by ProBlog | Oct 30, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
Remember when flying was a joy? When blankets were complimentary, airline meals came with real silverware and “comfortable cruising altitude” didn’t seem like such an oxymoron? Well, times have certainly changed, and air travel just isn’t the...
by ProBlog | Oct 25, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
We ran across a post on CNN’s fantastic Travelers Psycho blog that really gets to the heart of our mentality when we travel these days. It really is the little things. The author, Kat Kinsman, was somehow overlooked during beverage and snack service on a...
by ProBlog | Oct 23, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
A recent post on the CNN Travelers Psyche blog follows one traveler, Leza Dabit, who had been invited to seven — SEVEN — weddings between June and December this year. She gets only 10 days’ vacation every year, and she’s spending all her extra money...
by ProBlog | Oct 18, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
I frequent Travel + Leisure’s Carry On blog, which offers tips to travelers of all kinds. On Thursdays, there’s always a post about something technological. And over the summer, I spotted a piece about avoiding travel scams. Which I’ve found myself...
by ProBlog | Oct 9, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
TSA screeners at the airport are as recognizable and universal today as the planes sitting on the runways. But where the planes symbolize what little excitement and joy remain in the travel process, the agents often represent everything that makes travel un-fun...
by ProBlog | Oct 4, 2012 | Tips & Tricks, Travel Guide
We recently read a blog post that made us again ask the question, “Is packing light a luxury of the young?” Ann Brenoff is an L.A.-based senior writer for the Huffington Post’s Post50 blog, written for Americans as they age, and in her opinion, yes,...