All things travel.
Conceptually I love “aspirational travel” (you know, the thought that I could just hop from Four Seasons suite to St. Regis penthouse in between the time on my yacht or my villa in St. Tropez). The reality is for me, that’s a vacation dream at best – an aspirational goal, not a day-to-day reality. I…
American will be making changes to meal service in domestic first class cabins beginning September 1. The move is to standardize service across the board as a continuing step of the merger with US Airways. These first class meal service changes will eliminate plated meals on most flights under 2 hours and 45 minutes. For…
Last week, the SFGate blog posted results from a survey by CouponCodesPro.com on the most and least welcoming cities for travelers. The results surprised me. They REALLY surprised me. New York City as MOST welcoming? Paris as LEAST welcoming? I’d have flipped those based on my most recent visits to both. The five friendliest cities: 1….
Last week lifehacker shared an infographic on hotel WiFi speeds versus availability of free WiFi in those chains. (The original study comes from hotelwifitest.com) Fast hotel WiFi seems to be a rarity, especially those charging for that service! Surprisingly, some the chains most likely to offer free WiFi in most of their properties also have the fastest…
I spotted a couple of fun summer contests today that cover some of my travel necessities – shoes, luggage, wifi, and electronic gadgets. The first is from shoe company Shoes of Prey. I have not yet tried this service but it’s on my “to do” list. Shoes of Prey is an Australian e-commerce company that specializes in…
I hate early morning flights – and they are even worse when your seat assignment sucks. That seems to be happening to many these days with fully booked flights – someone has to sit in the dreaded middle seats or back rows of the plane. Last week I was nursing my Starbucks in the Admirals…
If you are following this blog, chances are you have either caught the travel bug- that ailment that makes you salivate at the thought of heading somewhere, anywhere that is treated only by hopping on a plane, train, ship, or moving car and treating the madness, but one for which there does not seem to…
“We can’t have it all” – that’s the most current message among women in the executive ranks, an ever-growing contingent of business travelers. It’s a counter-claim to what I was sold in my teens and twenties as we were encouraged to bust through the glass ceiling by day and go home to perfect fulfilled lives…
I hope you are having a fabulous 4th of July wherever you are. If you are in the US and hiding out from the heat of the day (or taking cover from the rain in the northeast), you may find yourself seeking shelter in your local stores or doing some online shopping. I did some…
On Tuesday, I shared my tale from the weekend about having Uber charge me 25% above the top of the fare quote range largely due to our driver taking us to the wrong destination first. Yesterday, I took a new extra step when booking – I captured a screenshot of the fare quote at the…
I love getting to visit New York City – and one of my favorite things to do is to catch a hot Broadway performance in the epicenter of the theatre world. Scoring show tickets at a discount is not a challenge either as long as you know the ropes! Sometimes I have the ability (and…
Frequent travelers over on FlyerTalk.com are discussing this issue today: A German traveler booked a refundable business class ticket and used it to access a business class lounge before changing the ticket instead of flying. Oh, and he did this 36 times with the same ticket! After doing this with the one ticket over the…