Time lapses around the world

I was thinking of starting a section with Articles since a while ago. Thanks to the popularity of the post about the round-the-world tickets, I decided to make this short post sharing two more videos that may trigger your interest in traveling around the world.

The first one is a really nice time-lapse of a German walking along China and his beard growing during the trip:

The second one corresponds to a journey of a photographer through 17 Countries, 343 Days and 6237 Photographs.

I hope you like them =)

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Travel around the world cheap!

Staralliance and other airlines alliances, Oneworld and SkyTeam, have some special packages for travelers wishing to travel around the world. The packages cost depends on the amount of flights you are taken when circling the world and the amount of miles flew. Some packages also charge extra if you cross the Equator line twice and so on.

In any case, travelling around the world has become more popular due to the widespread of hostels, english as main language and airports. And in order to make it easier, Star Alliance is offering a 15% discount on their around the world ticket! Be aware that the ticket must be purchased until the 29th of May. Check it here

And if you need inspiration for jumping in all around the world adventure, check the documentary A Map for Saturday. Here is the trailer:

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Travel cheap to China, Southeast Asia or Moscow

Finnair launched again a promotion for flights to Asia. However, now, the availability of the tickets and conditions are restricted to members of their millage program. The good news is that the membership is free and we are sharing with you some details of the offer here so you can have a preview of it. As usual, their prices are very good and ranging from around 4000 kroner to 5000 kroner. The destinations include a few cities in India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia. The stating prices that mainly called our attention here have been Chongqing 2850 NOK, Singapore for 4190 NOK and Hong Kong 4090 NOK. The tickets must be bought until the 28th of May. However the travel period depends on the destination. For some destinations there are available flights in this summer or autumn and others just around the winter.

Regarding flights within Europe, Widerøe has announced for this summer 100.000 discount flights within Norway starting at 395 kroner and some destinations abroad (mainly Scotland and Denmark) for 550 kroner. Meanwhile, Norwegian says that they have flights to big cities in Europe starting at 400 kroner and local flights starting at 419 kroner. At last, SAS has a promotion of flgihts from Oslo to Eastern Europe (more specifically Chezch Republic, Poland, Lithuania and Russia) for 549 kroner for the three first destinations and 799 kroner for a flight to Moscow. However, for SAS’s promotion, you must buy your ticket before the 21st of May and travel around the summer.

For more details about finnair’s promotion, check their website here

And for sas, check it here.

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The cheap flights to the United States is back!

Both Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa announced today promotional flights to North America. The promotions are almost the same. As they are both valid for flights from October to mid Deceber and Jannaury to mid March. The flight prices are very similar, being the base price of Lufhtansa slightly cheaper than the one of Austrian Airlines. However, we strongly advice you to check them both as the cheapest seats sell fast.

Some example of prices offered are: Washington (around 4000 kroner), New York (3800 with Lufthansa and 4200 with Austrian), Toronto (around 4600 kroner) and Las Vegas (4800 kroner).

Besides that, it is worth to mention that Norwegian announced local flights in Norway for around 350 kroner each way. In the other hand, SAS has announced local flights for around 499 kroner, but with a special offer where the kids travel for free (just paying the taxes).

Here is the link for Austrian’s offer

Here is the link for Lufthansa’s offer.

For SAS and Norwegian prices, check their main page.

Cimber Sterling bankrupt

Just a quick update about one more bankruptcy news.
Cimber has gone bankrupt yesterday and as a consequency all their flights are cancelled.

In their website, they say that in case the ticket was bought with a bankrupcy insurance. Some credit cards may be able to compensate you in case they provide some sort of insurance for this type of event.

If you have bought your ticket with a travel agency, you should try to contact them as they may be able to re-route you.

For more information, check Cimbers website.