Le Chic Geek

TripIt was highly recommended to me by some of my friends. It keeps tabs on your travels and alerts you if it doesn’t think you’ll make a connection. The pro-version even pulls up alternative flights. I went all in on the pro-version. After using it for some time, I’m definitely not …

I never quite realized how noisy an airplane is until I used a set of noise cancelling headphones for the first time. When I took them off after a nap, I worried that something went wrong.  Was there a breech in the fuselage?!  What’s that horrible sound? …oh, the engine. …

Each year, Hyatt runs a contest where students can design the labels for their house brand of wine, Canvas. The winning designs net a $5,000 scholarship for school, plus make their way onto the Hyatt bottles of wine. This year’s winners are especially good.     And my absolute favorite …

For the last few years, I’ve been covering the Freddies live on my twitter feed, and I plan on doing it again this year on my twitter feed. Follow @Jeanne23   What are the Freddie Awards?  Since 1988, the Freddie Awards have been widely recognized by frequent flyers and travel …

This is basically how I feel when I travel to other cultures sometimes.  Relevant part is at about 1:24, though I assume you recognize this!  Language warning for the audio. What I mean is, I sometimes feel like I go in with unreasonable expectations given the culture and have to …

Thanks so much for the warm welcome this blog has gotten! Starting today, you won’t be finding me on the main page like this (it’s a temporary launch thing), but if you like what you see and want to keep reading, here are some ways to keep tabs: Follow @Le_ChicGeek …

Reader Emily G. passes on this deal she found on Amazon.com: It expands the number of outlets you have in a hotel room, plus allows you to plug USBs directly in. The kicker though? It has holders that pop out you can stick your cell phones in rather than (what …

Last summer we spent a long weekend at a new Holiday Inn Resort in Florida. It was a fun trip to hang out at the beach and the pool and catch up with family. The Holiday Inn Resort had kids activities throughout the week so there were employees in charge …

Here’s something I’ve never been paranoid about before, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop being paranoid about again. Comedian “Tamale Rocks” is a cautious traveler.  When she saw there was a full-length mirror directly facing the toilet in one of the venues she traveled to, she …

One of the greatest benefits of being an elite is getting to board early and getting access to the overhead bin space. Pizza in Motion wrote a great post on why flights boarding early is not a good thing overall.  He was seated near a poor guy who paid extra …