Just when I was feeling content that we had almost renovated all
the destination pages and checked the dead links, the hosting service we used for 1800-Countries.com, Meta-Travel.com, 1800-Olympics.com
and 1800-WorldCup.com websites pulled out of their
data centre and closed down operations.
Sadly, although they had a notice on their homepage, I only found out
about the closure the day everything went dead; having been on the road a lot lately.
Rather than spend time looking for another host, I've moved these
properties onto the main Travel Notes server.
The Olympics and World Cup pages are static HTML, so that
wasn't a problem to get back online, but the database tables for the favourite countries travel articles, meta-travel forums and topsites were
lost.
While the travel forum was becoming too much hassle keeping the
spammers at bay, we were using the topsites directory for our link submissions.
As I didn't keep a back up of the registered users on my hard-drive, I
don't feel like building the database content up again from scratch; especially when
there's so many other projects that need my attention on Travel Notes itself.
Alas, I now need to go through and change all these links; although we
have hastily set up redirects and put 404 pages in the sub-directories to try and soften
the blow of not getting to where you expect to go.
I apologise for the inconvenience and hope that the new projects we're
working on will excite the travel community.
Costa Rica
Schedules: (Costa Rica)
Find bus, train and ship connections in Costa Rica. The 'List of Stopping Points' button
lets you easily select your departure and arrival points; automaticaly filling them in on
the main form for you.
(Siskiyou County - California) Baymont Inn and Suites Yreka: 148 Moonlit Oaks Ave.
Each Baymont Inn guestroom comes complete with your choice of one King or two Queen beds,
a fully stocked bathroom and a convenient coffee maker and microwave. You might prefer to
spend a romantic weekend in a Baymont Inn whirlpool suite; complete with a king-sized bed
and a private Jacuzzi. Then rise and shine with an expanded, complimentary continental
breakfast.
(Yuma County - California) Baymont Inn Suites Marysville: 1111 N. Beale
Rd.
Surrounded by beautiful and peaceful landscape, this Marysville hotel offers guests a
variety of guestroom and suite options that are modernly furnished and well-appointed with
precious amenities including high speed internet and cable television.
(San Mateo County - California) Bridgepoint Inn Daly City: 3255 Geneva
Avenue.
Located off Highway 101, just 2 blocks from the Muni stop, with easy access to the airport
and downtown San Francisco. Two types of accommodations are offered: Guest Rooms, with one
or two Queen beds; and Deluxe Rooms, with one or two Queen beds and a Jacuzzi tub. The
small but stylish Bridepoint Inn offers complimentary breakfast, 24-hour front desk, and
wireless Internet access in public areas.
(Alameda County - California) Mainstay Suites Hayward: 835 West A Street.
The Mainstay Suites offers 47 beautifully decorated, extended-stay suite rooms; all with
comfortable beds, full kitchens, and a wide range of extra amenities. Enjoy complimentary
high-speed Internet access, convenient work desks and complimentary breakfast.
New Adventures: (Seychelles)
Seychelles offers a holiday experience as unique as it is varied, drawing on the amazing
diversity of 115 pristine islands to ensure that every visitor goes back with his or her
very personal memories.
Paraiso
Philippines: (Philippines)
Philippine travel blog with various topics about the Philippines, to aid travellers,
expatriates, local citizens and future retirees with reference and resource information
about the country.