Hate having to iron in your hotel room? Here’s a very simple trick to help pull wrinkles out of slacks: Simply hang your slacks using the hotel’s clip hangers, then take another hanger and clip it upside down to the bottom of the slacks. The weight of the hanger helps pull out the wrinkles. Much…
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Tips on Courteous Tipping
The topic of tipping is often a subject of travelers’ conversations. We all have our opinions and our habits on how we tip, who we tip and how much we tip. Just think about the last time you were out to dinner with friends and everyone got separate checks — ever taken a glance at…
New Doggy Daycare in Orlando – Convenient for Travelers
I sure wish my dog, Dexter, could be in my hotel room at the end of the day waiting for me. What a difference in business travel that would make! Sadly, it doesn’t make sense for my work and it sure wouldn’t be fair to him to be stuck in a hotel room all day. While I…
5 Tips for Writing a Complaint Letter
It’s not surprising that the more you travel, the more likely you are to encounter problems. I sure have had my share of issues after more than a quarter century of business travel, including one trip from hell that began with this 39-hour nightmare heading to a BoardingArea conference no less, and ended with a…
The Power of Nice Can Change Your Travels
I was asked by CNN International on ways to reduce the stress of business travel. Whether you travel for business, pleasure or both, stress can come into play from the minute you start planning to when you walk back in the door at the end of a trip. (Ever get home to a house which is…
What’s Your Monday Morning Travel Routine?
For many of us, Monday mornings start very early as we fly to work or get behind the wheel to begin a long drive to another city. Flights at 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. get you up and out the front door before some people have even gone to bed! I’ve been such a Monday-morning traveler…
Quick Travel Tips for Your Holiday Weekend
If you’re traveling this weekend, here are a few last minute tips to help you and your family travel smart and safe so you can focus on the holiday. Is your child flying alone? Then read this for lots of tips you’ll want to know. If you are checking your bag and traveling with someone else,…
Sharing Travel Tips on Chicago’s WGN Radio
Listen in to WGN Radio’s Nick Digilio as he and I gab about my first flight, what’s changed over my 28 years of travel, my favorite destinations, and more. WGN Radio is based in Chicago, where my business travels first started many years ago. This travel talk may just offer you and/or your family some…
When Disaster Happens, Does the State Department Know Where You Are?
Business travels are taking me to Veracruz, Mexico this week with anticipated future trips as well. There are no warnings to defer non-essential travel, though it isn’t the safest place to travel in Mexico either per this recent Mexico Travel Warning. Before I travel internationally, and especially to a place where safety may be a…
The Best Note Taking Apps for Syncing on the Road
Do your to-do’s always pop into your head when you’ve got paper/pen in hand or a tablet at your fingertips? Yeah, right! They pop up at the most inconvenient times, then you stress about remembering them later. You most likely have a to-do list for work, a to-do list for your household, and a to-do…
