In March 2015, watch for Starwood headquarters to relocate to India as part of a month-long cultural immersion program. During the program, executives from the company will live and conduct business from Mumbai and Delhi in an attempt to better understand the culture and the needs of travelers visiting the growing business community. Starwood has previous…
It’s a Sunday morning at 8 am (one of my “regular” times to drive for UberX) when I get a ping to pick up a rider named Michael at an apartment building adjacent to the university campus. I pull up in front of the building. The street is quiet – its too early for most to be…
There is a first time for everything. In terms of travel, I’ve been doing it so long (and so frequently) that those first time incidents are becoming increasingly more bizarre. I had not one, but TWO of them yesterday. And I’m curious to hear your thoughts on one of them – did I overreact? In…
News about hiking normally doesn’t catch my eye. I love the outdoors, but trekking around in the woods is generally not my thing. This story, however, surprised me. A hiker discovers an abandoned town just hiding in the middle of Smoky Mountains National Forest. The discovery is the second forgotten find in the national forest in the last couple of years. Click here…
Nancy Grace isn’t the only one who worries about women who go missing. I’ve hit the point in my years of travel (often solo travel) where thoughts of safety become a nagging voice in the back of my head. “If I went missing on the road, would anyone know where to start looking?” Reading stories…
Navigating an airport for the first time can be a nerve wracking experience for any first-time flyer. But mix airports and autism together and you can have a highly stressful situation for that traveling family. Sensory overstimulation is often a fear for parents of autistic children. How their child might deal with situations outside their…
Bonus miles/points can trigger a Pavlovian response for me – dangle the possibility of earning more miles/points and I start salivating before I have even read the fine print. My heart races even when its not a program I normally care about. Take this email: I’ve been selected! (I feel special.) DOUBLE POINTS! (That’s twice…
No matter how bad your last flight was, chances are your last seatmate was not THIS horrible. A Modern Family editor, Ryan Case, live-Tweeted an account of one passenger’s in-flight antics late on Sunday. The 64 separate and progressively funnier (in a life-is-stranger-than-fiction kind of way) Tweets paint a vivid picture of the scene unfolding…
Interesting fact #1: The last two hotels I have stayed in have had earplugs strategically placed on the nightstand when I checked in. Interesting fact #2: I have ended up with disruptive noise from the room next door to me on my last two hotel stays. Coincidence? Or correlation? In the case of the first…
We share six Uber secrets you MUST know before you request your next ride. These will help your Uber driver plus save you time and money as an Uber passenger. Our writer/driver shares tips on how to use the app, improve navigation, why ratings are important for you (the Uber passenger), and what information your Uber driver knows about you.
It’s Throwback Thursday and time for another retro trip report. This one takes us back to early August 2008. That was a big change year for me… I was eight months into owning the house I had at this point dubbed “the money pit”. My (then) business partner had a 9-month old little girl at home and we…
When is a suite NOT a suite? That’s the question I sought to answer here after I felt like I was hoodwinked by room descriptions. But let me back up a bit… I’m getting ahead of myself! I had a week long trip to the west coast coming up. My flight from DFW was early and…