In an effort to cut in half the time it takes to check a bag, Delta will test a new system that uses facial recognition. This summer, four machines will test matching customers with their passport photos in Minneapolis to identify baggage. The airline is hoping to speed the process for passengers and free gate agents…
As Jim will tell you, there’s no place like home. We both like being here but a quick reentry can be a rude awakening. That’s definitely how it feels to get back to business after a week of vacation. Writing the weekly recap today was definitely bittersweet! Recapping Last Week We were on vacation so…
I’ve heard it said that “travel is in your blood”. If that is the case, it is certainly an inherited love. Mother’s Day is a great time to reflect on who passes on that love to us. For many of us, our earliest journeys are woven together – they are jointly travels with mom. Later, when…
Yesterday was our return from vacation after a week-long trip to the Bahamas and Cuba. After being gone for that long, there are always the inevitable household tasks to take care of before the next business trip and regular life kicks in again soon. Is there anything important in that giant stack of mail on the…
Summer travel time is almost here. For many, that means taking a trip to somewhere sunny – a cruise, beach vacation, camping, or foreign exploration. We are just returning from a week in the sun cruising on the Norwegian Sky. Now that I’m back, I wanted to share my personal list of must-have summer travel essentials. These 21 items…
Food is the great equalizer. Or so you would think. Everybody has to eat. And the list of common cultural ingredients is fairly lengthy. Rice, wheat, beans, fish, meat, poultry, legumes, oils, dairy, fruits, vegetables – at some point in time, it all begins to cross-pollinate. And yet every person in every corner of the globe…
Our travel fears, frustrations, and secrets dominated this last week on Jetsetter’s Homestead. And that’s just the beginning of the coast-to-coast fun that included communism, cultural awareness, and cuisine. Welcome to the weekly recap where we catch you up on what you’ve missed, where we’ve been, and what might be in the works. We were finally back…
Today our Instagram feed was live from Nassau Bahamas for several hours. We were here as part of our week on Norwegian Sky. Live From Nassau We spent the day with Tru Bahamian Food Tours on their Taste of Nassau tour. If you know how picky we are about shore excursions then you know we were…
I’m becoming cranky in my middle age. That much I know. Perhaps I am far enough away from my halcyon days of travel when weekend mileage runs were quick cultural skinny dips. And week-long vacations were reserved for deeper dives exploring the underbelly of geographic stretches far away. Frequent travel programs were important – earning or using…
A year after the US eased travel restrictions to Cuba, Americans are actually less willing to visit the island. In 2017, only 40% of Americans are interested in taking a trip to Cuba. That’s down 2% from last year. As a result, major airlines are already pulling out of the market or reducing the number of flights to the island. And many…
This weekend, I wrote about the debacle known as the Fyre Festival. It was supposed to be a luxury music festival. Hyped by celebrity model endorsers, it ended up as a disastrous exercise in defrauding ultra-rich millennials. Now the Fyre story gets even juicier. Someone has leaked the sales deck for investor pitches. And this presentation,…
I am giving away all my secrets lately. First I confessed that I travel with my secret weapons for good hair. Now I’m admitting to three secret travel toiletries that I cannot live without. I hunt these babies down. Sometimes buy them in bulk. I simply cannot run out. Ever. They are not the things you’d usually think of…