200,000+ Miles over 47 weeks and Amazingly No Travel Mishaps!
For my year-end review of my 2011 travels, my butt-in-seat air miles added up to 201,832 and I was gone for part or all of 47 weeks. I…
3 Easy Ways to Feel Safe and Keep Peepers from Peeping
Feel uncomfortable when your hotel room curtains do not close all the way? My hotel room has a 3-inch gap in the curtain closure and the room overlooks…
Is Going Down in Status Making You Sick?
Are you approaching the end of the miles and points year with the realization that you’ll be a lesser person next year? A person with a lesser airline,…
Final Chance to Win 2 Nights at a Marriott Courtyard
We’re down to just hours. By this time tomorrow the winning name will be selected. Enter now for your chance to win 2 nights at any Marriott Courtyard…
New City Anxiety? Get Over it With These 3 Tips!
You may think that with all the travel I do, which is just about every week of the year, that I am a fearless traveler who treks dauntlessly…
Hertz GoldChoice – A New Type of Hybrid
Signs were displayed all throughout the Hertz rental car lot in Houston’s Intercontinental Airport (IAH) this week announcing their GoldChoice program. This was the first time I’ve seen…
Win Two Nights at a Courtyard by Marriott
Courtyard by Marriott has been redesigning their lobbies around the county. I recently got a chance to visit an updated Courtyard, and the changes were very welcoming. The first…
Dear Maid: Thanks for NOT Replacing My Towels!
Ever hang up your hotel towels to be used for the next day and the maid replaces them with clean towels anyway? More often than not, my attempt…
My Secret Assistant, No Matter Where I Am in the World
I’m in Kristiansand, Norway today. Tomorrow I fly to Aberdeen, Scotland. On Tuesday, I fly to Houston, arriving in the evening. At 8:00am on Wednesday I have a…
New TSA PreCheck Program: How Good Is It?
TSA’s new “trusted traveler” program, known as PreCheck, went into effect a few days ago. From the press release, “Eligible passengers may be referred to a lane where…
