Though not a travel deal – here’s a website tip that could save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The website www.osalt.com provides a resource to find open source alternatives (freeware) to well-known commercial software.
Other sources to find open source software include SourceForge and Google Code.
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The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires U.S. and Canadian travelers to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the U.S. WHTI will go into effect June 1, 2009 for land and sea travel into the U.S. WHTI went into effect for air travelers on January 23, 2007.
Canadian Citizen’s Click here for more info
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Bookdirect.com client hotel, Downtown Ottawa's Best Western Victoria Park Suites receives Best Western’s highest award for achieving and maintaining outstanding quality.
Source: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/victoria-park/ottawa-hotel-award/prweb2439184.htm
Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) May 20, 2009 -- The Best Western Victoria Park Suites hotel has received the Best Western Chairman's Award for achieving and maintaining excellent quality hotel service. This is Best Western International's most prestigious award for recognizing superior quality assurance. The downtown Ottawa hotel earned this honour by scoring in the top 5% of all 2,400 Best Western North American properties in the system.
Best Western Victoria Park Suites
In order to qualify for the Best Western Chairman's Award, hotels are scored for cleanliness and maintenance and must meet Best Western's requirements for design and high customer service. The Best Western Victoria Park Suites scored an incredible 990 out of 1000. "It is not by accident that the hotel and staff have earned this award," says Bonnie McPeake, Chairwoman of the Board at Best Western International. "This is a challenging accomplishment considering the hotels are scored with the most demanding Quality Assurance in our industry."
The Chairman's Award also acknowledges the Best Western Victoria Park's superior level of commitment to providing guests with quality accommodations. "The staff at the Best Western Victoria Park Suites work hard to provide an exceptional hotel experience for all guests. We pay attention to all details and we attend to our guests' needs," says John Cosentino, the hotel's Director of Operations. "The Best Western Chairman's Award confirms our commitment."
Centrally located in downtown Ottawa, the Best Western Victoria Park Suites offers 123 finely-appointed guest suites. All guest accommodations feature quality amenities including complimentary wireless high speed internet access. Business travelers will find a variety of business amenities and a great selection of meeting facilities at the property. The Best Western Victoria Park Suites is within walking distance to popular downtown Ottawa attractions, such as Parliament Hill and the Canadian War Museum.
To experience Best Western Victoria Park Suites' quality for yourself, you may book a suite utilizing Bookdirect and ensuring that you are dealing directly with the hotel and get the best available rate at time of booking through a secure, risk-free hotel reservation experience.
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TRAVEL INSURANCE COVERAGE AS A RESULT OF HUMAN SWINE INFLUENZA
Those who bought travel insurance from RBC Insurance can be assured that any trip cancellation fees or penalties resulting from changing travel plans due to the Human Swine Influenza are covered.
Coverage is available for those that purchased an RBC Insurance travel insurance policy prior to April 28, 2009, the date that the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade issued a travel warning to Canadians for non-essential travel to Mexico.
Clients who booked a trip to Mexico prior to the warning being issued, are eligible for coverage – including trip cancellation coverage – under their RBC policy. They are currently accepting travel cancellation claims for departures to Mexico up to and including May 31, 2009.
If you purchased a RBC Insurance package and want more information about the coverage options you can reach the RBC Insurance Claims department at 1-800-263-8900.
Those who booked prior to the warning and still wish to travel will still be qualified for coverage under their RBC policy.
Stay Protected – buy travel insurance whenever you travel – http://insurance.bookdirect.com
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If you are heading out of town (from Toronto) for a week or more then check out these deals from Park’N fly. You can save $20 per week on Valet parking, $15 per week on Self Park, and $10 per week on Economy parking.
Click here for more information
We have original coupons in our office and they do not show and expiry date. If you would like and original copy mailed to you just drop us a note requesting the coupon along with a Self Addressed Envelope to:
Bookdirect, 25 Imperial Street, Suite 210, Toronto, ON, M5P 1B9.
The holidays are just around the corner, and Shutterfly have a lot of great promotions.
The November consumer offer is A Free 8x10 Collage Poster with promo code AF72-SAVE, plus check out the following site wide offers:
Free Standard Shipping on your first order when you join Shutterfly.
Shutterfly - Earn a Free 8x10 Collage Poster. Enter Coupon Code: AF72-SAVE. Exp. 12-2-08.
Booking a hotel online should not be a scary proposition.
With BOOKDirect you are assured of getting the very best rate at time of booking (see http://bestrates.bookdirect.com for more information).
Also with BOOKDirect, your hotel reservation is RISK-FREE as the booking is between you and the hotel directly. BOOKDirect will never charge your credit card and there are no cancellation penalties with BOOKDirect. Please note that any cancellation fees are subject to the hotel’s own policy and would be billed directly by the hotel.
We get our rates DIRECTLY from the hotel or from their central reservations system with no mark-ups or surcharges – this way you are assured to get the very best rates the hotel has to offer.
Visit http://save.bookdirect.com
Happy Halloween!
