February, 2014

• 28 February

  The Worst Film Scenes to Be an Airline Passenger In

  IGN has a round up of clips from the worst flights to be a passenger on in movie history.  Check them out here! I was pleased to see that both Zero Hour! and its comedy child, Airplane!  both made the list. Check out the history of Zero Hour! and Airplane! here. The list includes situations ranging …

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• 27 February

  Beware of the Hyatt Website Charging You More Than It Should

  I just found a bug in the Hyatt website and I wanted to make sure you knew about it because it can result in your reservation costing you a few hundred more dollars. Hyatt has a Diamond Guarantee Rate.  That means that (aside from a few blacked out date) you …

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• 26 February

  Drunk Passenger Punches Flight Attendant Who Refused to Serve More Booze

   From KTLA5: A Lakewood man who allegedly punched a flight attendant while drunk aboard a weekend international flight into LAX faced a federal criminal charge on Monday. Edgar Nafarrette Nonga, 53, was on Philippine Airlines flight 112 from Manila to Los Angeles when the flight crew and at least five …

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• 26 February

  $10 Whole Foods Gift Card for $5

  Whole Foods has a $10 Gift Card going for $5 on Groupon. It’s a “hidden deal” that doesn’t normally show up, but luckily the instructions are here. I recommend checking out EVReward for the most points you can earn through this transaction too.  It is 5% Cash Back in the …

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• 26 February

  Free Cooking and Fitness Books on Amazon

  Tiff and I were sending each other some books we found for Kindle that are temporarily free.  I figured I should post them too! Paleo Slow-Cooker Cookbook  — I read through the recipes and its general slow cooker advice and it sounds great.   Gluten-Free Desserts     4-Week Body …

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• 25 February

  Travel Tips to Make Your Trip Easier

  Here’s a round-up of travel tips over the last couple of years.  Feel free to bookmark/favorite to use as a reference later! Planning Keeping Track of All Your Loyalty Programs Why You Should Always Join the Hotel Loyalty Program for Where You Are Staying How to get the best deals …

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• 25 February

  Keeping “a breast” of Favorite Posts

  One of the fun things about the contest we ran was seeing what people’s favorite posts were.  There was a common theme I noticed among some of them… Here are some of the posts linked to by entrants: How My Breasts Terrified a Farmers’ Market   Can You Smuggle Wine …

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• 23 February

  There’s Still 6 Hours Left to Win $25!

  There’s still 6 hours left for my birthday, which means there’s 6 hours left to enter to win a $25 gift card from Amazon. Enter here!  

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• 23 February

  What if Your Hotel’s Gym is Out of Service (or non-existent!)

  

  Sometimes I feel like I’m gone for a while month on a work trip and I need to find a way to stick to my work out routine.  It is really easy to get a work out when the hotel has a gym (and the equipment is usually nicer than …

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• 22 February

  Win a $25 Gift Card to Amazon.com (just cause its my birthday!)

  I think I have this whole birthday thing backwards, but I’d like to give a reader a $25 gift card to Amazon.com for my birthday!   Here’s how you win.  Tweet about your favorite post on Heels First Travel, then post a link to the tweet in the comments below. …

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