A Reporter Spent 8 Days Flying. I Laughed Out Loud, Relating To The Misery
A reporter spent 8 days in a hilarious and depressing journey around the country on airplanes.
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Is Wall Street To Blame For Poor Airline Service?
It’s a bit of a crazy time for air travel right now. When a United passenger was dragged off an airplane earlier this year, it seemed like an explosion of incidents started hitting the news. But, where’s the root of the problem? Is someone…
Uber Is Relying Heavily On Behavioral Science To Make Better Drivers
Take equal parts money, motivation and behavioral science. Combine them and see if you can create more money. That’s what Uber is doing.
A Man Of The Times
An unexpected encounter creates another great memory. I hope you’ll indulge me this diversion from miles and points.
Would You Let A Robot Book Your Next Vacation?
What does the new age of travel look like? How will people be booking travel 5 years from now? Will things get more complicated? Less complicated?
Fun Travel Ideas For NYC, Paris and Italy & Lots More Tidbits. Catching Up On Travel, Saturday, August 2, 2014
Catching up on things I enjoyed reading in the travel world: Airline lounge employees in Miami stole over $1 Million from Swiss Air and well over $2 million in total. Hands down the best story of the week. Stephanie Rosenbloom reports on the next…
A Word About New Years Travel Resolutions
Today is the day people most frequently make promises to “do better”. Lose weight, eat better, spend more time with family, save more money. Have you put together your travel “do better”s for the New Year? Just like a fine wine, your travel will…
Things I Find Interesting: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 Edition
Hyatt purchased the Peabody Hotel in Orlando. I’ve stayed at the Peabody in Memphis, where they share the tradition with the Orlando property of the ducks in the lobby fountain. It’s a cool tradition they practice daily. The Peabody in Orlando is a massive…
Are Hotels Charging Too Many Fees? Not Really
Many a word has been written about the relentless march of airline fees, and not too many have been complementary (well, except those ones by the airlines themselves in reference to increased profits). Heck, Southwest has made a multi-year marketing campaign out of airline…
I Don’t Think American, Delta And United Will Actually Compete With Each Other
The age of competition is over. There, I said it. Okay, so it only holds true for the airlines. More correctly, for what’s left of the legacy airlines that fought to the death after de-regulation. In a matter of months, American Airlines and US…