General Travel

If you had asked me, I would have guessed the Liberty Bell, but that didn’t even make the list! According to a poll done by USA Today, the most patriotic tourist attraction in the United States is the site of the Boston Tea Party. I can see that.  After all, …

Proof that sloths are the cutest things ever, a sloth struck a pose while a man used a selfie stick to capture a photo of the adorable creature. A few years back, a monkey stole a tourist’s camera and snapped a selfie, inadvertently creating a legal storm. Copyright allows artists protection …

It’s difficult when a child loses their favorite toy–especially when that toy is no longer available.  When one boy lost his elephant, his parents told him that his elephant decided to travel the world. Their friend decided to take it one step further and enlist Reddit’s help in creating a …

There are a few different websites that let you get (relatively significant) airline miles when you book your hotel stay through them. What are the differences between the different options?  The Flight Detective over at Travel Update has the answer for three different websites. Do you know you can earn …

Yesterday, I talked about  a bag that helps keep your money and valuables safe in hostels and other public locations.  I also wrote about how my friend was robbed by one of her new friends while sleeping at a hotel. Another person I know was robbed week.  His hotel room …

Because why not figure these things out? Apparently, with the air intake of a 767, you could get the Goodyear Blimp ready for the Superbowl in… oh… About seven seconds. Wow. But this is all irrelevant because the Goodyear Blimp is retiring.  It is being replaced by an airship. When …

I used to be in the camp that tour groups weren’t worth it–after all, I was a “seasoned traveler”.  I’ve changed my tune more recently, especially when I had a great experience on some tours in France.  I’m considering using Viator to book some tours in New Zealand. Travel Update’s …

It looks like more airlines will be participating in pre-check which is great–especially as some frequent flyers flee the American Airlines program for a more low-cost solution.  Pizza, as always, has the slice on this.  (Slice instead of scoop?  Can that be a thing?) Majored in Miles has a hack …

Flight often have jet contrails–that is, the white vapor that follows the plane when it takes off. But did you know these trails can tell you information about the weather? Yesterday, I wrote about a team of pilots that used their contrails to make made an angel--which was pretty cool.  But …

Chris Elliott asked if it is ethical to hop on a deal to Orlando, and from the way he’s approaching it (and people’s reactions) you would think he was asking if it were ethical to hop on a deal intended for the victim’s families, a la Jet Blue.  But he …