Just saw this article in which Southwest announced that it was getting rid of its open seating approach and moving towards assigned seating. Also, they will launching red eye flights. These changes make sense. I know that when I fly Southwest, I have some stress on which seat I was going to get but with […]
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An issue that is bubbling to the surface is the hostility certain European Cities are demonstrating to tourists especially American tourists. Recently, citizens of Barcelona squirted tourists with water pistols. Barcelona recently announced that they will raise the tourist tax for people who visit their city for less than 12 hours. Meanwhile in Venice, they are limited the
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We found this site Luggage Losers which was started when the developer’s girlfriend lost her luggage on a flight. I am fascinated on the source of the data on the site. The developer does not go into it. He just reports that he has robot scrapers that scour sites for people talking about losing their luggage and
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We are touring the Mediterranean and decided to cruise it on the Sun Princess instead of hopping from town to town. The Sun Princess cruises starts in Rome and then sails to Naples, Crete, Turkey, Mykonos and then Athens. When we first boarded the Sun Princess we remarked how nice the ship was and how state of the art it is.
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We arrived in Rome and the first meal that we had was pizza at Vico Pizza & Wine. We had to eat there since they had a quote of what is better than pizza? These stories are presented thanks to beehiiv, an all-in-one newsletter suite built by the early Morning Brew team. Fully equipped with built-in growth
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This was the second time we visited the Chase Sapphire Lounge at JFK. The prior time, we took a morning flight so we only had access to the breakfast food. We were a little disappointed with the food options. This time we went during the afternoon so we were able to see the Lounge in all of
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If you are headed to Iceland, there are definite activities that you need to do including the Blue Lagoon, the Golden Circle and waterfalls and Ice Lagoon. But you need to add the Sky Lagoon to your activity list. Why do I say that if you are going to the Blue Lagoon do you need to add another lagoon. The answer
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If you are in Pittsburgh and you finish all of your touristy activities, I can not recommend more highly a trip out to Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA. This is one of the most famous houses built by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufman Family of Pittsburgh. We know it is a trek from Pittsburgh
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After traveling through Europe during a heat wave, I have never been so happy to have dinner in an American restaurant where they served a large glass of ice water as soon as we sat down. My experience in several European countries is that when you eat at a restaurant, they typically ask what you
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As a quick follow up to my Italian tipping article and at the request of a reader, I am providing my insights into tipping in Greece. While tipping is not a strong tradition, especially among locals, it is expected that tourists leave a small tip. The amount you tip depends on the place and type of service, and you
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