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Drop Eco hotel for the modern nomad

Posted on March 22, 2013June 20, 2013 by timbatchelder

The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad
Mike Chino, inhabitat.com

In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i…

RT @inhabitat: The DROP Eco-Hotel is a portable prefab pod home for the modern nomad! http://flip.it/0Fj0s http://flip.it/0gp9r

Porta Cabin and Prefab House – Eco friendly Options (mecprefabportacabin.wordpress.com)
A Hotel helping Panvel to stay green (panvelpost.wordpress.com)
“Nomads”- Ricky Hil ft. The Weeknd (allnaturalbeats.com)
Two Nomadic Years (neighborhoodnomads.com)
Container Cabin for commercial and residential use (mecprefabportacabin.wordpress.com)

Drop Eco hotel for modern nomad

Posted on December 27, 2012April 22, 2013 by timbatchelder

The DROP Eco-Hotel is a Portable Prefab Pod Home for the Modern Nomad
Mike Chino, inhabitat.com

In-Tenta designed the DROP Eco-Hotel to provide a mobile dwelling for modern nomads. The prefabricated structure consists of a central tube capped on either end by big fully operable bubble windows that provide natural ventilation. The pod hotel i…

RT @inhabitat: The DROP Eco-Hotel is a portable prefab pod home for the modern nomad http://flip.it/TjaoS http://flip.it/MXojh

30 Gorgeous Eco-Friendly Hotels (mashable.com)
Nomad Espresso Machine Brews Up Off-Grid Coffee (earthtechling.com)
Ulaanbaatar city – the Capital of Mongolia (traveltomongolia.wordpress.com)
Nomadic Resorts’ self-sufficient living pod packs luxuries (treehugger.com)
Top 10 Eco-friendly Hotels In The U.S. (earthtechling.com)
For the Modern Nomad (yankodesign.com)
The Nomad (warriertushar.wordpress.com)
Check This Out: Nomadic Resorts (dailydeets.wordpress.com)

Drop Eco hotel bio designed lodging

Posted on November 22, 2012April 7, 2013 by timbatchelder

DROP eco-hotel
in-tenta.com

DROP microarchitecture is a removable eco-hotel unit inspired by organic shapes of nature. Produced and commercialized by URBAN SQUARE.

Si quieres leer en castellano acerca de DROP eco-hotel clica aquí.

DROP

http://flpbd.it/rgWm7

Arbol de Fuego eco hotel in El Salvador (mnn.com)
Let islanders return, says former minister (thetimes.co.uk)
Green Stars: 5 Luxury Eco-Hotels and B&Bs (sierraclub.typepad.com)
Friend House Eco-Hotel in Orel river bank (justinlovewithberni.wordpress.com)
Moroccan Mountain Hotels & Eco Lodges, Your Morocco Tour Guide (moroccotravelblog.com)

Ratings and reviews: the end of serendipity (and bad hotel rooms)

Posted on June 1, 2011February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

An interesting article which points out some social downsides to the Internet including the fact that almost everything now comes with a sea of reviews and ratings making the act of discovering something entirely oneself a little more difficult.

Rate This Article: What’s Wrong with the Culture of Critique | Wired Magazine | Wired.com.

Coworking, Serendipity, And Why Size Doesn’t (Always) Matter (coherecommunity.com)
Zombie nouns, words of the year, and serendipity (stancarey.wordpress.com)
Quick Tips for Saving Money on Travel Expenses (hotelscheap.org)

HomeAway: Crowd-sourcing travel lodging

Posted on May 28, 2011February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

Image representing HomeAway as depicted in Cru... — Image via CrunchBase

Homeaway has emerged as a controversial and disruptive player in the growing market for online, crow sourced vacation lodging. The complaints coming in are similar to those of other sites such as Airbnb and usually involve a less than thorough homeowner leaving his house in disrepair, however the upsides vastly overcome that, opening a whole new market of properties to travelers, renters and current homeowners struggling under a mountain of debt and disrupting the overpriced and over sanitized hotel industry with anthropologically and ecologically sound alternatives.

