost rewards program. After you join, you will receive 1 point for nearly every blue card purchase you make. It will not matter whether you are buying ice cream or airline tickets, you will add up points that can be redeemed for retail products, entertainment, travel and much more. When you transfer balances from other higher interest rate credit cards to your American Express Blue card, you enjoy a low fixed rate of 4.99% until the balance is paid off and there is no transaction fee to make the balance transfer. This Blue card feature can save you hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars.

The most current billing information is available to you online, including transactions, charges, and payments. You also get Express Pay: Express Pay is a payment technology that lets you make purchases without swiping your Blue card. Once you have made a purchase you just hold the card up to the payment reader, by the register, and that that is it. You do not have to sign anything and you may get a receipt if you choose. There are thousands of Express Pay readers nationwide making it easy for you to make purchases quickly and easily.

There are more great features of the American Express Blue card to explore. With the Blue card you have great fraud protection online and off. You will not be held responsible for any unauthorized charges under any condition. An online year end summary gives you 24 hours access to important information about your credit card account. You can download the summary, print it out and separate charges by date, merchant name, charge amount and review charges made within a category. The summary is an excellent tool for preparing taxes and budgeting.

Do you want more? Well, how about 24/7 customer service and 90 day return protection. When a merchant will not take back a designated item within 90 days, American Express will refund the purchase price up to $ 300 per item and a maximum of $ 1000 annually per credit card account. You will also get buying assurance, so you can shop worry free, knowing that the original product warranty will be matched for an additional year, on warranties of 5 years or less. There is also the Purchase Protection Plan, which protects eligible purchases made with the Blue card against accidental damage and theft for 90 days after the purchase of your product. You will get car rental loss and damage insurance when you use your card for auto rentals, Emergency Card Replacement, Travel Accident Insurance, and Global Assist Hotline, which assists you with medical, legal, financial or other emergency assistance when you travel more than 100 from home.

Overall, the American Express Blue card is an ideal financial companion for daily credit card usage. Its versatility as a credit card is readied by reading the previously mentioned benefits and features. It is a credit card that easily complements your financial portfolio and gives you more of what a great credit card has to offer.

Indira Gandhi International Airport is one of the busiest airports of India. It is located in NCR region of West Delhi. The airport was named after Indira Gandhi, the late former Prime Minister of India. With the opening of its new Terminal 3, has made this airport one of the largest and busiest in entity South East Asia.

The airport has several terminals to handle domestic, international and freight traffic. It is expected that the airport will be able to handle more than 100 million passengers annually by 2030.

Reaching Airport :

IGIA can be reached through a number of options that are available with you in the city. Many paid taxis operate from various parts of the city to take pick and drop you at the airport. One of the easiest and affordable way to reach airport is to use the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro. This line runs from Delhi Railway Station to Terminal 3 of IGIA. Many low floor air conditioned buses are started by DTC.

Other facts and Statistics :

The airport serves almost every major airline in the world. There are almost 70 flights that are served here by the ATC every hour. This airport is home to some of the popular low cost carriers of the country like Kingfisher, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Airways and GoAir. There are six terminals that make up this airport.

Terminal 1 basically caters to the domestic traffic. It has been further sub divided into 4 smaller terminals which are owned and operated by the low cost budget carriers.

Terminal 2 is designed to work in co-regulation with Terminal 3 until the proposed terminal 4 is not completed. Once T4 is completed the T2 will be destroyed and new terminal will be made.

Terminal 3 is rated as one of the best terminals of the world. The terminal is dedicated to handle only the international traffic and more than 34 million passengers are handled by it annually. The T3 has more than 150 check in counters, 15 X-Ray scanning machines, 72 immigration counters and 30 parking bays. This terminal is connected to the city by Express Line and Bus Rapid

Transit system. The terminal also has a state of the art multi-level parking with a capacity of more than 4000 cars.

Terminals 4 and 5 are in their later stages of development. These are designed to control the growing traffic and needs of the passengers. A new cargo facility is also palnned in this terminal.

Hajj Terminal is a dedicated to the haji passengers who to Haj every year. Special flights for haj are handles from here only. This is capable of handling 10 million passengers per year. The terminal is operational for only 2 months of an year. Plans are being made so that it can be utilized for the remaining 10 months also.

Cargo Terminal is used to handle all cargo and freight operations. The airport has received awards and special accolades for its cargo and fright handling services.

In keeping with the method of isolating one or two scenes of a film with an eye towards meaningful dissection, I would like to see what the old disaster flick Airport can tell us about a particular concept that psychologists call “companionate love”. Obviously this means that I am not herein concerned with “disaster movie” nonsense or Grand Hotel type characterizations.

