I was purchasing somethings in today’s Amazon 12 Days of Deals when another sale caught my eye as something budding mini-aviation geeks would be interested. Toy airplanes (that are also safe and environmentally-friendly) made by Green Toys are 50% today only. They also have other forms of transport, including a ferry you can …
Read More »Travel Accessory Lightning Deals All Day on Amazon
Just a note that the Lightning Deals on Amazon will be travel themed all day. Right now, they have some portable batteries and headphones on it. Â Packing cubes just launched too. The rest of the items range from carrying cases, to camping gear, to travel speakers and more. I also …
Read More »Great Headphone Splitter on Sale on Amazon
A great headphone splitter is on sale on Amazon today for $10.50. I used headphone splitters a lot when traveling with friends. before US Airways got internet on most flights, and I still use them internationally for movies I have queued up. A note about splitters though–be careful if someone unplugs …
Read More »Amazon Prime Users Getting Early Access to Deals All Day
Just a note that if you have Amazon Prime, Amazon is giving early access to some of their Black Friday deals to Prime members. Â This is a good way to swoop in and get a deal before it’s claimed by everyone. Not all the deals are available early, unfortunately, so …
Read More »Huge Sale on Winter Wool Coats on Amazon
Someone in my office commented that the countdown towards wool pea coats has begun. Â (Sadly!) And right on cue, Amazon.com has launched a 70% off winter coat sale. Â Some of the deals are pretty significant. My DKNY wool coat has served me well for over 5 years at this point. …
Read More »FAA Forgets About Entire Aircraft Type in New $5 Billion System
Despite apparently being reminded multiple times that something called “drones” exists, the FAA forgot to include them–at all–in their new $5 billion system. From Gizmodo: We didn’t understand the magnitude to which (drones) would be an oncoming tidal wave, something that must be dealt with, and quickly,” said Ed Bolton, …
Read More »Great Deal for Traveling Mommies
The Pack ‘n’ Play products recommended by Tiff in a previous post are Amazon’s Deal of the Day. Click here to see the whole listing. For example, the Graco TotBloc Pack ‘n Play Portable Playard is marked down by 40%. There are also really deluxe ones that have changing pads and …
Read More »Great Car GPS Mount for Phone for $5
I’ve been trying to find a car mount for my new Galaxy S5 that doesn’t require me to take the phone out of the case I bought for it. I got a huge case for it (that I love) because I’m so afraid of breaking it. So many of the …
Read More »Get $5 for Free from Paypal
Via Slickdeals, you can get $5 for free through Paypal: The deal is here. You’ll see that you get to “unlock an offer of your choice,” so you need to make sure you select the $5 as your deal. It’s the one at the very bottom. You’ll get your PayPal …
Read More »External USB Charger on Sale
Amazon has an external USB charger at a steep discount today. This USB charger is marked down from the Amazon price of $39 to $19.95. It’s available in multiple colors and is cheaper than other external chargers I’ve bought. From the reviews, it is important to understand the instructions in …
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