Coming soon–a communication tool that will speed up the rate of communication between the air traffic control and the pilots. Text messaging. From USA Today’s Charisse Jones: Data Comm is the latest piece of NextGen,a program that is seeking new air-traffic control equipment and procedures to make air travel safer …

I just wrote about Expedia’s new $0 deductible cheap collision rental car coverage. And watching an episode of Mythbusters reminded me of why it was so important. This wasn’t the overall point of the episode–but during it, when parking, a lot of their subjects tapped the car next to them …

I ran into a bit of a problem when shutting down my computer on a flight once. (Dramatic reenactment) I didn’t know what else to do, so I closed the lid.  Royally messing up the updates. Every time I shutdown after that, the updates froze.  I ended up having to …

I’ve been a huge fan of Delta’s safety videos but they’ve really outdone themselves this time.  Because it has ALL the internets (not just one). The references tend to be older rather than newer memes. From the history books we see Charlie Bit Me, Dancing Baby, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, …

The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card’s huge benefit is that it acts as primary collision coverage when you are renting a car. I got into a car accident tested it out for you guys and found out the process works pretty smoothly.  (Note, at the time of the article, Chase was …

I hear a lot of love for Avis, Silvercar and National.  But despite my status with National, Alamo is actually my favorite rental car company.  And here’s why. 1. They tend to have cheaper rates than most of the big players. Advantage might have better rates than Alamo, but for …

When Groupon first came out, my friends and I went really crazy buying Groupons each day.  Then we ran into a problem. We kept having to rush out to use our Groupons on the day they expired.  As time went on, we got less and less organized and our Groupons …

I mentioned to some other travelers that I tend to throw food into the slow cooker when I have a same-day turn, and they were interested in some of my recipes, so I figured I’d try out a series of posts on my favorites to check out the level of …

When I was little, I was terrified of the bottom of the pool.  I have no idea why. I was fine swimming underwater even, but when we went to people’s houses with big pools (or went to the neighborhood pool), I was too scared to swim to the bottom. So …

A regular at a chain restaurant I worked in stopped by to say hi and asked if we had a new chef in the kitchen or something. I thought for a second and let him know I was pretty sure we haven’t had any additions to the kitchen lately. He shook …