I doubt this question ever came up with Emily Post but we figured we would try to attack this question. We all know how stressful air travel can be. Headaches include overcrowded airports, planes, delays and airlines treating their passengers like cattle. Add to these issues are that airlines started to limit their perks like […]
American Automobile Association (AAA) released its annual press release discussing the Independence Day holiday travel information. Lots of good information in this press release. First, 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home during the holiday week period (June 28th to July 6th). This represents an increase of 1.7 million
Beat the Crowds! AAA’s Ultimate Guide to July 4th Holiday Travel (Forecast & Advice) Read More »
After a recent game in which we had a vigorous discussion on whether a ball was in or out, we decided that we would never know. There were people with different perspectives and emotions. We really need the Hawk-Eye line machine like they use in professional tennis matches. Unfortunately, it outside of our budget. ☹
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Our friends at View From The Wing reported on a good feeling story. The story is about a mother and daughter who were headed from Montana to Orlando to see their dying father (and grandfather). As anyone who has been to Kalispell knows, you cannot fly to many places from their regional airport. If you
Good News Story of the Day: Delta Delivers for A Family Enroute to See a Dying Father Read More »
We found an interesting article on CMU.FR. As many people know, there is a recommended benchmark that you should try to walk or run at least 10,000 steps a day. According to CMU, this 10,000-step figure comes from a 1960’s Japanese marketing campaign in which they were selling pedometers. It is amazing that this campaign
You Can Achieve the Equivalent of 10,000 daily steps in a Quarter of the Time on a Bike Read More »
Our friends at 404 Media discovered multiple airlines have been pooling travelers’ data and selling it to the US Government. The way it works is that the major US airlines (including Delta, Southwest, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, and European airlines Lufthansa and Air France, and Canada’s Air Canada) set up a that a
I was recently at the airport and I saw a luggage wrapping machine. I was intrigued on why people would pay between $20 and $30 to wrap their luggage in plastic wrap. I could understand if it were bubble wrap. Because who does not love bubble wrap. Especially when you remove it and get to
Why Do People Wrap Their Luggage Before Flying? Read More »
From the hard to believe front, an airline is opening a restaurant so that people can eat airline food without having to book a flight. Air France is opening a pop-up restaurants on the Rooftop at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. This restaurant will be open from June 25th through August 20th. Reservations are required. It
From our friends at SF Gate, TSA approves the mobile passport in certain airports. This supplements the mobile ID’s that the TSA started accepting last year. The great thing is that with a mobile ID (either a state drivers’ license or your passport), you can pass through airport security and these id’s are REAL ID
TSA Has Approved Mobile Passport Usage for Domestic Air Travel Read More »
After reading the Four Leaf’s 2025 Best of Long Island Rood Winners, I surprised to see that there was no category for Mexican Food. But there is one for the Best Taco which was won by Dirty Taco. I love Dirty Taco and all. I do think that they should have a category for Mexican
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