Please allow me to paraphrase John W. Santrock’s paraphrase of the famous Triangular theory of love as presented by the eminent psychologist Robert J. Sternberg:

“A relationship marked by intimacy and commitment but low

or lacking in passion is ‘companionate love’, a pattern often found in

couples who have been married for many years.”

I’m interested in the scenes in Airport that involve D.O. Guerrero and his wife Inez, played respectively by Van Heflin and Maureen Stapleton (Stapleton’s performance, at least up until her character has to interact with others in the ensemble cast, is absolutely gut twisting – it is one of the greatest in the history of American films, in my humble opinion.)

Let’s be clear – this film is intended solely as entertainment, not art. Nobody supposes that George Seaton, in directing and adapting the screenplay from Arthur Hailey’s novel, had the conscious thought, “Hmmm, let’s see what we can say about companionate love in this picture.” Of course not. (Although I will point out that other kinds of love that psychologists often classify are myriad in the film, in the relationships for example between Bakersfeld and his wife, Demarest and his wife, Demarest and Gwen, and Patroni and his wife.) Yet these scenes function as a great example of the enormous power of the cinema to communicate abstract ideas, particularly ones that, once applied to practical existence, greatly touch our emotions.

And, if I may add, in these scenes every aspect of filmmaking is a participant – acting, directing, the set decorations, the art direction, the music, the essentially still camera, the minimalism of the dialogue – all of it.

I can’t say enough about the work of the set decorators – Jack D.Moore and Mickey S. Michaels, and the art directors, Alexander Golitzen and F. Preston Ames, in constructing the destitute, poverty stricken atmosphere of the Guerrero apartment and the desperate air of the café where Inez works. We first meet D.O. Guerrero about thirty five minutes into the picture, at a pay phone that turns out to be in the hallway of the building where he lives. At first we’re thinking, in addition to who’s this guy, where is he? It’s obviously not anywhere in the airport, where most of the scenes have taken place thus far – although there have been a few shots in other places, all of them nice looking and very pleasantly presented to us – the Bakersfeld home, Bakersfeld’s father in law’s club, a banquet hall, the Patroni home, Gwen’s apartment, and the dining room of one of the homes that’s too close to Runway 22. Let me say again – all these other locales have been quite attractive, so our radar immediately goes up when we encounter the shocking gray-brown shabbiness of the Guerrero apartment. Wherefore this squalor?

He’s been on the phone with the airline, confirming that the flight to Rome is still on schedule. (As an aside – this is one of the few phone conversations in the film that Seaton chooses not to show as a split screen – I’ve included a visual appendix at the end of this article to document this.) He hangs up and goes into his apartment. Already there are so many questions – he doesn’t have a phone in his apartment? What kind of place is he living in? What is he doing going to Rome? Why is the apartment so run down looking? As he moves into the bedroom and we see the bomb paraphernalia on the bed we begin to understand his connection to, and his part in, the larger story – especially as he tests the bomb’s rigging in the attaché case a couple of times and the ominous music plays on the soundtrack. Perhaps more importantly for this discussion, it helps us understand the magnitude of the lies he is telling his wife.

Next we see him trudging through the snowstorm to the modest coffee shop where his wife works. Again, the set and the art direction are sensational, right down to the OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN 53 PERSONS… sign.

As they sit for a moment and talk the level of his deception – known to us but not to her – makes us feel deeply for her because she obviously feels so deeply for him. We know he plans to board a flight to Rome and detonate a bomb, but she thinks he’s going off to start a new job in Milwaukee. Through the short, terse expository dialogue we piece together the details of their life together. He works in something like excavation and demolition and is apparently unable to keep a job because of his temper – he keeps getting into arguments with his bosses. They’ve descended into bankruptcy and beyond – abject poverty, apparently – to the degree that he’s pawned everything but her mother’s ring, which she warns him not to do.

Her simple, innocent faith – her companionate love – for him is so sincere and true that she doesn’t even ask for any kind of confirmation or proof of the new job, even when he makes the outrageous statement “I can draw an advance on my salary tomorrow.” What? Really? On the first day of a brand new job, you need an advance on your salary? That’s not a red flag in your new employer’s face?

Let’s eavesdrop on some of her comments in this conversation.

“This isn’t going to be another one of these hello-goodbye jobs, is it?”

“This time do me one favor – if your boss says two and two is six, agree with him.”

“Don’t lose your temper.”

“Nothing’s the way it used to be. I’m not complaining… Better or for worse, I meant what I said.”

After he floats off into some hopeless pipe dreaming she says: “Stop. Stop dreaming. Just hold on to the job.”

