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Camping in Sydney

Vi — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:01:53 +0000

Not many or may be even non of tourist who are coming to Sydney are thinking about camping in this city. I could say that not many locals know about such possibility. But yes, you can do it and in very nice place with beautiful view. Campsite I am talking about located in Cackatoo Island in the middle of Sydney harbor.
It is not one of whose big holiday parks with trailers parked everywhere. The place is easy accessible by ferry from the city and is very popular during New Year Eve as you can enjoy uninterrupted view of fireworks, but you need to book space in advance.

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Save on your next flight or accommodation booking with Paypal

Vi — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:25:57 +0000

paypal cash back

If you are not using Paypal (Australia) yet, you can easy get benefits of these offers by creating new account with Paypal. It is free and easy to set up and you can save up to 200$ by booking your next flight or accommodation with offers from these companies. Just read fine print as they have different rules.

FlightCentre: Receive 10% cash back when you spend over $200 on any flight. You will receive 10% cash back to your PayPal account, up to a maximum cash back of $100.

Webjet are rewarding customers who book and pay for their international flights using their PayPal account with $150 cash back. Your booking must have a minimum value of $1,000 and excludes flights to and from New Zealand and Jetstar flights

Jetabroad offers a 10% cash back on all bookings with a minimum purchase of AUD$500 and a maximum of AUD$200 cash back per booking.

Besides flight bookings you can save on hotels bookings with Agoda. It offers $50 cash back into your PayPal account when your booking value is $200 or greater. Limited to the first 800 eligible bookings.

Offer ends on 31st of October or cash back budget is used up, whichever occurs first.

Of course you need to check other alternatives, as I couldn’t find good prices to destinations I want to fly with these companies, but may be you’ll have more luck and will be left with more spending money on you next holidays.

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Which hostel to choose in Singapore

Vi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:01:54 +0000

Singapore has large transit airport and a lot of people stop over in the city for day or two before their travel to other country. You expect it should be easy to find affordable accommodation out there, but when I started look for place to stay it end up not being so easy task. I am not talking about hotels. I was looking just for bed in hostel. Of course it is a lot of hostels out there, but it is tough find one in good location, good price, clean and quite. Don’t even look to cheapest hostels, as it most likely will be dorms with 10 or more beds. Brrrrr…Or it is on noisy street, or…I was getting frustrated, tired of reading reviews and thought won’t be able find anything, but luckily one of my friends was traveling to Singapore just couple weeks before me and after staying in some hostels, finally chose and recommended YMCA International House. Which I want to recommend for other travelers too. Great location – on Orchad Road, close to MRT, small dorm room. By small I mean, only 4 beds in the room, bathroom in the room (yes, it is not shared), good food. Only con was – pool was on renovation. But I didn’t have time use it anyway, too many thing to see in the city. Here are some pictures from my room I was staying:

YMCA International House, bathroom

YMCA International House, beds

YMCA International House, dorm room

I hope you also enjoy your stay in Singapore.

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