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How to Speed Up Your Hotel Check In and Checkout
You've shown up at your hotel after a long road trip or a day spent in airplanes, and you just want to get to your room to change and relax for a little bit. So you just need to check in quickly and not waste any time at the front desk. Or you have to leave in a...
5 Travel Predictions for 2020
Like most industries, the travel industry has evolved over time. This can be due to the demographics of travelers, the accessibility to services through mobile devices, the popular and constantly-changing demands of culture, and the competition between travel agencies...
Best Travel Secrets from Flight Attendants
If you wanted to know the best secrets on having a great flight, who better to ask than flight attendants? They have more valuable insights than most people realize. Their office is literally in the air, so they spend more time on planes than the most travel-worn road...
Business Travel
Delta Premium Economy to Premiere in 2017
For years, customers have complained about the increasing discomforts of flying: the ever-shrinking seat size and legroom, lack of food options, and other amenities. One airline even boldly touts that its seats don't recline! (Actually, that might not be an entirely...
Four Business Travel Budget Savers from Experienced Travelers
Even if you're an experienced business traveler, there are a few little things you can do to make your next travel experience more expedient, efficient, and economical. Based on our own experiences, as well as those of some of our customers, these are a few travel...
American, United Launch Automated Screening at O’Hare
Just in time for the recent busy holiday travel season, American and United both launched automated screening lanes in order to help lessen the bottleneck in the TSA checkpoints, a serious problem travelers faced in summer 2016. The two airlines followed the lead of...
Family Travel
Ways to Avoid Lines When You Travel
Unless you've already been authorized for PreCheck, you're not going to be able to avoid the TSA security lines. But there are things you can do when you're getting ready to travel and things you can do once you get where you're going that can help you avoid lines...
Avoid Paying Unnecessary Fees When You Travel
Traveling is expensive; there's no way around it. But that doesn't mean you have to fall prey to the hidden costs and extra surprise charges. There are ways to avoid unnecessary fees that can come along while you're traveling, so here are a few ways you can avoid the...
GM and Lyft Working to Make Self-Driving Cars a Reality
The transportation you use once you arrive at your destination, whether traveling from the airport to your hotel or from the commuter train to your business meeting, can be a big part of your overall travel experience. Besides impacting your overall feeling about the...
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Frequent Flier Miles Being Devalued
If you've been thinking about signing up for an airline’s loyalty program, you may want to think again. Some airlines are devaluing their frequent flier mile programs, making free airline seats harder to earn. Several years ago, airlines said they would never be so...
Bring This, Not That: Backpacks Versus Duffel Bags
We were recently reminded of why we like being a luggage company after reading Mark Eveleigh's post on his blog, Kitbaggers.com, extolling the virtue of kitbags (duffel bags) over backpacks. The decision whether to carry that weight on my back for the next few months...
Travel Advice You Should Ignore
Recently, a friend posted a note to Facebook asking people for advice on the best way to travel through Europe. Within a few hours, his post had received over a hundred comments, and each commenter provided a strong case for why their suggestion was best. When it...
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Travelers Paid Airlines $4.6 Billion to Check Bags
If you don't know how to pack light, be prepared to pay for the privilege of checking the luggage you need to accommodate your clothes and other essentials. According to a recent CNBC story, travelers paid $4.6 billion in checked bag fees in 2017 alone. In other...
TSA Launches Stricter Screening Guidelines
Enhanced carry-on screening procedures that were tested at 10 U.S. airports during last summer's peak travel season have now been implemented across the entire security system, which are adding some extra steps to the TSA security check process. The biggest change...
What to Do if you Lose your ID Before a Flight
You've checked every pocket, looked in every drawer, retraced your steps over the last seven days, and the worst has happened: you lost your ID, and you're flying back home in a few hours. Before you have a meltdown in your hotel room or Uber and wail like Dorothy,...
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