BidonTravel Travel Updates, Tips, & Commentary

Do you take photos when you travel?

Want an innovative photo gallery to share them with your friends and family?

Professional travel photographers as well as vacation photo enthusiasts will enjoy FotoMaps. FotoMaps is a new flash photo gallery that lets you put your photos on a map. Choose any map you like, then place each photo at the exact location where it was taken. This geographical context gives your photographs more meaning. It allows them to tell a story.

FotoMaps has a cool floating interface that lets you zoom in and out or drag the map around to explore your photos. It's very easy to add photos to the gallery by editing an external XML file. You can add single photos or group photos into slideshows.

For more information, demo, and purchase see: www.fotomaps.net.
You can also download a free trial version at download.com.

- Benek Lisefski
Bidontravel.com webmaster & FotoMaps creator

Posted by Benek at 04:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

As you know, the United States now requires all passengers entering the U.S. by air to have a valid passport or an approved equivalent document, such as a U.S. armed forces order.

If you already have a passport, this means last-minute bargain opportunities.

Mexico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas traditionally attract many last-minute travelers. But this year, quickly obtaining passport at the last minute can be an expensive proposition.

Check for Priceline and Hotwire deals on hotels and packages. You may be very pleasantly surprised.

On the other hand, expect Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and perhaps even Florida to be more expensive.

Posted by Don Nadeau at 08:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Just to clarify--During 2007, you will only need a passport to enter the U.S. from Canada if you are traveling by air.

At the moment, Canadian and U.S. officials continue to work on an identification card that can be used in lieu of a passport once the U.S. begins to require auto, bus, rail, and ship passengers to have passports when entering the U.S. This should be cheaper and quicker for immigration officials to scan.

Posted by Don Nadeau at 08:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)