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    Why should you buy a car or even rent one if you do not use a few hours per day or per week?

    Here is the reasoning that landed Scott Griffith, CEO of Zipcar American group now known worldwide for its concept of car sharing.
    Zipcar is the happiness of 325 000 U.S. users in over 50 major cities including London, which share 6 500 vehicles daily.

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    Note that since the year 2004 the total number of users increases by 100% annually. With 130 million worth of turnover generated per year, Zipcar has introduced the stock market during 2010. Note that the company FlexCare, Zipcar’s main competitor before the year 2007, has contributed to the success that is the mark today. FlexCare has reduced the carsharing in the United States. In addition to its website, Zipcar launched in 2009 two applications: one for iPhone and other Smartphones for providing a geolocation system, availability of cars and a reservation system very intuitive. The iPhone application also allows opening and closing the doors remotely.

    Zipcar’s objective is to serve electric vehicles and hybrids, to get to propose in 2012, 30% of hybrid 400. Zipcar offers such services in the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington DC and on several university campuses in North America .

    The Vacational rentals always been a well-known travel option in many of the places & these rentals are becoming popular day by day around the world. They are also referred to as a self-catering type of rentals or it can be also said as “villa rentals”.

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    Vacational rental such as Coldwell Banker who provide a fully furnished property, such as a town home or single-family-style home, condominium, official space and family home often derived as a villa rentals in Europe. The service providers like Coldwell Banker arranges to rent the vacation rental property & helps to provide Costa Rica Real Estate properties for a designated period of time. Coldwell Banker Costa Rica have different types of rentals on nightly basis similar to hotel rooms, however the more ubiquitous vacation rental industry practice classically weekly rentals. A true Vacation rental provider is not just sale the property, the owner of the vacation rental should also provide right direction to their clients to invest in land which include tree planting and the vacation home which implement eco-construction techniques, eco-friendly environment, hydro-electric, solar power & green zone. Have a nice day & enjoy your vocational rentals with your family and friends & have a great day ahead!

    Safe Travel Tips

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    Travelers must be sure of the travel safety tips which should be followed before & on the trip:-

    * Read vigilantly the consular information sheets & go through the information of any travel advice & warning for the country that you have plan to visit.

    * International & regular roaming tourists should make sure that they have a signed & valid passport & visas.

    * The travelers should be sure that, they have filled the emergency information on the given page of the passport before traveling on the journey.

    * Leave a copy of your passport at home.

    * They should have 2 recent photocopies of their passport identification page. This will smooth the progress of replacement if their passport is lost or stolen.

    * Get familiar with the laws & the civilization of the countries to which you are traveling.

    * One after the other to avoid violating local laws, indenture only with official agents when you swap money or buy art or antiques.

    * ‘Don’t be a target’! Avoid attention-grabbing clothing and exclusive jewelry and don’t carry too much amounts of money or needless credit cards.