Is a culture of “unnecessaries” dictating your life? And if it is, can you change it? That’s the gist of an interesting piece I stumbled upon this past week. The author theorizes that big business creates a culture where five-dollar lattes are viewed as a reward for going to work and scarce evening and weekend…
Silvercar is a new rental car company reinventing the model of how renting a car works. I had the opportunity to try them out for the first time recently and have concluded that there are several things rental car companies can learn from Silvercar. 1. Simplify options during the reservations process. Silvercar has ONE type of…
In my early days as a frequent traveler, one of my biggest frustrations was scheduling time for “personal upkeep”. Whether it’s simple things like a pedicure or hair cut with a favorite stylist, or more complex regular procedures with a specialist, it can be difficult to juggle appointments, especially when the hours those professionals keep…
Yesterday, my social media and personal email lit up with messages from friends and family – “you need to change your flight”. You see, I’m in the middle of planning my next big vacation where I will spend twelve nights traveling by ship from Singapore to Bali and visiting many Indonesian ports. Most of my…
A recent study I spotted in the Daily Mail reveals exactly when the average Brit is switching off for vacation when traveling abroad on a week-ong holiday. It turns out that day 3 at 7 :30 pm is the average time that one relaxes fully into vacation mode. That, to me, is further justification that I’ve been doing the right…
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….
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…
My announcement on Monday that I had joined the Boarding Area team was part one of a two-part announcement. Now that Prior2Boarding launched late yesterday, I can reveal that I’m part of the team for this new blog project. I’m very excited to be a part of the Boarding Area expansion that includes a roster…
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…