Travel Tips

We’ve highlighted some easy tools for flight booking, including Google Flights. Google Flights lets you easily search for dates by scrolling through flights, search for whatever is cheapest in a general date range, and search for only whatever airlines or alliances you want.  It was built for frequent travelers and …

I’ve had this strange bug happen when I’ve taken an Uber ride a few times now.  I get home.  Open my phone.  And I see $0.00 on my screen. Later, I get emailed a receipt for $0.00.  The receipt does not show any credit getting me a free ride (and …

When you add up all my miles and points right now, I’m right about at a million.  I’m on the saving side right now, and I’ll probably purge a lot for a massive trip coming up soon. But with so many miles sitting in my account, what if one of …

When I’m traveling around, I always love a good cocktail.  But when looking at the stretch of restaurants and bars before me, how do I know what option is the best? I use Happy Hour Anywhere. Available on both Droid and Apple This App uses your GPS location to identify exactly where you …

I was talking to Might Travels, after linking to them yesterday, and they mentioned a tool they have that I was unaware of. It is basically a tool that will let you know how many miles a trip will take, and when to use the miles rather than purchase the …

I was disappointed to see how many people through the comments, twitter, and on message boards had the same issue I had with Priority Pass Select. I’ve been using Fancy Hands aka Babs Callahan to take care of problems like this.  The few dollars a task costs me is worth …

The Rolling Storm Media Group has begun releasing Mass Transit Apps. They started with the DC Metro Region with MetroMinder. What is great about their app is that it doesn’t just tell you how long it will take to get from point A to point B, it tells you what …

I recently got a new phone after having my last one for almost three years.  In researching ways to keep my phone from getting stolen (or track down the thief afterwards), I came across some features that allow you to use your phone as a distress signal if you are attacked …

Yesterday, I joked about how I (actually do) neglect eating vegetables when I’m traveling.  I also used to find it really difficult to keep up with different beauty services I like to use when I was on the road. Then I changed the way I thought about beauty services.  Instead …

My #1 thing I forget to do? Eating my vegetables! To hold myself accountable, I’m making sure I tweet out the vegetables I’m eating each day.  This post is holding me doubly-accountable. That way, I won’t go 3 7 14 days without eating vegetables again. Here are some of my …