Exclusive: rental car company workers discover meth in SUV - KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG

October 30, 2007 - Posted in Car Rental, Discover Travel

HONOLULU (KHNL) - State sheriffs took tens of thousands of dollars worth of crystal meth off Oahu's streets Thursday. You'll never guess how they came across the stash.
A sign at Budget Car Rental's Honolulu International Airport location tells customers to please check for valuables. Someone forgot to do that.
Sources say workers found a backpack and a fanny pack filled with drugs in the backseat of one of their rentals.
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Cost-conscious tourists give Irish car hire websites the red light - Irish Times

October 23, 2007 - Posted in Agency, Car Rental, Cheap travel, Deals, Hotels, Shows, Travel business, Videos

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Why is it cheaper to hire a car in Ireland via a foreign website than an Irish one, asks
WE ARE ACCUSTOMED to paying over the odds for pretty much everything in this country. When retailers are confronted and asked to explain why a certain product costs 30 or 40 per cent more in Ballina than in Belfast, there is usually a lot of bluster about higher transportation costs, taxes and wages, only some of which makes any degree Read the rest of this entry »

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Intercontinental Golf Team Challenge World Finals Coming to Las … - GolfLasVegasNow.com

October 21, 2007 - Posted in Articles, Flight Tracker, Hotels, Las Vegas vacations, Travel News

August 22, 2008--For the last 10 years, a team of Las Vegas amateur golfers representing the United States have played a team of amateur golfers from the UK in an event known as the Transatlantic Team Challenge. The series was tied 5-5, with the UK team winning earlier this year at the event that took place at Las Vegas golf courses Canyon Gate Country Club,
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 (pictured). Now a new format will debut for this event that is newly dubbed the
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Borders(R) Opens New Concept Store at Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge - MarketWatch

October 13, 2007 - Posted in Articles, Destinations, Expedia Travel, Shows

Certain categories within the new Borders concept store-Travel, Cooking,
Wellness, Graphic Novels and Children's-are so popular and rapidly growing
that Borders has designated them as special destinations within the new
concept store-giving these categories their own "shop within a shop" look and
feel. For example, in the Travel Destination, customers can not only choose
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Hot hotel deals in Las Vegas - MSNBC

October 1, 2007 - Posted in Car Rental, Cheap travel, City Guides, Deals, Destinations, Expedia Travel, Guides, Hotels, Las Vegas vacations, Travel News, Videos

If you’re looking for some Sin City fun before this year ends, why not get it at a bargain price? We’ve done the deal-hunting for you and found the best hotel buys in Las Vegas, all right on The Strip. These sizzling deals include an ultra-chic overnight at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay for $160; $88 for tropical fun at the Mirage Resort & Casino; or $32/night for a popular stay at the Tropicana. It would be a sin to miss these sinfully cheap deals!
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How to hire a car for less - RTE.ie

October 1, 2007 - Posted in Car Rental, Cheap travel, Deals, Expedia Travel, Flight Tracker, Shows, Videos

by the amount of money you ended up forking out to the car hire company, as opposed to the 'lowest price' you thought you would be paying?
Every time?
One way car hire companies make money is by selling you lots of extra insurance on top of the basic collision damage waiver and theft waiver.
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