Really Jetsetter’s Homestead? Another post about those damned Endless Appetizers? I know, I know. Hear me out as I, too, have a little dry heave every time I think about sitting down to a plate of fried formerly-frozen delicacies. I felt like I’d made my point with that story and was ready to move on. …
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…
Lazy Saturdays and gluten free blueberry pancakes are the best. It seems like lately (i.e. the last 15 years or so) I don’t get lazy Saturdays often. I’m always traveling on the weekends. Or I’m home and working through a massive to-do list on weekend mornings. And I very rarely get the time (or inclination) to sleep in. Or at least not on…
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 favorite outpost for Jetsetter’s Homestead has announced a new loyalty program – The Container Store has begun registration for their POP! program (short for “Perfectly Organized Perks”). While not the typical program that might appeal to frequent travelers, it’s worth a look for a few reasons, among them the amazing travel accessories they…
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….
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 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…
If you are a weekly warrior business traveler like me, you may have just barely escaped the east coast weather delays in time to make it home for the three-day weekend. And, like me, you may have woken up this morning and realized you need to take something with you to a Fourth of July…