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The Top 10 Laptop Travel Tips to Live By

Many of us travel with a notebook PC, but may not be making the most of it. If you’re hauling a laptop around with you, it’s important to squeeze every possible minute of productivity and enjoyment out of it. Here are 10 ways to do just that:

1. If you’re flying and don’t have enough room to place your wide-screen notebook on the coach-class tray table, consider investing in Keynamics’ Aviator Laptop stand, which positions your notebook at an angle to make the most of the available space. Visit www.keynamics.com to check it out.

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New Travel Accommodation Service to Rival Couch-Surfing

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TNT Publishing has partnered with crashpadder.com to create a travel service to fill the gap between couch-surfing and more conventional accommodation options such as hostels and hotels.

tntcrashpads.com allows independent travellers to search over 1,500 crashpads in more than 40 countries, as well as advertise their own properties to take paying guests.

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Travel News: Preventing Swine Flu on the Plane

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In the effort to prevent the transmission of the swine flu virus on board of the plane, some airlines are putting away the pillows and blankets and rolling out the disinfectant wipes.

However experts say it is a precaution of moderate usefulness.

The Sydney Morning Herald quoted William Schaffner, head of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University medical school, as saying:

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Which Airplane Seats Have the Most Legroom

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Planning on travelling by plane and tired of seats with no legroom, sitting too close to the lavatory, or not having any room in front to store carry-on items? You might find help on SeatGuru, offering information about airplane seats, amenities offered, and the airlines themselves.

By clicking an airline and then selecting a plane, you can view a seating chart diagram offering information about "Good Seats", those with mixed reviews, and "Poor Seats".

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How to Avoid Being Ripped Off by Crooked Taxi Drivers

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In the latest round of its epic 20-year battle against taxi rip-offs, Prague City Hall removed a group of alleged over-charging drivers from their stands at the tourist-heavy Old Town Square in mid-July. Punches flew as the drivers resisted police efforts to eliminate their lucrative parking places.

In August a court said the removal was illegal, and now the suspected con artists are back fleecing foreigners for more than three times the maximum rate of 28 korunas per kilometer established by city hall.

Given all of this, every guidebook warns against the scourge of Czech tourism: the crooked taxi driver.

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California Proposes 800 Mile Long High Speed Rail Travel

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The California High Speed Rail Authority proposal is to make an 800 mile long high speed rail from San Francisco and Sacramento down to Los Angeles and San Diego. It will be expensive, an estimated $40 billion, but California has voted to approve a $9.9 billion bond issue, and the Obama administration is voicing its support for 10 high-speed rail corridors across the country.  This high speed rail will go 220 mph.

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Will Sideways Seating Be Future of Budget Air Travel?

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A British design company says it is working on plans for new sideways, staggered seating on airplanes as a cost-cutting option for airlines to maximize the number of passengers on board.

Design Q released images of the concept, which has a row of seats facing inward on each side of the plane and two rows running back-to-back down the middle of the aircraft.

The design theoretically would save money for the airlines because it would allow planes to hold more passengers, and the demand for such concepts could take off,

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Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Add Up to a Vacation

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It’s not a Roth IRA or a 401(k), but the money still adds up.

I’m referring to my vacation kitty.

Every day, I empty the spare change from my pockets, sweep coins off the kitchen counter, and pinch every penny rolling around in the washing machine. I also keep a sharp eye for shiny coins during my walk from the parking lot into work .Every last penny, nickel, dime and quarter gets deposited in a glass jar or burlap sack that I keep in my closet.

The payoff comes during our family vacations. Before leaving town, I make the pilgrimage to the bank and trade those cold hard coins for bills. I can usually count on about $400 –

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New Aerial Irritant: No Items in Seat Back

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IN mid-August, when I flew SkyWest Airlines from Denver to Tucson, a grouchy flight attendant announced before takeoff that “according to F.A.A. safety regulations” passengers could place nothing at all in the seat-back pockets. Not a newspaper, a book or a pair of reading glasses.

And, as I noted in a recent column, she enforced it like a drill sergeant throughout the flight. I prudently waited until the plane had landed before asking her where she got the idea that the Federal Aviation Administration had banned all personal items from seat-back pockets.

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