“I can give the landlord another hard luck story. Goodbye Dom.”

He leaves and eventually boards the plane; through a series of plot contrivances she comes to realize exactly what is going on and races off through the night in the horrible blizzard to try and stop him from boarding. As we follow this dazed journey of hers we come to sympathize with her totally, to be moved by her incredible devotion to a man who is by any rational estimation no good for her in any way. And at this point we still don’t even know all the sorry details about him that we eventually will, after Bakersfeld questions her.

Following her run through the airport, and then seeing her shocked face pressed against the glass at the gate as she watches the plane go, it’s hard not to be stirred by her not only companionate but also (we realize now) unconditional love. What a job of acting!

AIR TRAVEL TIPS:

Book at least a week in advance. For the best discount airfares make a reservation one, two or three weeks before the departure date.

Keep in mind that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday flights are usually less expensive.

Night time departures flights are usually cheaper.

Try to choose the same airline for the entire trip.

Do not forget to reconfirm your flight times a day before your departure. Inquire about the check-in procedure and the luggage permission.

Consider packing into transparent plastic zippered bags for easy inspection. Plan to arrive to an airport at least two hours prior to flight time. Do not leave your baggage alone at any time. You may be asked to turn on all of your electric and electronic appliances.

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BUDGET FLIGHTS EXPLAINED:

Budget airlines offer cheap fares around the world. Reserve your flight on the web or by phone, using your credit card to pay.

Most discount airlines' tickets are unchangeable and nonrefundable, some offer changes on the return dates for an extra fee. In the latter case you need to make changes at least 24 hours before your departure.

Most budget airlines offer one-way flights without a cost increase or penalty which provides an excellent way to connect cheap flights, to link flights with ground transportation. Plan to leave some extra time for the connection, the delay of one flight will cause you to miss another linked flight.

Every budget airline has its own luggage restrictions, make sure you learn them before booking. Many of them allow very limited check-in luggage for free, sometimes only 15 or 20 kg (33 or 44 lbs) charging up to $ 15 per kg (2.2 lbs) of extra weight.

Discount airlines quite often use obscure airports located far away from the city center. It can cost you extra money and transfer time.

TRAIN TRAVEL TIPS:

Make sure you catch the right train at the right place. Cities often have more than one train station, so pay attention. If confused, ask for help.

Each car in a train is labeled separately, cars are usually added and dropped here and there along the journey. Be sure that the city on your car's label is your destination.

Theft is quite common on trains, so stay alert and observant. Clip your backpack to the overhead rack for safety.

For overnight trips get a couchette – a sleeping berth in a compartment. Reserve it at least a day in advance from. Sheets, pillowa and blankets will cost you extra money.

For an average independent traveler planning to see lots of Europe, the best way to go is Eurailpass. Eurailpasses offer you unlimited first-class travel on all public railways in 17 European countries. Most passes can be purchased from six months in advance to one week ahead. After you buy a railpass, you have six months to validate it in Europe. You can validate your railpass at any European train station by presenting your railpass and passport to a railway official at a ticket window, who will write in the first and last dates of your travel period.

CRUISE TIPS:

We recommend you to book a cruise early, at least a month prior to the sail date.

Try to be flexible about your travel plans, off-season cruises are almost always cheaper.

By getting a four-day cruise in the middle of the week instead of the popular three-day weekend cruise you might get that extra day at a good rate.

Choosing the right cruise. It is totally up to your taste. The most populat destinations among first-time cruisers are the Caribbean or Mexican Riviera, where you float from one island paradise to the next. More experienced travelers choose Alaska or Canada where you'll experience calving glaciers and magnificent whales. Cruises to Europe with a few days of trans-Atlantic voyage, culture shock and information-rich shore excursions are recommended for the most experienced cruisers.

Cruise length. Three-day weekend, four-day midweek, week and two-week cruises are the most popular.

Cabins are listed as inside (no windows) or outside (with windows, higher priced). If you plan to spend most of the time in your cabin, choose the largest room you can afford. Standard cabins have twin beds, which can usually be converted into a queen-sized bed, while bunk beds in other rooms can not be converted.

RENTAL CAR TIPS:

There are four types of car rental rates: a daily rate with a mileage charge; a daily rate with a limited number of free miles per day; a daily rate with unlimited mileage; and a rate that has free mileage over an extended period. Vehicles are economic when changed by the week with unlimited mileage. Daily rates are usually quite high, but there are some good 3-day deals. Rates vary from company to company, month to month, and country to country.

