August, 2014

• 17 August

  Why You Should Always Check What a Hotel Charges You–Even After Check-Out

  The other day, I was staying in a very nice, high-end property.  When I’m in a higher-end property, I’m tempted to fall into a complacency about them getting things right. After all, they really know what they are doing.  But some of my biggest billing errors have come from high-end properties. …

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• 15 August

  Airplane Take-Off in Front of Funnel Cloud

  Here’s a cool shot of a Ryanair flight taking off in front of a funnel cloud. There were no reports of it fully forming a tornado, but it’s still a cool picture. As to the distance, from Accuweather: Without more details, AccuWeather experts cannot pinpoint the proximity of the plane …

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• 15 August

  Find Beauty Services When Traveling

  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 …

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• 14 August

  Things You Forget to Do When Traveling

  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 …

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• 14 August

  Got Jet Lag? There’s an App for That

  Jet Lag can be an annoyance that’s hard to get over–do I stay up really late one night?  Do I nap?  Should I be eating right now? An app promises to help us get past that.  This app, called Entrain, aims to help travelers manipulate their circadian rhythm through the …

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• 14 August

  Robot Butlers Coming Soon to Aloft

  Just when I thought travel couldn’t get any better, the Aloft is bringing in Artificial (not quite) Intelligence. From Fox News: Meet A.L.O., Aloft Hotels’ first Botlr, short for robotic butler. A.L.O. will be rolling down the hallways of Aloft’s Cupertino, California location later this month helping guests with everything from finding …

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• 12 August

  JetBlue Engine Fire from “Ingesting” Bird While Still on Ground

  I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this before a plane took off. From 7online: JetBlue confirmed Sunday that Flight 704 from San Juan, Puerto Rico to JFK Airport experienced a “bird ingestion into the #1 engine”, causing an engine fire. Flight 704 from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan experienced …

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• 10 August

  Tourists in China Randomly Tested for Drugs–Forced to Pee in Cups in Bar!

  Last night, I couldn’t sleep so I was up late on twitter.  Then I saw these disturbing tweets:   In Beijing bar last night I was made to do a random urine test for drugs. Those who failed including some foreigners taken away by police. — Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) August …

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• 9 August

  What a Thousand People in One Pool Looks Like

  The Chinese Dead Sea Tourist Resort advertises the tranquility of laying out in the pool and relaxing. Not when there’s a heat wave. Click here to see (literally) thousands of people in one pool. Granted, it’s a large pool.  But not that large.    

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• 7 August

  Le Tote — the Netflix for Clothing Service — 50% off TODAY ONLY

  I’m in love with Le Tote, and you can see my praises here. It is basically a Netflix service for clothing.  You pay $49 per month, fill out your size profile, and select outfits you like.  They send you three outfits per shipment, including two accessories.  You can wear the …

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