Mileage Inflation Alert: Get Your Free Tix Now!
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Just as ticket prices are going up, so, too, are the number of miles you need to score a freebie
Let me put the bottom line right up top: Your airline miles are being devalued with the passage of time. Never mind that airlines promised ...
Beating the Airlines' Stayover Requirements
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Saturday night blues: The secret world of back-to-back tickets
In the old days, when a Saturday-night stay was almost always required to buy a cheap, advance-purchase ticket on most major airlines, I did a public radio commentary for th...
'Staycations' Gain Favor As Travel Costs Rise
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Just as you're never a hero in your hometown, so your hometown is rarely a hero in your mind. Time to change that.
I lived in Washington, DC, for nearly 40 years as an adult and never visited the Washington Monument. Oh, I trudged up th...
Never Buy An Airline Ticket On A Weekend!
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 3 comments
How to fly now without going broke
Another weekend, another across-the-board increase in airfares.
Well, not quite.
The 13th airfare increase this year was announced last Saturday. This one was kicked off by American Airlines that rai...
Are You A Travel Germaphobe? I Don't Blame You!
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Revealed: The ONE thing you should never touch in a hotel room
I’m amazed at the number of stories I’ve heard from travelers who hit the road in fear of other people’s germs.
They wince when they settle into an airline seat and have t...
Flying This Year? Don't Wait--Buy Now!
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Plus: An airline with a women's-only lavatory
Have any trips planned the rest of this year?
If you know the dates—a Thanksgiving trip, for example, or one around the December holidays—book your ticket now.
You may save hundreds of do...
Sick of Bad Service? Visit Japan!
posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
Bows as you enter a gas station, group enthusiasm for work--this is a country where the customer is always king
One of the most distinct impressions I took away from our just-completed shoot of two shows in Japan (“Tokyo” and “Kyoto”), ...
Heated Toilet Seats and No Tipping: Hello, Japan!
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
In an extraordinarily homogeneous society, attention to detail is almost everything.
I’m happy to report that things are very much in order at Tokyo’s Narita airport.
As you enter the main terminal from an international flight, quiet ...
Travel Short Takes
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
How smoking can actually save you money. And do Australians have more sex on board planes?
•Hotel Kudos: I recently checked into the Embassy Suites at St. Charles, just outside St. Louis, before giving two speeches at the city’s first a...
Buenos Aires Redux
posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
Sure, my hotel room was burgled an hour after landing on my first visit. But this is still one of the world's great cities
The first thing I learned upon arriving in Buenos Aires is that there is no such thing as an “Argentinian.” No “A...
