If your travel dates are flexible, you can easily tailor your trip according to the days when a cut-price seat to your destination is bookable.

CNN: Technology: Flight Planning 101

Studies show that drivers in the U.S. spend an average of eight minutes cruising for city parking, mainly so they can find a space free or at the lowest price possible within the shortest distance of their destination, according to Donald Shoup, a professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles.

WSJ: New Turf for Sharing Services: the Driveway

According to the OECD, the UK is second only to the US as a destination for tertiary students studying abroad (as of 2008, 10% of all students studying in foreign countries were enrolled in UK institutions of higher learning).

FORBES: Declining Prospects for Higher Ed in the UK?

Measured by flows, India is overtaking China as Japan's biggest destination for foreign investment and, according to a survey by the Japan Bank for International Co-operation, will be the most favoured destination for long-term Japanese investments over the next decade.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

Out of all the BRICs this month, Russia is the No. 1 destination for equity and bond inflows according to EPFR Global.

FORBES: With Real Interest Rates at Zero, Russia Will Hike Soon

In the 1980s Britain ranked fourth as a destination for expansionist European retailers, according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle, a property consultancy.

ECONOMIST: Retailers

According to a 2012 report by the UK Post Office, Spain is currently the least expensive eurozone destination for a resort vacation, followed by Portugal.

BBC: Travelling in recession-strapped Europe