this is something i've thought about doing for a long time, ever since i mentioned a deal i found for travel to bali and hong kong on this blog, and julie ended up using it to go visit our friend jessica. i've made it a habit every monday of going through all the travel sections of newspapers from over the weekend, and i often find some really great deals that i would take advantage of if i could, even though 99.9% of the time i can't. well, even if i can't, that doesn't mean that somebody out there wouldn't find the info useful - and it might even inspire some vacations amongst our friends. so some travels deals i thought were good are behind the cut.