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CampusLIVE Wants To Give You Two Tickets To Miami

Spring break is just around the corner. Why not go to Miami for FREE dollars? You can, thanks to CampusLIVE and their Mcdonald's Trip For 2 To Miami challenge.  It's simple. Just head over to CampusLIVE.com. If you aren't a member, well, you're missing out. Sign up using your .EDU email...

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Thanksgiving Break: Don't Overpack

Thanksgiving break can be kind of tricky. Only a week? So much traveling for one holiday? What gives? So here you go, the effortless guide to Thanksgiving Break. 1. You will most likely only be home for less than 7 days. Wherever you go, there will be a washing machine. So don't bring every pair of...

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Go to Brazil, Come Back With a Kilo of Cocaine Inside You

You go to Brazil, visit some Amazon reserves, see some sights at Carnival, go to the beach and sneak a peek at some thong bikini's. The entire trip is great. You think to yourself, "Gee, I'd love to bring something back to remember this trip."  For most people, a little trinket will do, but...

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New Space Hotel to Open in 2016

The Russians have done it again. Scheduled to open in 2016 is the world’s very first space hotel. The price of the stay in the luxury space pod is $1 million-plus, clearly catering to a niche market of kids who once dreamed of becoming astronauts but instead became CEOs. This vacation definitely...

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Have We Found Atlantis?

Is it possible that a popular lake in Tragoess, Styria in Austria is Atlantis? Na, but it is really cool nonetheless. The diving spot is also a popular hiking spot for locals. Yeah, trippy, we know.  The Green Lake (Gruner See) is an odd phenomenon simply because under water it looks like...

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You've Been a Dirty, Dirty City...

I love lists, especially when they pertain to things like travel. Travel and Leisure came out with their list for Americas Dirtiest Cities. Some of them come as no surprise, but there are a few "what the shit" moments. Here's the list from the dirty, filthy, too dirty to clean their act up (...

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Finally Getting the Taste of Pine Trees Out of My Mouth

Via our friends at IMLUVR.tumblr.com.  It took 2 bottles of Gatorade and a Micky D’s breakfast to finally get the taste of pine tree’s out of my mouth. Damn G&T’s…. But then again, I suppose I should expect it, considering I started drinking them at 9am the day before. Not something I do...

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Bright Lights in the Desert Heat: My Las Vegas Odyssey Part 2

Las Vegas Story- Part Two (Read all of part 1 here) From out of the shadows, something in his hand, the lights of the casinos flashing strange lights across him, a man made his way toward me and my friends.  We looked on, as he emerged from the dark.  He was wearing a red sweatshirt, even...

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Cheap Trips for All

This cold weather is hard enough to deal with after what seems like months of dealing with it. After returning from a stunning vacation it's even worse. If you're looking to get away- or go back- to a nice, warm location anytime soon, I recommend checking out CheapCaribbean.com to see what tickles...

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Bright Lights in the Desert Heat: My Las Vegas Odyssey Part 1

Unlike most of my readers, who I’m told are the hippest people ever and would never be caught at a spring break with no plans, I had nothing to do for that week long academic detox.  It weighed heavy on my mind, knowing that I’d just be sitting in my apartment, maybe eating a TV dinner, and of...

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