There’s another sample box up on Amazon–this time for protein bars and other workout supplements. Amazon has been doing this thing where they offer a sample box for $10-$15.  Each sample box comes with credit towards buying things from that specific box (or towards the types of items in that box). …

Earlier, I wrote about how to snag a suite in Vegas without paying full price for it. Here are my other tips for living large in the Sin City and still having money left in your wallet when you head home. The Happy Hour Anywhere App by GoTime Available on both Droid …

In the frequent travel world, you’ll hear “it doesn’t hurt to ask” a lot.  This is even more true in Vegas, where many things are negotiable. Someone was just asking me about my experience with getting upgrades at hotels.  While I have status at various hotels in Vegas, my major upgrades …

The other day, I wrote about some pre-flight stretches I found that are supposedly great for you.  And I admitted I did them in the lounge–albeit, in a section of the lounge that was completely empty. But a woman decided to take her stretching onto the plane and did her …

You probably don’t actually want to read this.  I’ve warned you.  I’m still warning you.  Okay.  You asked for it. My step-grandmother got me a UV-flashlight since I travel so much.  She wanted me to be able to check whether or not the bed sheets were changed before I used …

I’ll have more of a trip report later,  but I’m currently sitting in an open air pub by the ocean.   And I’m currently having all the feels.  It’s so beautiful here and the climate is the perfect weather for me.  (as someone from the Northeast and former figure skater, …

I use Google Maps to get around when traveling pretty often.  Luckily, there’s a way to navigate around without using tons of data.  This trick works by using a downloaded map, then navigating using your GPS location.  By navigate, I don’t mean using the navigation settings, but by looking at …

Really Cheap Flights There have been a lot of great deals going on lately.  If you scroll through the Flight Deal’s website, you can find trips to Asia for $400, or trips to Europe for a few hundred dollars. View from the Wing analyzes the situation and explains why he …

Fable III has been one of my favorite games.  It’s probably the only game that I ran around trying to do every single side quest (though I’m still missing a few gnomes). Part of what I really liked about it is that your choices have consequences in the rest of …

One of my problems with portable chargers is that I only remember I want to take it with me a few minutes before I leave to go out.  I try to charge it last second and I get about a 3% charge on the device.  Which is not useful at …