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The Great American Road Trip* is in full swing but as I start thinking about heading back to South America in the fall I’m beginning to plan out all the must-see stuff I want to see and do as part of my next mission. While I love the comfort of the United States and the opportunity to see new cities and landscapes… I do miss South America. I’m thinking about road trips in South America and this sponsored post about the Carretera Austral, Route 7 Highway in Chile really gets my juices flowing about upcoming adventures south of the ecuador! Taking you through untouched rainforests, blue-tinted hanging glaciers, gushing waterfalls, and scenery too beautiful to imagine; the Carretera Austral – or Route 7 as it’s sometimes known – is a road traveling 770miles (1240km) from one side of Chile to the other. If you’ve always dreamed of exploring a rural and …

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Last week, easytobook.com contacted me and said that they wanted me to fly to their offices in Amsterdam to go over some “hotel booking strategies” with their team. I carefully explained to them that since my last trip toAmsterdam in 2004, I have a self-enforced ban on the city for a few years, however I would be willing to check out, and review their online hotel reservations site and share with you what I think. They agreed and while this is a sponsored post, you know that I’ll always give my objective option (for better or worst). Like HotelCalculator.com I’ve never heard of easytobook.com before they contacted me. When I first visited the site it looked pretty much like every other run-of-the-mill hotel/flight booking site out there. Popular destinations, fast search, group books, etc. It’s doesn’t have some special niche feature nor do they over-sell the fantasy of travel. It’s just a solid …

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Hotel Calculator contacted me recently and said they would pay me handsomely to travel around the world and rate room service in every 5-star hotel they have listed. I respectfully declined and instead offered to check out, and review their hotel search engine and share with you what I think. While this is a sponsored post, you know that I will always give my objective option. Up until this point I’ve booked all my hotel reservations through Hotels.com. They have a great inventory of accommodations and an impressive customer service team. When I started analyzing the HotelCalculator.com I was very pleased to see that Hotels.com is one of the 28 hotel reservations agencies that Hotel Calculator pulls information from. SITE FUNCTIONALITY Hotel Calculator is fast, user-friendly and free. For me, those are the 3 best attributes to any service providing website. You can search for hotels, hostels, B&Bs, apartments and …

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