Here are a list of coupon offers that will help you get the most out of your holiday shopping dollar. These are valid now through the end of 2006 at Travelershoppes.com (visit site). You must click the links below to redeem special discounts, coupons or savings.

Great Gift Ideas

• Victorinox Messenger Bag for 17″ Laptop - Front flap-over pocket features extra storage for cell phone, pens, credit cards, keys and more. Great gift for a student or urban comuter.
• Columbia 30″ Deluxe Wheeled Duffle - This is a gift for an adventurous traveler. This Duffle is water resistant with a Grip Tek handle, Wet pocket, mesh pocket, In-line skate wheels, reinforced bottom and curb bumpers.

Holiday Coupons

• Now save 10% on orders at Travelersshoppes.com. Use code SAVEMORE expires December 31st (Excludes TUMI).
• Save 10% on these great gift ideas for the traveler in your life (Excludes TUMI). Enter code GIFT10 at checkout. Valid through Dec 31st.
• Save up to 66% on Luggage Sets. Now save an additional 15% with this coupon (Excludes TUMI). Use code TSET at checkout. Valid through Dec 31st.
• Save 12% on Briefcases at Travelersshoppes.com (Excludes TUMI). Enter Code SAVE12 at checkout. Expires Dec 31st.
• Now receive FREE shipping at Travelersshoppes.com (Excludes TUMI orders). Enter code FSHIP at checkout. Expires 12/31/06

Happy Holiday Shopping! (you’re doing your shopping online…so you should be smiling instead of standing in lines or waiting in traffic ;))

Daily deals around the web are very popular this year. And they should be. Merchants are using daily deal promos to clean out inventory and create a great viral marketing channel.
OGE just launched a goodie (well two goodies, theJaw from Moosejaw also went live on OGE): tha Lowdown is Moosejaw’s Daily Gear Deal site and it also happens to be an entire catalog of gear and outdoor apparel discounts. These are killer deals that go until gone at 65-75% savings on retail!

Subscribe to tha Lowdown’s Daily Deal RSS Feed

Found a great article from the Salt Lake Tribune that’s featured on Alta’s web site. It’s a tribune reader poll from over 1100 Utah skiers on their favorite ‘Greatest Snow on Earth’ to ski. Nice choices we have here in Utah My favorite reader poll quote was “The least of Utah is better than the best of most states” from Rick Carter.

Here’s a snippet from the article…

“More than 50 percent of a SL Tribune’s poll (1,107 participants) designated Alta or Snowbird as the best, primarily citing their exquisite snow and varied, challenging terrain. And when it comes to picking one special place to carve turns, more people would choose to do so on either Alf’s High Rustler at Alta or in The Cirque at Snowbird.”

Quickview of the 2006 Salt Lake Tribune Skier Poll for Utah Resorts:

Read Entire Newspaper Article…

Here is a good idea for holiday gift giving.. Alta Ski Area is offering gift cards available online through their store. Give the gift of skiing.. crave that powder junkies fix!

Details as follows:

Alta Gift cards start at $15.00, in increments up to $500. The card can be used at Alta Ski Area Ticket Offices, Alf Engen Ski School, Alf’s Restaurant, Watson’s Shelter, Collins Grill or Alta Ski Shop & Demo Centers. Additional value may be added to your gift card at any time. Order Alta Gift Cards online or by calling (801) 359-1078.

More info..

I know I know…Shoes.com isn’t an outdoor gear merchant. BUT, they do have a wide selection of footwear for hiking, trail running and winter activities. This is a killer coupon that you can use through December. Knock off some holiday gift shopping. Details are as follows:

Use Code: GIVE10OFF @ checkout
10% off $75 or more
Valid Nov. 15th to Dec. 31st

• Not valid on Sale items
• Not valid on excluded brands
• Valid on all sites powered by Shoes.com
• You MUST click the banner below to redeem savings
  

** Shoes.com is also running some special sales for direct savings **

• Thanksgiving Sale: Running from November 23rd to November 25th
• Cyber Monday Sale: Running from November 26th to November 27th

News is makin’ its way around the ski industry now. Steve Lloyd (check out his photography) had someone or something watching over him yesterday. News reports say he was buried for 10-15 minutes in upper Silver Fork basin - Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains. This was a very experienced group of skiers and his friends knew how to react with their beacons and affect the rescue. When we was uncovered he was blue and unconcious, but apparently gained conciousness shortly after he was dug out.

We’re all very grateful to his friends and for the outcome. Now…back to the powder! More news:

AltaCam Forum: Steve Lloyd Buried in Avalanche for 15 Minutes and Survives!

Channel 2 News KUTV: Four Caught In Canyon Avalanche, One Buried

For Immediate Release
Julie McFadden, JAM Media
julie@jampr.net
415-839-7546

San Francisco, CA, November 10, 2006 — Timbuk2 Designs, one of the leading manufacturers of messenger bags, daypacks and accessories for the outdoor, bicycle and travel categories, announced this week the appointment of Perry Klebahn as new Chief Executive Officer.

“Klebahn has the right skill set to be an outstanding leader for Timbuk2. He is a native of California who has demonstrated a passion that blends the disciplines of product design and engineering…”

Read Entire Article.. 

OGEBlog featured merchant CampSaver.com is running a killer sale on Snowshoes right now on top brand names like Tubbs, Atlas and MSR. Act today (or tomorrow) because the sale ends on November 13th! Save 10% to 25% on your purchase if you grab the snowshoes you need now.

Click the image below to redeem these savings!

Also checkout the Closeout Deals from CampSaver

A quick post to mention that we recently upgraded the search functionality on OutdoorGearEngine.com. Now we’re almost ready to call our custom built gear search engine v3.0! A few more tweaks and we’re ready to distribute the news through our news syndication service of choice: PRWeb.com (check out a press release from July that received over 65,000 reads!).

Also, while you’re checking out the new, more accurate and lightning fast search, notice how the column headers are now all sortable. Stay tuned for the official v3.0 release as this will also include the addition of over a dozen new merchants to the database. That translates to over a dozen more sales and promotions being posted here on the OGEBlog! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions on the new features on OGE.

The shopping madness is already starting to ramp up. Earlier and earlier each year we start getting flooded from every media source on the planet about holiday promos and sales. Our OGEBlog is going to be very active over the next 45 days so subscribe now to our RSS feed & get more out of your holiday shopping dollar (remember we post sales, discounts and promos nearly every day from over 50 of the world’s best outdoor gear and apparel merchants).

This is a quick post to announce a great offer eBags (visit site) is running from now until December 22nd. Be sure to click on the link below to Receive 20% Off When you Buy Two Items or More.

You must click this link to redeem the savings (discount will automatically apply): Buy 2 Items & Receive 20% Off