Losing My Ryanair Virginity

Losing My Ryanair Virgi...

Filed under: Europe , Airlines , Budget Travel Ryanair, Easy Jet , German Wings and other discount airlines have changed how Europeans travel, but until last week, I’d yet to fly on a budget European airline and had no idea what to expect. After booking a ticket from Bari, Italy,...
12 Hours In Yangon, Myanmar

12 Hours In Yangon, Mya...

Filed under: Asia , Burma (Myanmar) For most of the past two decades, the only images and sounds of Myanmar that have reached the outside world is of its repressive military regime and the heroic resistance of the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. For years, travelers found themselves...

A Working Trip to Vegas...

Last week, Allegiant paid for me to come out to Vegas and speak to the attendees at its annual conference for the airports it serves. This is a great event that lets Allegiant talk about its own business to the airports so that it can further beat into them the importance of low costs....

Museum Month: Kalaupapa...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Hiking , History , Learning , Paddling , Scuba Diving , Surfing , North America , United States , Ecotourism , Luxury Travel Some people – me, for instance – tend to skip museums when traveling in favor of fresh air or outdoor recreation....

A New Way Compare Hotel...

Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations , Internet Tools One of our favorite parts of travel? Food. We love trying local dishes and delicacies, ordering the freshest and newest dishes available to tempt our palate. But sometimes, an old standby will have to do. Which explains our...

How To Go Couch Surfing...

Filed under: Jordan , Hotels and Accommodations , Budget Travel , Middle East As the popularity of the Couch Surfing movement grows exponentially across the budget travel community, it’s widely understood that often times you won’t actually be sleeping on a couch. Sometimes...
Air New Zealand OneUp Program:  Bid on an Upgrade on Your Next Flight

Air New Zealand OneUp P...

Apparently this has been around for 6 months, but I hadn’t heard about it: Air New Zealand has a program called OneUp where they will offer select flyers who have purchased long-haul tickets on ANZ’s website the opportunity to bid on a one-class upgrade on their next flight....
News and Deals: May 11, 2012 – 18-month-old baby pulled from flight, parents interviewed by TSA, In-flight VoIP call gets Delta Air Lines passenger escorted off plane, Brazil police detain American tourist who tried to leave without paying hotel bill and More Americans traveling abroad this year

News and Deals: May 11,...

18-month-old baby pulled from flight, parents interviewed by TSA Yahoo The parents of an 18-month-old girl say they were “humiliated” after being pulled off a plane and told their young child had been placed on a no-fly list. After boarding a JetBlue flight in Ft. Lauderdale,...

Bid To Fly The Friendly...

Filed under: Europe , United States , Airlines The idea of flying the friendly skies in a commercial airplane apparently still has its allure for many. A common dream is to be behind the controls of a jumbo jet, responsible for not just the $100 million aircraft , but also the lives of...

Denny Fitch, United 232...

Denny Fitch, the pilot who helped land United flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989, died of brain cancer Monday at the age of 69. Fitch, who was a DC-10 instructor for United, was a passenger on the flight from Denver to Chicago. The plane’s flight controls were disabled after a...

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