Could your business--large or small --benefit from an on-line source for special project help? Perhaps you want a professional to design a logo, a banner ad or a brochure. Maybe you need a letter translated -- or a Power Point presentation to get the funding you need for a new business.

Elance.com is a great source for all sorts of free-lance help! You simply post your project here, and service providers bid to do the work. Then you choose a service provider based on bids, profile information, work samples, and feedback ratings from previous users. After a bid is accepted, you and the service provider can use the site to communicate, schedule deadlines, exchange files, and deliver the final product!

If you often felt that a freelancer could help but were concerned about finding, evaluating and contracting with the right one for your job --this is the place!

Travel in style

One of the pain-in-the-neck chores of traveling is converting currency! This is particularly true if you wait and pay a big premium at the airport! Now it's easy to order over 75 foreign currencies and Travelers Checks online at Chase.com. Not only are the prices competitive, but also if your order is over $500, the currency will be delivered right to your door at no additional fee!

In addition this magic place will also help you get exchange rates, calculate currency conversion and buy foreign currency or US dollar travelers checks.

Now you can fly or sail off into the sunset with a pocket full of the right stuff!

Pick Your Seat Businesstravel.com makes it easy to pick your seat on just about any flight! This helpful site allows you to view the seat configuration on 19 major airlines.

Here you will find links to all the major airlines seat charts including seat maps, seating arrangements and seat configurations in all aircraft types and models. Details on exit rows, first class, business class and coach seats are all included.

Want to see how the Concorde lays out? It’s a snap here!

Best Restaurants near or far from home

The folks at Zagat.com know their food. This neat place lists and evaluates restaurants in all major US Cities pus international cities like London, Paris or Tokyo.

Just pick a restaurant and get an instantaneous evaluation in four categories: Food, Service, Décor and Cost on a rating scale of 0 (poor) to 30 (Perfection!). The cost reflects the estimated price of a dinner with one drink and tip.

You can also check out special restaurant lists, for the city you choose, ranked by: Top Décor, Best Buys, Top Food, Top Romantic, Top Rooms, Top Service, Top Views--to name a few!

If you are in a dining mood, you should visit and bookmark this great place!

Published: January 11, 2001

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.

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