General Travel

Did you know you can earn free Uber rides?  Basically, it is buy ten, get one free.  The Real Deal has the scoop on this one. Portland, Oregon is already off the beaten path.  So how do you handle doing off-the-beaten-path in a city that already is?  The Flight Detective …

I’ve just had an exciting night staying up and watching YouTube videos of planes being struck by lightning. According to Scientific America: Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise if lightning strikes their plane, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection …

There’s another offer for getting 500 free miles for doing almost nothing.  This time, it’s United and Pizza in Motion has the scoop.  Or slice.  Slice,  I guess. Majored in Miles has a great write up of using trip insurance when a flight mechanical issue makes you miss your connection …

Pizza in Motion has an easy way to snag 500 Marriott points in two minutes or less.  You must have an Instagram account and, well, a Marriott account.  That’s all that’s needed! Did you know that some cities charge tourists for the marketing they do to try to attract tourists? …

Sometimes, booking giant trip itineraries gets so complicated, you miss out on the little details.  Such as buying tickets for the wrong day. Yes, it can happen to the best of us! It happened to Ed/Pizza, and I count him among “the best of us”.  But not only did he …

This is a difficult post to write, and I apologize ahead of time if not all of it comes out right.  I’ll probably hover over the publish button before I post this, if I post it at all. A couple of years ago, a fellow frequent traveler found it strange …

Wow, they are flexible. A set of ballerinas decided to spend their flight delay doing ballet on the airport people mover.  And the result was really cool looking. Got stuck at airport for flight delay? These ballerinas of the #Beijing Dance Theatre know how to kill time pic.twitter.com/tV4LNZMZ3A — People’s …

It’s that time again–time for another travel meet up in the DC area! And it takes place on a very special date… In honor of May the Fourth, I figured we could get together for a happy hour at Mad Rose Tavern in Clarendon on May 4th at 5pm (or whenever …

When my brother and I were little, we used to hide candy from each other in our worn out stuffed animals.  We’d have a toy with a small tear in it and pop the candy in there.  My mom had no idea. When we went through (pre-9/11) security in the …

It was great seeing everyone at the #GeekyPizza event at John Strongbow’s Tavern last night! There was such a good turn out that we’ll be sure to do this sort of thing in the future.  Let me know any preferences for general areas in the comments! I also tried taking …