Dirtiest Hotel List Released

When is a hotel bargain not such a bargain? When your room is filthy, for sure.

TripAdvisor has released its list of the dirtiest hotels in the United States and the rest of the world per its visitors’ reports. The reviews make entertaining reading, for example: “Do not stay in this decrepit facility unless you’re homeless! Even then, I would try to find a refrigerator box first.”

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Everywhere You’ve Been, Mapped

Are you not quite compulsive enough to have a big world map on the wall with thumbtacks to mark the places you’ve been? TripAdvisor has a remarkably quick and easy way to do the same thing online.

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The Expedia Empire

Here’s something to know. The independent travel Web sites we all use to plan our travels might not be quite as independent as we think they are.

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