All things travel.
Uber is hailed by many as the example of what the service workforce of the future could be. On demand, scalable, inexpensive, and easily replaceable. That last part is the ugly side of the ridesharing economy. While my adventures in driving have been few and far between since my “how much does a driver make” experiment…
I like Bali. The part I like most is the part that is less traversed. It seems like everyone has been to the southern part of the island. And more individuals have discovered Ubud since Elizabeth Gilbert put it on the map in Eat Pray Love. But a majority of visitors to this island paradise…
Ten dollars. Ten lousy dollars. That’s the margin by which I feel that the valet at the Crescent Hotel in Dallas (a Rosewood luxury property) decided to draw a line in the sand about valet charges on Thursday night. Let me explain… I went to the Crescent after work with plans to attend an alumni…
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…
This isn’t new, but it doesn’t ever fail to make me laugh when I see one of these in my social media feed. And finally I saw the full collection from Buzzfeed and realized that some of the real gems had not yet caught my attention. Yes, I get a kick out of how people…
File under bizarre… a Maryland man used GoFundMe to pay for a trip to Miami so that he could follow his 22 year old girlfriend on her spring break trip, as reported to the Daily Mail. His fundraising page shows he raised $360 of his $300 goal and made it to Miami to track her down. He…
Tonight I was updating my status tracking spreadsheets (because it’s important to stay on top of how I’m tracking towards airline miles and hotel stays) when I encountered something a bit surprise. No, it wasn’t that I’m missing flights from both American and Delta (although that, too) but rather that my Marriott Rewards status was…
When I’m reading a mystery novel, I hate when I can guess then ending within the first few pages. No matter how crazy the plot twists and turns, I’m always disappointed when I am right in the end. Sadly, that is how my Lyft driver referral bonus saga has played out. If you are just…
File under Hot Bomb… …a friend shared this Instagram feed that focuses solely on snapshots of men on the Paris Metro. But not just any men. Hot men. Mecs Métro Paris has over 100,000 followers on Instagram who check in to see which cute Parisian (or visitor) will appear next. I’m usually too busy trying…
If you’ve been following my Lyft saga, you know that it’s been a roller coaster ride to try to get approved to drive. As of this morning, I’m sitting at less than 72 hours to fulfill my driving requirement and still no approval. I redid my mentor ride on Saturday afternoon (and was finally asked…
Friday was one of my more frustrating days to be an Uber passenger. Some of the usual complaints not withstanding, I had a bizarre day with Uber and one that gives me pause when considering the future direction of the company, at least here in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. It started innocently enough – I…
Dear Uber driver*, (* or Lyft driver or Curb driver or yellow taxi/black car/pedicab driver… I’ve been in dozens of your cars in 2015 already and the lines are blurring so this is really for all of you) How’s it going? Listen, I know its tough out there with the lowered fares (or bogus bonuses, unfair…