{"id":42402,"date":"2024-07-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42402"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T22:23:46","slug":"travel-gear-sales-escaping-the-usa-worlds-best-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/travel-gear-sales-escaping-the-usa-worlds-best-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Gear Sales\/Escaping the USA\/World’s Best Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Great Week to Buy Travel Gear<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are an American who decides to shop from an air-conditioned room instead of grilling burgers and hot dogs outside this steamy 4th of July, you\u2019ll find lots of great sales on travel gear and clothing. Even online retailers that seldom run a sale are having one, like Zappos<\/a> and REI<\/a>, and you\u2019ll find some big discounts at Amazon<\/a>, including 58% off a Kindle Fire tablet, 35% off a lot of camping equipment, and discounted summer clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your USA Escape Manual<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s been a huge spike in Google searches this week on moving out of the USA, so here\u2019s a reminder that I wrote the book on how to do this\u2014and how to cut your expenses in half at the same time. You can get the 2nd edition of A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em> in paperback<\/a>, audiobook<\/a>, or e-book<\/a> form. The latter option has some community and consulting options too if interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Religious Festivals More Dangerous Than Music Festivals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You probably won\u2019t see that headline in the media, but it has certainly been true in 2024. As far as I can tell from my research, there have been 3 music festival deaths this year (1 drowning, 2 hit pedestrians), but 1,421 people died at just two religious festivals: the Haj in Mecca<\/a> and a Hindu festival in Uttar Pradesh, India. (Mostly extreme heat in the former, a stampede through a too-small exit in the latter.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World\u2019s Best Airlines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skytraxx released its annual survey results<\/a> of the world\u2019s best airlines and as you\u2019d probably expect, there weren\u2019t a lot of U.S. airline execs showing up for the awards ceremony. The top 5 were Qatar, Singapore, Emirates, ANA, and Cathay Pacific. The North American showings in the top 50 were Delta at #21, Air Canada at #29, and United at #42. Asian and Middle Eastern airlines dominated nearly every category, including budget airlines: AirAsia was on top for the 15th year in a row. Budget carrier Allegiant showed up at #6 in the \u201cMost Improved\u201d category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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