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Summer Travel: No Place Like Someone Else's Place

Posted on May 26, 2009 in IgoUgo Picks

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If you live in Western Europe or the Western US, take note: your home is your ticket to summer travel. In our recent home-exchange poll, travelers said they would like to try a swap, and their top picks for places to visit lie in those regions... Continue reading Summer Travel: No Place Like Someone Else's Place

IgoUgo Snap Poll: Yes or No to Home Exchanges?

Posted on March 24, 2009 in Features

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Travelers trading places for vacation: brilliant move or bad news? Take our 1-minute poll to share your opinion about home exchanges... Continue reading IgoUgo Snap Poll: Yes or No to Home Exchanges?

IgoUgo's Most Helpful and Hilarious Layover Advice

Posted on November 11, 2008 in IgoUgo Picks

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When we asked how you pass time during layovers, we knew we’d get entertaining answers. Along with the arrests and antics, though, came plenty of good, lawful ideas. Here, what to do and what not to do, from IgoUgo members who’ve tried everything... Continue reading IgoUgo's Most Helpful and Hilarious Layover Advice

How to Plan a Layover in Your Top 10 Cities

Posted on November 11, 2008 in IgoUgo Picks

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In a recent poll, you told us your favorite cities to explore during layovers. Here are your top international picks, along with ideas for embracing (and even intentionally planning) layovers. You’ll be turning down direct flights any chance you get... Continue reading How to Plan a Layover in Your Top 10 Cities

What Are the Secrets to Layover Love?

Posted on August 25, 2008 in Site Updates

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From the bar to the bathroom, when travelers are dealt layovers, it’s often their inhibitions that fly. You’ve heard the stories, but have you made headlines? Or do you take your energy outside to explore the city that’s interrupting your itinerary?.. Continue reading What Are the Secrets to Layover Love?

Couch Crasher or Hotel Hound?

Posted on April 23, 2008 in Site Updates

Couch Crasher or Hotel Hound? Photo

How far would you go to travel on the cheap—or to live the high life in a high-rise hotel? And just how close must a close friend be to earn couch honors while visiting your city?.. Continue reading Couch Crasher or Hotel Hound?

Which Presidential Candidate Is the Best Traveler?

Posted on January 30, 2008 in Elsewhere on the Web

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Where in the world would you like to send the presidential candidates, before you send one to the White House? And which candidate would make the best travel buddy? Cast your votes at lastminute.com... Continue reading Which Presidential Candidate Is the Best Traveler?

Laugh Your Way to Martinique

Posted on January 29, 2008 in Elsewhere on the Web

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It’s the most enjoyable route to Martinique we’ve seen: read 25 humorous travel stories from some of the Web’s top bloggers; vote for your favorite; check back on March 1 to see if you won a trip to the French West Indies... Continue reading Laugh Your Way to Martinique

IgoUgo Poll: Best and Worst Airports

Posted on October 8, 2007 in Site Updates

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If you know airports more intimately than most, put this inside information to good use in IgoUgo’s airports poll! We’ll post the answers on the blog so you can share others’ savvy—including which hub to avoid at all costs... Continue reading IgoUgo Poll: Best and Worst Airports

IgoUgo Snap Poll: Celebrity Travel Secrets

Posted on August 23, 2007 in Elsewhere on the Web

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Celebrities have always been trendsetting travelers, elevating humble spots like Saint-Tropez, Aspen, and Ibiza to gilded resort destinations. Tell us which gallivanting star is worthy of being your travel companion... Continue reading IgoUgo Snap Poll: Celebrity Travel Secrets

IgoUgo Spotlight Survey: Las Vegas

Posted on August 16, 2007 in Site Updates

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Love it or loathe it, Las Vegas has no trouble eliciting strong reactions from visitors. Lay ‘em on us in our Sin City survey (for those of you who take the nickname literally, the survey is anonymous)... Continue reading IgoUgo Spotlight Survey: Las Vegas

IgoUgo Snap Poll: Great Expectations

Posted on August 14, 2007 in Elsewhere on the Web

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It’s hard to make a diagnosis for air travel these days, when airlines’ traditional one-upmanship continues in the face of myriad concerns. Take the IgoUgo Snap Poll to weigh in... Continue reading IgoUgo Snap Poll: Great Expectations

Travel Poll Results: New 7 Wonders

Posted on August 3, 2007 in Elsewhere on the Web

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Last week we asked you which of the New 7 Wonders tops your must-see list. Here’s where you told us you’re headed first... Continue reading Travel Poll Results: New 7 Wonders

The Honeymooners & The Wander Lusters

Posted on July 26, 2007 in Travel News

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Is travel a relationship’s best friend or fiercest foe? Two surveys draw different conclusions, so you can choose to believe the one that best reflects your own love affair with globe-trotting—or your globe-trotting love affair... Continue reading The Honeymooners & The Wander Lusters

Travel Poll: New 7 Wonders

Posted on July 23, 2007 in Elsewhere on the Web

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And then there were seven. Which Wonder of the World has captured the imaginations of real travelers? You tell us... Continue reading Travel Poll: New 7 Wonders

A Whole New Wonder-full World

Posted on July 2, 2007 in Elsewhere on the Web

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Ever since voting in the IgoUgo Photo Feud ended, we’ve been hearing complaints about symptoms of withdrawal. Find some relief with these polls, but consider yourself warned: they’re no less addictive... Continue reading A Whole New Wonder-full World

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