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Hotels Adding Junk Fees: How to Avoid Paying for Parking in Non-Urban Areas

I saw an article on Reddit regarding the trend for Marriotts charging for parking in non-urban locations. I had the same experience with a Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. It appears to be an evolving trend that’s frustrating travelers nationwide, hotels in suburban and non-urban areas are increasingly implementing parking fees—a charge once almost exclusively […]

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The Yelp Illusion: Why Top-Rated Restaurants Are Often Overrated Tourist Traps Rather Than Good Restaurants

English / David Brensilber

When you are traveling and want to find a good restaurant, one of the first stops is Yelp. They curate multiple reviews (in excess of 287 million) from various sources to generate over 178 million unique visitors a month. But the question is are the reviews reliable? Let’s look at New York City. I picked

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Flying Delta with a Stroller? Your Ultimate Guide to Baggage Rules

English / David Brensilber

For flying veterans, once you understand the airline rule for flying with kids, it becomes second nature. The real challenge is for the first time parents who travel. It is always a challenge to fly with children especially with infants. The logistics themselves can be daunting. It is always amazing how much stuff and gear

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Hertz Is Trying Their Best to Alienate their Customer Base

English / David Brensilber

Hertz has been in the news lately for a few significant issues, primarily centered around customer disputes and their adoption of new technology. Here is what is going on: False Arrest Allegations: This has been a long-standing and very serious issue. For several years, Hertz faced numerous lawsuits and public outcry from customers who claimed

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Timeshare: What Happens When You Die?

English / David Brensilber

We were on a trip to a Marriott property in Mexico and we were offered a significant discount on our trip if we sat through a 90-minute timeshare presentation. As you would expect, they pitched it as a great financial opportunity to enjoy a vacation at a discount rate. Our sales rep even said that

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Should I Ship My Road Bike or Rent One For A Triathlon in Florida?

English / David Brensilber

I am planning on traveling to Florida for the Key West Triathlon in December and I am working on the logistics. My major concern is what to do about my triathlon bike. I would love to use it but I live 1,300 miles away. That would mean that I would have to ship it. My

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What’s Your Price? The Unexpected Perks of Early Hotel Check-Out

English / David Brensilber

An interesting story was posted on the Marriott Reddit page relating to a hotel trying to incentivize its guest to check out early (by 10:00 AM). This Marriott Hotel offered between 1,000 and 3,000 points if you agreed to check out early. Marriott Bonvoy points have a value of $.008 per point so that equates

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Airline Seat Swap: What’s Your Price for a Better Flight?

English / David Brensilber

I found a refreshing story on Reddit.com relating someone asking to switch seats on a Delta Flight. Most of the stories that I have heard and read about on people looking to switch seats have people trying to game the system. They will beg to switch your aisle seat to be next to their spouse

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Is Pickleball Strategy More Important Than Execution?

English / David Brensilber

In business it has been proven time and again that execution is more important than strategy. More company have failed with a great strategy but poor execution. Very few have failed with great execution and poor strategy. How does this transfer over in the game of pickleball? My premise that it is more important to

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Are Wider Tires Better on a Road Bike?

English / David Brensilber

I recently rode over an industrial size staple putting a couple of punctures in my road bike tire. I needed to replace both the tire and tube. While in the bike shop, another guy came in with his bike and he had wider rims and tires on his bike (about 30 inches). I had been

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