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New Packing Tips To Use On Your Next Trip
Packing is more than just throwing a few shirts and changes of underwear into a bag and dashing out the door on another trip. We learned a few new packing tips from a recent Smarter Travel article, Our Favorite Packing Tips, As Seen on Reddit. And since we're not...
8 International Travel Habits to Learn While You Have Downtime
While we may not be traveling right now, there will come a time when we can get back on an airplane and travel to any part of the world we wish. Some of us are even planning, researching, and learning about our destinations. If you're not, but you're planning on...
Hotel Reservations: Be Sure to Confirm Every Detail of Your Stay
It's easy to overlook confirming all the details of any upcoming hotel reservations you may have, especially if they're far off in the future. Once we start traveling again, it's understandable if we assume everything will be okay because it's "in the computer" and...
Business Travel
The Lowdown on VPNs for Business Travelers
Business travelers run some pretty big risks when it comes to cybersecurity. If you're like most people, you think nothing of pulling out your laptop in the airport or hotel, hopping on some free wifi, and getting some work done. Except most public wifi networks are...
Tricks to Hack Your Business Travel Budget
Now that most companies are working under a new fiscal year, you may find you need to stretch this year’s business travel budget a little further than before. Here are some of our favorite budget-saving techniques for making the most of your business travel dollars....
Getting Sick on a Business Trip
Getting sick when you're at home is bad enough. But to get sick while you're on a business trip? That's the worst! You don't have access to your own bed or your favorite pillow, and you don't have access to your doctor or favorite pharmacy. So what should you do if...
Family Travel
How to Protect Your Information at a Hotel
It's the same words we hear from friends and loved ones whenever we're headed out on yet another trip. "Be safe," they advise. "Have a safe flight." What about once we arrive at our destination? There's a lot we can and should do to keep ourselves safe once we arrive...
Travel Etiquette: Difficult Issues Need to be Handled Delicately
Some people view travel as a solitary experience. They don't make eye contact while going through security or on the way to their terminal. They're sure to try to find a seat in the gate area with an empty one beside it, and they queue up without comment when it’s...
Getting the Cheapest Flights Without Sacrificing Comfort
Business travelers often consider the cost of airfare when determining the ROI of their business trips (and if you don't, you should, especially for entrepreneurs and executives whose travel costs come out of their regular budgets). You can find less expensive flights...
Road Warrior
Big Travel Changes In 2013
The travel industry has changed immensely in the last few years, thanks in large part to Millennials and their travel habits. Commonly referred to as 'Gen Y', this tech savvy generation has caused big changes within the travel industry over the last year. Here are...
How Do American Airlines’ New Planes Compare to JetBlue’s?
First class is officially getting an upgrade. American Airlines recently released its new transcontinental fleet at JFK airport. Perhaps the most impressive is the new Airbus A321, which will run from JFK to LAX and SFO (Los Angeles and San Francisco). This particular...
Bring This, Not That: Layers vs. Big Coats
How many times have you left home in a big coat and regretted it the minute you arrived at your destination? Even a trip to the mall in the winter can make a big coat seem like a bad idea when you have to lug it around, after only needing it to walk the 200 yards from...
Travel Tips
Five Apps to Keep you Entertained and Informed
We're busier than ever. While we used to have to DVR our shows and catch up with them later — and before that, we videotaped them or made sure to sit down when they actually aired! — mobile devices now give us the opportunity to not only be entertained but informed,...
Passport Expiration Dates Can Impact You More Than You Think
A little-known fact about international travel could snarl your plans or bring them to an abrupt halt if you don't pay attention to it. Just like you read labels for expiration dates, you need to know your passport expiration date. Turns out, many countries around the...
5 Ways to Save Money on a Business Trip
You may not have a healthy travel budget for your business trip, but that doesn’t mean you have to eat fast food and stay at a cheap budget hotel in a dangerous neighborhood. We’ve compiled a list of tips for saving money that will still provide you with a pleasant,...
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