Writer's Retreat New York Edition - Find the perfect NYC Writer's Cafe

Writer's retreat NewYork Edition - Best cafes for Writers, Bloggers and Students (Writer's Retreat Inspirational Travel Guides) by Juliet C. Obodo is one of a series of guides for various cities across the globe. The guides focus on the best cafes for writers in each city. This guide is for New York City.

What a great idea! I wish there was a guide like this for my home town! How many times have you gone searching for that perfect café where you get good cheap coffee, food, quiet but not dead quiet, centrally located but not so popular that you can't get a table, a café with atmosphere, pleasant waiters, large enough tables to hold a laptop and the most important thing free WiFi. Not any less important is that there are power outlets close to the tables in case you need to recharge your laptop. Well I for one have often gone searching for my favorite café to set up camp in and write a few blog posts or articles.

It's not just this century that cafes have been popular writer's hangouts but in previous centuries they didn't have this guide! The criteria by which the cafes listed in this guide were selected are:

·         Pleasant décor

·         Reasonably friendly staff

·         Reasonable menu prices

·         Most take credit cards

·         Most have free WiFi

·         Some have a readers corner

·         They are loiter friendly!

It took the author 6 years of time spent in cafes writing her book (Written in the Sky: Rise of The Wadjet Witch) to compile this list. The author includes suggested inspirational itinerates in the café's surroundings if you want to take a self-guided walking tour of the area. The author also recommends café etiquette including ordering something from the menu; sitting at a table that won't be in the way; being polite and making sure you tip the staff.

The guide then lists recommended cafes for writers according to the boroughs of New York. The café address, website address and open hours are listed as well as a short blurb about the café's highlights.

This guide will serve not only writers in the Big Apple and not only writers traveling to the Big Apple but also the average tourist who wants to see how the locals live and get to know NYC away from the tourist area. If you visit some of the cafes in this guide you'll get to see parts of the city that most visitors don't even know about.

So for writers, travelers, New Yorkers, coffee lovers, café lovers and just plain lovers this guide will open up a whole new world of café opportunities in New York City.

You can buy the Writer's retreat New York Edition - Best cafes for Writers, Bloggers and Students (Writer's Retreat Inspirational Travel Guides) by Juliet C. Obodo on Amazon. There is also a Kindle version for sale on Amazon.

Rent a Cell Phone in the Holy Land from Holyland Phone

If you are traveling to Israel you probably need to organize having a cell phone while you are there, Holy Land Phone has the solution. I always prefer a company which deals specifically with a travel destination or with one product as they tend to offer a more thorough service and that's the case with Holy Land Phone.

The Holy Land Phone website is simple and the packages include all you may need like insurance, voice mail, caller ID, text messaging in Israel and most importantly customer service in English.

Holy Land Phone offers several plan options if you are going for a short trip you can rent the phone (special summer offer at the moment you get the phone for free and only pay for the minutes) and just pay for the minutes you use. Minute packages range from 200 minutes ($29.9) to 3000 ($195). If you are going to Israel for longer it may be worth your while buying a simple phone from Holy land Phones that way you can keep the phone when you return home.

Added advantages of Holy land Phones:

·         You don't have to settle for a basic phone model you can also rent a Blackberry or Android and with these phones there is unlimited Internet use and the price is as low as $6.9 a day.

·         To forward your calls from your regular phone to your rented phone in Israel will only cost you $6 a month.

·         You can get Internet access, connect your laptop up in Israel and have unlimited use for $6 a day.

·         Holy Land Phone has an online chat to answer your questions.

·         For long term stays in the Holy Land there are purchase prices for the Nokia 1616, Nokia 2720 fold and the Nokia 5230. Prices range from $95 to $448 with installment plans.

·         Calls within Israel and calls to the USA, Canada (landlines or cellular) are the same price.

·         Phones are delivered anywhere in the USA or Israel.

·         You can get a local US number on your phone.

In short Holy Land Phone offers a comprehensive service with plenty of options to suit all kinds of travelers. They have an informative FAQ page on their site and the whole procedure of getting a phone in Israel is made simple.

Find a Rental Apartment in Tel-Aviv, Israel on IsraelApt.com

Hotel rates are going up and up and the high prices are making travel prohibitive for some; however there is a cheaper and more convenient vacation accommodation option available – vacation apartment rental.

IsraelApt is a website offering vacation and corporate rental apartments in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Being Israel's most popular vacation city and also the first stop for those arriving at Israel's Ben Gurion airport. Tel-Aviv hotels are known to be pricey. IsraelApt offers a range of accommodation options in an attractive format which is easy to navigate. You can search for an apartment in Tel-Aviv on IsraelApt according to your vacation dates, the number of rooms you need, the star rating you prefer, the price range you are interested in or the amount of people the apartment can accommodate.

The apartments on offer are of high quality and come furnished and fully equipped so you don't need to worry too much about what you pack. You can book online and there are also phone numbers for the USA, UK and Israel. You can view your search results in $USD or €Euro, the site is also available in French, Russian and of course English. On the same site you can find a guide to getting around Tel-Aviv and a Tel-Aviv restaurant guide. The site is a platform for you to find vacation rentals in Tel-Aviv and you deal directly with the property owners, not with the site. So you could say it can be used like a search engine but just for Tel-Aviv apartments.

Save yourself time, money and stress by booking a Tel-Aviv apartment through IsraelApt.

Find your perfect Algarve holiday rental property

If you're looking for a self-catering apartment or villa in the Algarve whether it be for a weekend or a longer period you will find plenty of options on LuzHolidays.com  To help narrow down your search you can browse the properties on offer by number of bedrooms, type of property, name of property or by location. At the moment there are apartments, townhouses and villas listed in Luz, Burgau and Lagos.

The site covers a number of other helpful travel planning tools like car rental and taxi services. There are also guest testimonials on the site. The information provided for each property includes whether or not there is a maid service, a beach nearby or a balcony. There is also a Google map of each property and several photographs.

Unlike many other property rental sites you are not redirected to a larger site but deal directly with LuzHolidays.com. You can fill in a form detailing what you are looking for and they will get back to you. Otherwise it is possible to contact them by phone, direct email or by snail mail.

Finding ideal rental properties in this area can often be difficult but this site offers English speaking (and Portuguese), easy to contact professional service to make your holiday in the Algarve perfect!