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Friday, June 5, 2015

Friday Thoughts: Travelers Box

Travelersbox allows coin-laden travellers to lighten their load by depositing those coins into one its automated machines at airports around the globe. The automated kiosks take your unneeded coins and bills, and then transfer the amount to your PayPal account or give you a selection of gift cards, including Groupon, the Gap, Best Buy, and yes, even Starbucks. Users also can choose to donate the money to charity, and there is no fee to complete the transfer.

Founded by Tomer Zussman, Idan Deshe, and Dror Blumenthal, the idea for Travelersbox came to Zussman after frequent trips between the U.S. and Israel.

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I haven't tried this yet but it looks interesting if you have foreign money laying around.

QOTD:
Have you used Travelers Box? Would you use it it if not?

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Wordless Wednesday

Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday Thoughts: Direct train to Europe

You can now board a train in London and a few hours later get off by the Mediterranean - the new direct service between St Pancras and Marseille is the furthest passengers have ever been able to go on a train from Britain without getting off. But why, more than 20 years after the Channel Tunnel opened, have direct services to the rest of Europe been so slow arriving?

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I think this is an interesting trip. Many people who maybe do not want to fly, or spend the money to fly can now travel for less and via a different method. The amenities seem nice also, such as the breakfast and WIFI for example.
I would like to see this expanded to add more countries, and something like this would be a nice idea in the USA to travel 49 states or so (can't drive/ride to Hawaii :-) ), but using Amtrak instead. Or maybe even Greyhound buses.

QOTD- Would you take this train? If you have, what was your experience?