If you can’t send yourself or a loved one to Prague, you can send someone else in your stead because a fraction of the cost. A company called Toy Traveling will take your favorite plush toy on a excursion of Prague, keep you updated on his adventures from one side daily email communication, and send him home with photos of his journey. Because your toy may have extraordinary preferences, you can opt for vegetarian-only meals for him and specify whether he drinks alcohol. This information will be useful to the tour operators, who, with your permission, will take your toy and a group of fellow toy travelers on a picnic. Sounds silly? One of the owners of Toy Travelling, Tomio Okamura, co-owner of the company,says he’s serious about showing your teddy bear or other stuffed toy a great time in Prague.

The tour company offers three different packages. The most basic is the least expensive; if you want your toy to receive spa services like aromatherapy or a massage on Charles Bridge, you’ll pay extra but also receive additional photos with the package.

Even if you aren’familiarily interested in sending your own plush toy to Prague for a vacation, a Toy Travelling package makes a sweetly romantic gift or can be used to introduce a child to the joys of travel.

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December 20, 2009 · Last Update: December 20, 2009
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Check out this Travel Deal from Delta Airlines.

Direct flights from New York City to Europe have been reduced by Delta Airlines. Depart from December 24 – March 28 and return through May 15. Fares start at only $239 each way.

Samples of fares*, based on a round trip purchase from New York City, JFK, include:
•    Madrid … $239*
•    London … $259*
•    Barcelona … $259*
•    Berlin … $299*
•    Frankfurt … $299*
•    Brussels … $299*

*Additional taxes, fees, and travelling effects restrictions apply.
For more information, or to book a flight, contact your travel agent or Delta .

To take advantage of this offering,  you sourness book your flight by December 21.

Note: Delta is also offering other great Travel deals from other departure cities.

As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit concludes, we want to share additional of this week’s best eco-friendly travel tweets:

• EcoEinstein shares a video showing how to travel the eco-friendly way and help hotels cut down on the waste.

• WomenGreenForum mentions an article from VisitBritain.com entitled “10 Green Travel Tips“.

• James Blessing mentions an article from Post-Gazette.com about the green travel advice offered by the Union of Concerned Scientists for the holidays.

• Got2BeGreen shares more tips for making holiday travel greener such as packing snacks with reusable sandwich bags.

• Travelinggreen recommends a sustainable holiday in China including a wildlife-focused ecotour to see giant pandas in their natural habitat.

Photo of green Christmas balls by Funchye

Contemplating a blunder but not sure what you’ll get out of it? Consider these less obvious benefits of world travel and get packing!

We’re all familiar with the most popular clichés about world travel: broadening your horizons, experiencing new cultures, meeting people from whole walks of life, blah blah..

But what about the less obvious ones??

Travel can actually benefit you immensely in ways you had never imagined!

Have a read of these 5 (inferior obvious) reasons why travel is good for you and set off on your next trip in a whole new light!

1. Becoming More Employable

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that travel is time wasting for lazy bums.

Backpacking is actually an excellent lesson in the key skills you need for any job: planning, problem solving, communication, decision-making, managing budgets.. you name it, it’s there!

Just be sure to tell your next potential employer!

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Not sure if a certain someone will make a good travel partner? Don’t make any rash decisions, ask yourself these 10 key questions and make the right choice!

Traveling with the right person is fundamental to the success of your trip.

Making the wrong choice can make you miserable and ruin a, perhaps once in a lifetime opportunity, to see a particular interest of the world.

I once got stuck with a moaning minny whose whining reverberated around my ears like a death wasp.

Luckily the failure was short. But not short enough.

Don’t make the similar mistake as me. Ask yourself these 10 key questions before committing to a travel partner and go see the world in peace and harmony!

1.    Have you spent a concentrated amount of time together?

A crucial point. You never really know someone until you’ve wearied at least a weekend straight in their company. This is a great test, do it!

You may be surprised what you find out about that person you thought you knew so well.

2.    Are you planning the same trip?

Have you actually sat down and scoped out the details of your trip?

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Been somewhere amazing you’d never even heard of? You want to let your buddies in on the secret, right? Read on towards my top travel gems!

What’session interesting about travel is that the places / hotels / restaurants that everyone agrees are fantastic, are often not so fantastic.

And even if they are, it can all be a bit predictable.

Now what’s really fun is when you find somewhere obscure that is truly out of this world.

You can’t believe your luck to have stumbled across this travel gem. How could you not have heard of this place before??

You want to shout it from the rooftops.

So here goes… these are My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets

1. Koufonisia, Greece

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We all know about Mykonos, Ios and Santorini but there are 100’s of Greek islands that you won’t have even heard of.

Koufonisia, in the Cyclades arrange is probably one of the most relaxing places I have ever been.

There’s literally hardly anything there apart from a few guest houses, deserted coves and clear turquoise sea.

3 reasons to go to Koufonisia:

- It’s one amazingly quiet place

- You can sunbathe naked in your own special cove

- There’s only one restaurant..

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One important precept, Healthy Travel in Africa, is something that whole travelers should read at least the bare minimums about before taking off. And two important sub-categories are Travel Immunizations for Africa and How to Travel Healthy. I remember that I had a whole variety of shots and drinks (sounds like a party, but I am talking about immunizations) before going to Africa, and you should probably consider to effect the same thing. So here I’ll try to list the bare minimums and then direct you to the more thorough sites if you want to be even more prepared!

Tips to Healthy Travel in Africa

• Drinking Water: Find out beforehand if you can drink the tap water in the area where you are traveling. Some places it’s safe, like in Cape Town, but other places it’s almost guaranteed to make you sick!

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