Travel Tips

So us frequent travelers do something that can be seen as a bit crazy to other people–we fly somewhere for the sole purpose of getting miles. Well, not always sole. Keri and I both do short mileage runs to fun places.  But we’re going to be in those fun places …

When I book a hotel, I try to find one with a gym.  As we know, I need that to balance the delicious, delicious foods I eat while traveling. But sometimes you can’t always have a hotel with a health club.  It’s out of service, or it never had one …

As I mentioned earlier, I tend to come back from some of my trips, well, costing the airplane more fuel than I do on the way there. I mentioned that even though I can the weight off pretty quickly afterwards, I invested in a tool called the FitBit to track …

I like to go to Vegas.  But I don’t like to spend a lot of money.  I can’t help but worry about the deal I could have had when I pay full price, and that counts double in Vegas!  (Have you seen the prices?!) But when I go out in …

Traveling can feel glamorous sometimes–popping off to Napa for a wine tasting weekend, heading out to Paris for some macarons, or sampling the flavors of the Big Easy. Traveling can be delicious, but it also limits us from our regular schedule.  It isn’t as easy to workout, for example.  And …

A while ago, Keri mentioned that you have to make sure your airline puts your orange priority tag on your bag. They have changed how the tags get printed out, so there is a bold alert on your tag letting the agent know to put the Orange Priority tag on …

Travel Agents are angry at Women’s Day.  So angry.  So angry that Women’s Day is going to publish “mea culpa articles” in favor of travel agents. What got them so angry? According to Dennis Schaal of Skift: The list/article that drew travel agents’ ire basically argued correctly that some travel …

My idea of pickpockets in Paris were shady looking guys sneaking around through crowds.  Sort of like this guy: This image was shattered after a trip to Notre Dame.  I was on a tour of the cathedral in an English language group.  As the guide pointed something out behind me, …

Keri and I often give our tips and tricks based off personal experience–and usually experience with things going wrong! Based on my Lufthansa Flight yesterday, here is a handy set of step-by-step intructions to prevent yourself from weirding out your seat mate in International Business Class. 1. If you are …

Adapter for Paris About ten years ago, I spent the summer in Prague.  I remember having to get expensive adapters just to use my laptop, but luckily, I didn’t have that many electronics with me. Now, I have a Kindle, an iPad, a cell phone, and a laptop for starters, …