Le Chic Geek

When an award trip leaves out of another city, many frequent fliers will head to that city a day or two early just to make sure.  Paranoia, or essential? With all the time and energy that went into earning miles and redeeming them into a dream trip, you don’t want …

There’s currently a promotion to save 20% off on deals on LivingSocial. Use promo code JULY20 now through 7/18. – http://sot.ag/Dzcf Please note that if you click through my specific URL, I may earn badges on the website, which may make people with less badges than me feel bad. LivingSocial …

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, …

Mashable has a great, well, mash-up of the eleven start up travel websites you should know about. The list acknowledges Hipmunk and Tripit as old hat, so these really are brand new start ups. My favorites? Once you’ve booked a flight and scored hotel deals, how do you figure out …

Just a quick note to let you know that all dresses (except Wedding Gowns) are 50% off at Ann Taylor today and tomorrow with the code SUMMERSTYLE. Ann Taylor is my store of choice for business dresses that travel well–and a lot of my more casual dresses are from Ann …

When talking about flight deals the other day, I mentioned that I have The Flight Deal‘s Tweets sent to my phone.  I started getting a lot of questions about this, and some disbelief from The Flight Deals about the sheer number of texts I would get from them. Yes, it …

I wrote on how you can easily get status in Las Vegas–stay like a high roller, bet like a penny-poker-er.  I’m not a huge gambler, but I love Vegas. I love the pools, I love the spas, and I LOVE the food. And I found another reason for everyone to …

Someone asked me today how to book an award ticket on another airline.  I linked them to my favorite resources, but figured I would share them with everyone. 1. The Rules for Using US Airways Miles — View from the Wing This is my US Airways booking bible.  Gary is …

One of the questions Keri and I get the most is “How do we fly so cheap?” ….Followed by, “I want to take a flight on August 12th from Seattle to New York with no connections and for less than $200, how do I do this?” All I can do …

When traveling to certain areas of the world, you need to be careful.  Murder rates and crime rates can be scary, and you must always be on guard. But what murder rate frightens me the most? That of Cabot Cove, Maine. Cabot Cove is the residence of Jessica Fletcher and …