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Top 10 Mobile Sites for Holiday Travel


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Every year many of us travel long distance to reach friends and family during the busiest travel time – the holidays - and the worst travel conditions of the year - winter. During this time travelers often experience increased traffic, flight delays and terrible storms and rely heavily on their mobile devices to stay in touch, informed and entertained. The last thing travelers should be concerned about during these times is their phone bill, but with the end of unlimited mobile data plans, this is top of mind.

Now travelers can breathe a bit easier knowing that by using Opera Mini, the web's most popular mobile browser, they will not be wasting their traveling bucks on excessive phone bills. Opera Mini is the only mobile browser that compresses websites data allowing for a faster browsing experience and less data consumed. With more browsing capabilities, Opera has put together a top ten list of must use sites that will help travelers get to where they are going and pass the time until they get there.

1. Smooth Operator
Opera Mini browsers compress data to use just ten percent bandwidth of other mobile browsers options - reducing image data size, unnecessary formatting, text encoding and more. What this means – a faster mobile experience and a lower monthly bill!
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Top 10 Travel Tips for Holiday Travelers


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Traveling over the holidays this year? If you're traveling by air, that usually means long security lines, overbooked flights, tarmac delays and baggage fees. With more than 24 million air travelers expected over the Thanksgiving holiday week alone, access to real-time flight information from your smartphone could be the key to reaching your destination in time for the turkey. A company called FlightView has the real-time travel apps you need for your iPhone, Android or BlackBerry. They even provided us with some handy travel tips to help you out this holiday season.

FlightView's Top 10 Tips for easier travel:

1. Monitor connecting flights. Check the status of connecting flights prior to getting off the plane with FlightView's mobile flight tracking apps.

2. Pack light. Many airlines have instituted baggage fees for checked bags and even carry-on luggage – with limits on weight and dimensions.

3. Be smart about parking. Just like checking flight details, travelers should check airport parking availability and pricing at FlightView.com before leaving for the airport Read more

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