Your age may affect the rate. Younger renters (below 25 years of age) can get charged extra money, like being required to buymore expensive insurance. Some companies will not rent a car to a person under 21. There are also maximum age limits which vary from company to company. If you are beyond the lower and upper age limits, look into leasing a vehicle, which has less age restrictions. Leasing a car gets around many tax and insurance costs and is a great deal for people needing a car for three weeks or more. The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy are popular places to lease cars.

All car rental companies require a valid drivers license. Some car rental companies check the driver's record and will deny a car to a customer with a poor driving record. In some foreign countries, an international drivers license may be required.

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When using an air cargo shipping service, some might wonder about how they actually fly so many things to different places. Compared to the usual passenger aircraft, it is hard to imagine how so items and packages can fit inside. As most people know, the planes used for the two types of cargo (people vs. ‘actual’ cargo) are not the same.

Passenger aircraft, which everyone has grown to know and love, are built to carry a certain capacity of weight, restricted to people, carry-on luggage, and other relatively lighter objects.

An example of this type of commercial airplane is the Boeing 737 Next Generation series. This narrow-bodied passenger aircraft is not used for air cargo shipping because it can only carry up to 756-1,835 cubic feet of cargo paired with its 130-215 seating capacity; adding anymore to this will render the aircraft overloaded.

Freight planes, on the other hand, do without the seating capacity as they function solely to transport goods, and not people; there is more space for shipment to be stored, especially since these fright planes are designed to be bigger than its commercial counterparts. The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), or the Dreamlifter, is a perfect example of how cargo planes are made differently to suit their function.

This outsize cargo freight aircraft is used exclusively for transporting airplane parts from around the world. This plane can hold up to 65,000 cubic feet in its main cargo compartment and has a wingspan of 211 feet and 5 inches. This wingspan allows it to soar in the skies even with heavy airplane equipment inside, as compared to the 93 feet that the Boeing 737 is equipped with; making the Dreamlifter a giant that can hold so much more than other commercial jets.

As seen from this comparison, freight planes are really made to be bigger and more durable than commercial counterparts because of their function. Modifications have been made to make them an ideal form of transport for shipment of different sizes, ensuring everyone that their goods are safe and secure even from 25,000 to 37,000 feet above ground.

Simply one of the most exciting metropolises to visit and a vacation destination beyond compare, this island country has and continues to enthrall millions across the world. A famous and thriving cosmopolitan city that it is, no wonder then that you’ll find plenty of cheap flights to Singapore. Whoever referred to it as the “little red dot” probably hasn’t seen the country in its entire splendor. Overflowing with diversity as well as multiplicity of cultures, language, arts and architecture, the country offers more than just a world-class living environment.

The ubiquitous collage of myriad cultures, different ethnicities and beliefs coexisting and much more, Singapore is easily one of the places to visit in Asia. It is an inspiring nation replete with a landscape populated with skyscrapers and beautiful parks and gardens, a stunning seascape, and warm and hospitable locals. A trip is to Singapore is exciting, relaxing, enriching and juts unforgettable, all at once. If you are in Singapore for a few days, you might want to extend your stay. There’s just so much to do and see here that most tourist come here well-equipped with a rather long stay. Singapore’s dynamic and oh-so vibrant art scene is a feast for the senses. Take a trip to several of the art museums, general and specialist galleries, and exhibition spaces for some dekko at the works of international and local artists. Explore its vast ecosystem comprising great bounties of nature and wildlife.

Take a tour of the rainforests and wetlands for an undisturbed experience, or simply walk through the beautifully landscaped gardens and parks on the island, they are one too many here. if you happen to be visiting Singapore with family then a trip to Sentosa is a must. Offering the very best in thrilling entertainment for the young and the old alike, it is a one-in-all attraction that is ideal for a family getaway. Make merry through DUCK or HIPPO tours, thrill yourself silly by doing adventure sports, go around the man-made island atop an open-air bus, experience exotic marine life, or party by the beach after sunset. The safest place to be in, Singapore offers bright lights as company even at 2am in the morning. Sometimes you want to be where all the action is, feel like being in the middle of all the hustle-bustle is. That’s exactly why places like Boat-Quay and Clark-Quay are big hits among nighttime revelers. A range of restaurants to choose from, a vast variety of discotheques, pubs and bars to pick from and the company of beautiful lake by your side, what more could one ask for?

Singapore is hugely popular not for the diversity in experiences that it offers but also the fact that it welcomes all kinds of tourists. You could desire a luxurious stay here or just make do with a cheap hotel and a cheaper car rental service, surround yourself with all the indulgences or be happy with stay in a bed and breakfast and all the freebies that the place has to offer. No matter what you want and how you want it, you’ll find it here.