I hear a lot of love for Avis, Silvercar and National.  But despite my status with National, Alamo is actually my favorite rental car company.  And here’s why. 1. They tend to have cheaper rates than most of the big players. Advantage might have better rates than Alamo, but for …

When Groupon first came out, my friends and I went really crazy buying Groupons each day.  Then we ran into a problem. We kept having to rush out to use our Groupons on the day they expired.  As time went on, we got less and less organized and our Groupons …

I mentioned to some other travelers that I tend to throw food into the slow cooker when I have a same-day turn, and they were interested in some of my recipes, so I figured I’d try out a series of posts on my favorites to check out the level of …

When I was little, I was terrified of the bottom of the pool.  I have no idea why. I was fine swimming underwater even, but when we went to people’s houses with big pools (or went to the neighborhood pool), I was too scared to swim to the bottom. So …

A regular at a chain restaurant I worked in stopped by to say hi and asked if we had a new chef in the kitchen or something. I thought for a second and let him know I was pretty sure we haven’t had any additions to the kitchen lately. He shook …

Greetings, loyal readers of Le Chic Geek! I am Emily of “Taking a Sonic Screwdriver through TSA†fame. Being a travel enthusiast and geek, Jeanne has kindly granted me permission to share some of my experiences here. A little bit about me: I have lived in seven different states and …

My husband is running a conference this weekend and people were traveling from all over the country to go to it.  Some from the Northeast. And the Amtrak crash led to the Northeast Corridor trains getting cancelled. Ticket prices quickly jumped up to four-figures.  Delta added more flights in between …

My friend Emily recently took a flight with a sonic screwdriver.   She was in route from a Doctor Who conference.  And the TSA wanted to confiscate her sonic screwdriver. She had to argue with them for a while about this (eventually asking for a supervisor).  Basically explaining that since …

Spirit is known as the carrier with all the fees.  Want to bring your bag on-board?  That’s $100 at gate.  Want us to print your boarding pass?  That’ll be $10. Want a water?  That’s $1.  Need to use the bathroom?  …still free.  For now. But there’s one thing Spirit won’t …

Alaska Air has paired up with Gevo to produce an alcohol-based fuel that can keep a plane in flight, while still being green. According to Forbes: Gevo’s patented ATJ is a clean burning, homegrown, drop-in jet fuel, which has the potential to deliver aviation biofuel at scale and at competitive …