Practical travel information for practical travelers
Sometimes what challenges you is not what happens on the road, but actually leaving home to get on that road. With the fates seemingly conspiring against you, it may seem like you have to clear roadblock after roadblock to leave home. From getting vacation time from your work to deciding where to go, from managing [...]
When travel plans don’t happen exactly like you’d like them to, you’re going to need to call on some patience and creativity to still enjoy your vacation. Don’t throw up your hands and give up! Dig into those reserves that you have and find a way to put the joy back into your travel. Yesterday [...]
It’s easy to be happy and enthusiastic about traveling when things are going well — flights leaving on time, connections made, nice weather, making wonderful new friends, and seeing the world. It’s easy to think the world is full of sunny skies and unicorns when things are just about perfect. But what about when things [...]
At some point it’s bound to happen: As you are rushing around to check out of your hotel room, you leave your iPod behind. Or, while you’re reaching into your briefcase, it tips over and you don’t notice that you cell phone has spilled out. Or, you reach for your credit card and can’t find it, [...]
Checked bags haven’t gone away, they’ve just become more expensive. Depending on your airline, your frequent flier status with the airline, what class of service you’ve booked, and how much you’ve paid for your ticket, the price for checking your bag can range from nothing on up to $50 per bag. And that’s not taking [...]
Recent rankings of the busiest airports in the world (based by total number of passengers passing through in 2009) has perennial list topper Atlanta Hartsfield down in overall passenger traffic, but remaining at the top of the list. Here’s the full list of the Top 10: Atlanta London Heathrow Beijing Capital Chicago O’Hare Tokyo Haneda [...]
There are lots of great travel stories this week, and I’m envious that a lot of my pals are currently on the road. It’s a perfect time to enjoy their travels vicariously, though, so I hope you’ll take time to see what these great travel writers are up to. UpUpnAAway is off to exotic Dubai [...]
It’s been a week of airline drama, with stories ranging from being “too fat to fly” to airlines having unfriendly family seating policies. There aren’t easy answers to these thorny issues, despite wishing it were so, and the balance of profitability and customer service keeps shifting. and lots of bloggers chimed in on the topic [...]
I’ve been traveling most of this past week, with some time in Washington DC the first part and then some time in Spokane toward the end. Keeping up with my favorite travel bloggers is made easy with my feed reader, but nothing can compensate for a busy schedule with little time to read. This week’s [...]
The problem with writing about airline rules when you’re not in the industry is that you’re always behind in knowing what the rules are. That means lots of speculation (much of which is erroneous), some humorous jokes and stories, and, unfortunately, lots of people getting spun up about something without all the information. In many [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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