The TSA started testing a new system recently which may make security screenings a little easier. The goal is to greatly increase the speed and accuracy of passing travelers through the airport security screening process. The system uses improved body scanners and artificial intelligence techniques. This isn’t exactly like Total Recall, but it’s not too far off either….
There was big news out of Los Angeles International Airport yesterday that will affect many passengers with LAX flights in mid-May, particularly those involving Delta. 21 airlines will shuffle across 4 terminals in a multi-night move designed to streamline long-term operations at the airport. Beginning on Friday May 12, three sequential overnight moves will take…
This week I believe I may have sunk to a new low in work/life balance – I was blow-drying my hair while on a conference call. Seriously. Fear not, the phone was on mute and also on speaker – and I was following every word. I finished packing while on the next call, paid the gardener, and got…
Friends and family get angry when frequent travelers don’t make time when they are in town. Jetsetter’s Homestead offers the counter perspective why not to be upset.
“I was in five different states this week.” “I forgot I was driving my own car and kept looking for the beige Toyota in the parking garage.” “I haven’t had anything but condiments in my refrigerator in the past two months.” “I can’t remember what its like to not have jet lag.” All of these…
If I’m going to be whimpering on the cold tile floor of a bathroom, I’d rather it be my own. Don’t get me wrong… the hotel floor should be cleaned daily versus the every 14 days my own housekeeper comes, so in terms of hygiene, the hotel would win. But being sick away from home blows…
A friend sent me this Buzzfeed list recently and it hit a bit TOO close to my reality. These business travel lessons really sum up some of the best (and worst) parts of life on the road. I had a discussion with some of my teammates at happy hour last Friday that centered around numbers 1 and 2. Since…
If you have found yourself here at the Jetsetter’s Homestead, chances are fairly good that you landed here either because you read a lot of travel blogs already or because you are researching upcoming travel (and thus will soon be buried in the world of travel blogs). It seems like everyone has a travel blog these…
There are hundreds of websites touting free travel tips, most of which revolve around credit card tricks (sign up bonuses, manufactured spending, or the like) or redeeming points/miles for trips. But if you already travel for business, there are often many opportunities out there for free weekends. My favorite way to get free weekends is…
I’m squatting down on the floor of the casino gift shop, hoping to hell that no one calls security. I’m clutching my iPhone, set on speaker mode and mute, and giving the evil eye to anyone who dares to walk within three feet of me. Yes, I’m working. Really, I am. It might not seem…
My personal laptop died this week, mere minutes after I had just moved everything on my local drive to Dropbox. The timing couldn’t have been stranger. The screen went black and then when I tried to reboot it, smoke started coming out of the keyboard. My Mac had met a similar fate a couple months…
I’ve had several interesting off-blog conversations about hotel tipping recently. One came up in a side discussion about my issue last week with a Starwood hotel failing to deliver on a service request. (A friend asked whether I would have tipped if the requested item eventually showed up, even after the lengthy delay… my answer, YES.) Another was broached…