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American, Delta Ban Smart Luggage If Batteries Are Not Removable
If you received smart luggage for Christmas, we don't mean to spoil your new year, but three major airlines — American, Alaska, and Delta — have already banned suitcases and carry-on bags that are equipped with integrated lithium-ion batteries and external charging...
Top Five Little-Known Travel Apps for Business Travelers
When a traveler who has logged 2 million air miles and stayed 1,000 nights in a hotel offers his top five travel apps, you listen. Thanks to Maurice Freedman for sharing his "Swiss Army Knife suite of travel apps" to help all of us amateurs experience travel like a...
Five Ways to Stay Healthy While Traveling
Those who travel regularly know that maintaining their routines helps them be at their best. If you're an infrequent traveler, here are the top five things you need to do while on your business trip to come home as healthy as you left. Eat right. When we're away from...
Business Travel
Travel Gear to Get Your College Student
If your son or daughter is heading off/back to college this fall, you’ve likely spent the last few months in full-on preparation mode stocking up on everything from dorm décor to economy-size packages of Ramen noodles. Before you send your college-bound kid packing,...
Airlines Teach the Rest of the World to Pay for Baggage
Not too long ago, the airline industry was struggling to keep its head above water. In the last decade alone, over a dozen airlines have filed bankruptcy, while others (such as American Airlines) opted to take drastic cost-cutting measures. Within the last five years,...
American Airlines Introduces Self-Tag Baggage Option
If you've flown American Airlines out of a larger U.S. city recently, you may noticed that something has changed about the check-in process: passengers are now able to tag their own baggage. The aptly named "Self-Tag" program (which was initially tested in Austin,...
Family Travel
Pop-Up Hotels, “Braincations” to Trend in 2013
Once a year or so, many of us select a location far from home and take a vacation for a long weekend or if we’re lucky, a week or more. For 2013, a new trend is emerging — experiential travel. More than just booking a room at a resort or staying in cabin on a lake,...
Dog-Friendly Travel Finds
If you’re a pet owner, you likely understand that there’s a difference between a hotel being "pet friendly" and simply allowing pets to stay in the room with their owners. If you’re traveling with your dog, for example, you likely would appreciate a hotel offering...
American Airlines Testing New Boarding Procedure
Have you noticed that at the airport, when a plane is preparing to board passengers, there’s usually a group of people who hover? You know what I mean — the travelers who pace back and forth by the airline desk, ready to jump into line as soon as their section is...
Road Warrior
How To Rebook Your Cancelled Flight Quickly
So, your flight is canceled. What do you do? Don't hang your head, use it. You have a number of options, but they require quick action and clear thinking. First of all, congratulations on being a savvy Travelpro® Rollaboard® customer who carries on his luggage,...
The TPro Bold Collection – Your Adventure Starts Here
Adventure travel is not for the faint of heart, nor the frail of luggage. Travelpro understands the extreme conditions an adventure traveler's bags must withstand, and has developed TPro Bold - a line of compact, lightweight and ultra-portable luggage that is more...
How Frequent Travelers Survive Airports And Airplanes
Contrary to what the folks back home might think, business travel is more grinding than glamorous. Postponed meetings, jet lag, security hassles and endless hours in airports. So, how do frequent travelers maintain their edge when stranded in airline terminals? One...
Travel Tips
Five Tips to Help You Sleep on a Plane
No, sleeping and being on a plane are not diametrically opposed. You can do it if you know a few simple tricks. We learned a few of them in an Entrepreneur.com article on airport survival. First, choose your side of the plane. I know this sounds a bit strange, but...
AirPortr Comes to Heathrow: “Luggage Freedom” While Traveling
The next time you land in London, how would you like to ditch your bags at the airport to get in a little extra sight-seeing and have them waiting for you at your hotel? Or, leave your bags behind at the hotel and have them meet you at the airport? Or maybe you have...
What are the Friendliest Countries in the World?
When traveling, it really isn't enough just to fly the "friendly skies." Friendly interactions with the native people of the places you're visiting are what make the experiences you have the most memorable. After all, monuments can't speak. People are the guardians of...
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