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Extreme Ironing: Your Ticket to Adventure

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Are you looking for an adventure sport that takes you from the laundry room to the world’s tallest peaks, the deepest oceans and everywhere in between? Then you need to try extreme ironing.

Yes, you heard right. Extreme ironing. The sport started in 1997 when a British knitwear factory worker decided to combine work with his favorite hobby, rock climbing. Phil Shaw passionately traveled the world in 1999 to promote the sport. While traveling through New Zealand, he met German tourists. That meeting led to the first Extreme Ironing International group. Today, you’ll find extreme ironing events, competitions and opportunities all around the world. [Read more…]

Useful Tips to Stretch Your Business Travel Budget

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Corporate travel may sound like such a cool thing until you find out that corporate travelers have a budget that they need to stick to – and that budget can be quite frugal, at best. This is especially true if you’re not a part of top management.

The constant challenge for the average business traveler is how to keep within budget. This can become quite a chore if you’re traveling to a country that is known to be expensive – like Japan or England. But if you know how to handle your budget correctly you can stretch it and come out on top at the end of your trip. Here’s how to do it: [Read more…]