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Safe to Check Bags with a Hotel Bellhop? Think Again
It is very common for guests to check out of a hotel but leave their bags with a front desk clerk or bellhop while the travelers spend additional time seeing the sights or attending to business. At most hotels, you are given a receipt for your bags and they are placed in a locked room until…
Etihad Rolls Out New Livery for 787 and A380
Etihad Airlines (EY), one of Boeing’s best friends with a whopping 71 787’s on order, released images of their new 787-9 aircraft along with a new livery. The flagship airline of UAE plans to fly their newest version (they also have 10 787-10’s on order) to the following cities – Dusseldorf, Doha, Mumbai, Brisbane, and…
Airline Boarding, Who You Gonna Call? MythBusters!
Airlines have tried to improve the boarding process for years, even hiring mathematicians to quantify the procedure. There have been contests and grad school projects but in the end, we still need about 25 minutes to board most domestic mainline flights, even longer for international. Obviously this varies based on factors such as capacity, aircraft…
Tourism Dropping in Mexico: Who Would have Thought?
I just happened to be reading this article while lounging in my hotel room in, of all places, Mexico. It seems the government is stumped why tourism may be declining here. I am not an expert but taking a wild guess, it may have something to do with fewer tourists entering the country by car…
Go-Go’s Spring Break 2-Pack for $20
GoGo is having a sale on its inflight wifi! Two all-day passes for $20. The normal price is $14.00 for an all-day pass so this saves 28%. Buy on or before March 25, 2013, use the passes from March 16 – April 1, 2013. More details at GoGo. Order now! Business Travel Success: How to…
Clue for December 14 in The Adventure of “Where is Bruce Going?”
Today’s clue in the Adventure of “Where is Bruce Going” is one more piece of the puzzle since December 1st as to where my husband and I will be going for a post-Christmas holiday. So Google the clues from today and the past 13 days and give Bruce an idea on where he may be…
USAir Flight Attendants on the Picket Line? I Can Understand Why!
If your USAir flight is delayed today, it could be because your flight attendants are out picketing. And I guess I can’t blame them. According to this article in Travel Weekly, flight attendants and airline management have been unable to hammer out a contract that covers flight attendants – ever since US Airways and…
Are You an Adventuresome Foodie?
In the past six weeks, I’ve been in Hong Kong, Scotland and Dubai along with a bit of time at home in the U.S. I’ve had thousands of food choices to select from with having no clue as to what many of them were. My biggest dilemma wasn’t what food to select, but how adventuresome…