HomeAway Vacation Rentals

Vacation Rental Company Receives Top 5-Star Rating from TopConsumerReviews.com (prweb.com)
NYVacationRentals.com Announces Partnership with HomeAway Software (prweb.com)
Staying Local with HomeAway (landlopers.com)
HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia (tnooz.com)
HomeAway.co.uk Brings e-Commerce to the Holiday Rentals Industry (prnewswire.com)
HomeAway’s Director Susan Wojcicki Resigns to Spend More Time at Google (allthingsd.com)
Susan Wojcicki leaves HomeAway board (bizjournals.com)
HomeAway.co.uk Predicts the Hottest Travel Trends for 2013 (prnewswire.com)
HomeAway Blocks Negative Reviews (thealarmclock.com)

The Pod Hotel: Pod Sized Cheap Hotel Accommodation in NYC

Posted on August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

Yotel Gatwick Capsule (Photo credit: kasei)

The Pod Hotel: Pod Sized Cheap Hotel Accommodation in NYC.

This is one of several new micro hotel rooms designed as pods or all in oneliving environments. Others include Yotel, Qbic, Easyhotel.

Trocadero to be transformed into Tokyo-style ‘pod’ hotel (standard.co.uk)
Hotel review: the Pod hotel in New York (traveler2.typepad.com)
Snoozebox offers touch of luxury for weary culture fans (scotsman.com)
The Urban Shelf Is An Essential Living Companion (ohgizmo.com)
Wedding Showcase (gcpterminal21.wordpress.com)
Travel Spotlight: How to Score a Hotel Deal in NYC (savings.com)
The Snoozebox Portable Hotel (core77.com)
Podtime Sleeping Pods (gadget.com)
Weâre offering the best value 4* accommodation during the Games (onefinestay.com)
Hotel prices remain high for the Olympics, despite LOCOGâs release of 120,000 hotel rooms (onefinestay.com)

Craigie Street Bistrot: pig’s heads, wild plants, bone marrow, beef tongue

Posted on August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

About Craigie Street Bistrot.

This restaurant has all sort of weir dishes such as pig’s heads, wild plants, bone marrow, beef tongue ragout, Kind of crazy french style.

Local Food Choices – Is It Enough? (slowmoneyfarm.wordpress.com)
Cellphone app locates local foods (kitv.com)
Rich people eat like what? (wearingmyblackness.com)
Ethical Eating? (paganvalues.wordpress.com)
Letter to a fellow food organizer (darlenewolnik.com)
Moving the line (the power of a zealot) (sethgodin.typepad.com)
Buried alive, or nearly (infocult.typepad.com)
One Hundred Meals – Building Community At America’s Table. (elephantjournal.com)
Homegrown Local Food Co-op (greencleanofavalon.wordpress.com)
Farms, Gardens, & Greenhouses Oh My!! (seedsandstones.wordpress.com)

Cheap Hotels in Europe: EuroCheapo’s Guide to Cheap Europe Hotels

Posted on August 25, 2007August 25, 2012 by timbatchelder

Cover of "Cheap Hotels" — Cover of Cheap Hotels

Cheap Hotels in Europe: EuroCheapo’s Guide to Cheap Europe Hotels.

Heading across the pond? Let EuroCheapo’s team of expert hotel reviewers show you how and where you can save a buck (or a euro). Search for the best rates by city, peruse photos of your options, and read user reviews if you don’t trust the site’s own revi

How to Travel by InterRail (essentialtravel.co.uk)
Travel Prices in Bulgaria (travel.booklocker.com)
Why Do Cheap Hotels Offer More Value Than Expensive Ones? (hilarytopper.com)
How to Travel Europe on a Budget (uloop.com)
Bed Bug Registry Helps You Avoid Creepy Crawlies When Traveling (lifehacker.com)
Best Android apps for finding cheap hotels (androidauthority.com)

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