Walk into most hostels today and you’ll find travelers with smart phones, net books, Macs, iPods, and large SLR cameras. Head to the computer room and you’ll find everyone on Facebook. In the TV room, most people are on their laptop. When I started traveling years ago, I rarely saw people hooked on technology. Few [...]
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How the Internet Will Change Travel
November 24, 2008 – 3:34 pm
Blogs. Message Boards. Online maps. Couchsurfing. Online booking. Homeaway. Twitter. It seems you can do everything on the web nowadays. With all the travel plans you can make online, it’s no wonder that many people say the future of travel is on the Internet. While these services and tools have not completely changed how people [...]
Calling Cards vs Cell Phones
April 11, 2008 – 2:47 pm
In our modern age, people are used to being in touch all the time. On the road, the proliferation of Internet cafes, cell phones, and pay phones makes it easy to stay in touch while traveling. You can use calling cards, cell phones, or the voip service, Skype. We’ll touch upon Skype in a later [...]