Just because Thanksgiving has passed doesn't mean that travel will dwindle much; Christmas and other holidays are now less than one month away, and of course travel to wherever you're heading for them will start sooner. If you're heading home or on vacation, and you can't convince someone to come pick you up from the airport, we might be able to help.

Throughout December, we'll be adding more guides on how to reach airports around the world via both public and private transportation, but for now, here are six guides we've already got for you:

· New York-JFK

· Paris-Charles de Gaulle

· Rome-Fiumicino/Leonardo da Vinci

· Tokyo-Narita

· London-Heathrow

· London-Gatwick (just the Express train featured)

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Now we've told you all about the Miami Airport Flyer bus and saved you from death-by-MiamiDrivers (you're welcome), it's time to look at the other transportation options in the works at MIA.

Anyone who's walked 1,000 miles inside the terminals knows that this is a big, busy hub. So last year's introduction of the Skytrain, which shuttles folks up and down the length of Concourse D, helped. The Skytrain isn't the only MIA monorail in town, though. Work is plowing ahead on the brand new MIA Mover, an automated people mover that will run from MIA to the new—and awesomely named—Miami Intermodal Center.

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Ever wondered what existed to get travelers New York-JFK Airport before the AirTrain opened? Well, this. It's something called the JFK Express, essentially an express subway line that ran from 1978 to 1990, until it was eliminated due to low ridership.

It's crazy to think that the AirTrain didn't open until 2003, leaving a 13-year gap between the JFK Express and another option. During this time, passengers opting for public transportation took the regular subway out to the Howard Beach stop and boarded a bus to finish the trip to JFK. Even crazier is the thought the people interviewed in the "Train to the Plane" commercial above once lived in New York City. There's so much history in this city that sometimes it boggles the brain. Of course, we've got nothing on European or Asian cities in terms of urban history.

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Nothing beats skipping the rental car counter in favor of a high-speed rail link to downtown, and that’s why we’re excited to hear that Bangkok just opened dedicated service from Suvarnabhumi Airport to downtown.

As with any public works projects there were tons of delays, cost overruns, and other hassles; however, the train finally opened up last week, linking tourists, business people, and everyone else with easy access to the airport. The plans were first approved back in 2003, and it was actually supposed to open along with the airport in 2006; it certainly has been a long time coming. ]]> kjb 2010-09-01T08:36:56-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/8/3/232622/9232

Heading to London soon and fretting about how you'll get from Heathrow Airport into the city, just as our Newbie Traveler did? While we're content to hop the Tube for a long ride with the proletariat, other travelers prefer a more direct route—The Heathrow Express train, and luckily they're running a deal for 50% off through September 5.

The Heathrow Express goes direct from the airport to London's Paddington Station in twenty minutes, complete with free onboard WiFi and TV news. Typically the round-trip price for an adult on the Heathrow Express is $49, but if you book and travel in groups of two or more for round-trip tickets, that price comes down to $24.50 roundtrip for one adult in Express Class (aka not First Class). The first half of your trip must happen by September 5, but it's an excellent small way of saving money in a notoriously pricey town. Book it online here.

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To take a flight somewhere is to take a journey before even stepping onto the plane. You've got to get yourself to the airport transportation and take that first! Some airports have Airtrains connections between the subway and the terminals, and fewer have direct subway train stations, but London's Gatwick Airport has a direct train and we love it.

The train between London's Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport is appropriately called the Gatwick Express, and it provides space and comfort for the harried travelers arriving from or departing to flights from the airport. It's a tad bit pricey, but not more so than a cab, and it might just be one of the best airport transports we've ever been on, so how do you get on it?

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Oł allez-vous? These are the words you will be hearing from your blue-jacketed SuperShuttle driver when he arrives to pick you up at any of the Paris airports for the trip into the city. That's right—Supershuttle, the shared bus airport transport company, has just opened their first international location, giving you some options for getting between Paris' center and its Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Beauvais airports.

Today in the Sky fills us in that average per-person rates for the trip between Paris and CDG is 27 Euros ($40) and reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

We actually frequently opt to take SuperShuttles to the airport, but warn that being picked up from the airport by them is very iffy and not once have we had a successful pick-up. Once, after a 13+hour flight back from Hong Kong, we spent an hour and a half on the curb at JFK while we waited for our SuperShuttle ride, despite having made reservations online. Oh, there were plenty SuperShuttle drivers there hanging out, it's just none of them had our name on their roster. Moral of the story? Always program SuperShuttle's phone number into your mobile, which was the only thing that eventually saved us.

Related Stories:
· Airport Check-in: SuperShuttle launches first international branch [Today in the Sky]
· On the Road Again: How To Reach Paris-Charles de Gaulle [Jaunted]
· Airport transportation coverage [Jaunted]

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