CES 2011 – What’s Good for Travelers
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is always a great source for new cutting edge travel products. This year the 2011 show did not disappoint. Wireless…
How Much Business Travel is Too Much Travel?
With two weeks actually at home over the holidays, I had time to reflect on my travel for 2010 and start to wonder what my travel will be…
You Know You’re Traveling Too Much When …
It’s easy to know you’re traveling too much when you open your wallet and 75 award program cards fall out, or your passport has so many extra pages…
What a Difference a Flight Makes … In Weather, That Is.
When I board my flight in the next few minutes, I’m on my way to a whole other world, and I can’t believe I’m doing this! The day…
Suitcase Sunday
It’s been a great four days at home, though within hours it’s all over. Back on the road tomorrow. My husband and I are spending the last night…
Full-Body Scanners and “Friendly” Pat-Downs: How to Negotiate Airport Security
The holiday travel season is upon us. Between booking travel, buying gifts and organizing the family, who’s got time to even think about the latest airport security procedures?…
Security Experience #3 of 3 Today
I am flying from Aberdeen, Scotland to Orlando, Florida today. Three flights and three passages through Security – in Aberdeen, London Heathrow and Newark. This is the…
Security Experience #2 of 3 Today
I am flying from Aberdeen, Scotland to Orlando, Florida today. Three flights and three passages through Security – in Aberdeen, London Heathrow and Newark. This is the second…
Security Experience #1 of 3 Today
I am flying from Aberdeen, Scotland to Orlando, Florida today. Three flights and three passages through Security – in Aberdeen, London Heathrow and Newark. This is the first…
Gate Agent for a Day
Recently I was in Atlanta where I spent the day as a Delta Air Lines gate agent. Carol, the editor of Pearls of Travel Wisdom (aka my wife),…
