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New Requirement for U.S. Real ID
Quick, check your driver's license right now. Do you have a Real ID? Not "an actual identification card," but the federally-mandated Real ID that is required to board a plane after October 1, 2020. After that date, every adult has to show an updated driver's license...
Six Ways to Have a Healthy Business Travel Experience
Travel of any kind can be stressful, but if you're headed for a nice vacation, you know you'll have a chance to relax and unwind from the hassles of actually getting to your destination. But what about if you're on a business travel trip? You don't get a chance to...
Reduce Business Trip Stress with Bleisure Travel
It's not often you get to treat yourself to a bleisure trip. That's when you tack a few days on a business trip and explore your destination. No meetings, no schedule, just a leisurely was to learn more about where you are. Instead of worrying whether your meeting...
Business Travel
Road Warrior Tips for Trade Show Stamina
Conducting business at a trade show, expo, or conference requires a different level of energy than a routine road warrior business trip. You'll spend two, three, even four days on your feet, talking to dozens of people, constantly walking back and forth, usually while...
Travel Insurance: It Pays to Know Your Coverage
If you've ever suffered a missed flight or hours-long delay because of weather, mechanical problems, or even a computer system failure, you understand why travel insurance has become a popular must-have item among business travelers. Passengers may miss flights due to...
What To Do when Your Luggage is Lost
It's the last thing you want to have happen when you're traveling: your bag doesn't show up at the baggage carousel. It has an immediate impact on your psyche, not to mention your itinerary. But if the airline loses or mishandles your bag, there are a few steps you...
Family Travel
Eight Ways to Spot a Lousy Hotel
You know the feeling you get when you show up at a hotel, and it's nothing like you imagined? That sinking feeling when you open the door to your room, and wonder if someone is playing a prank? Thankfully, today there are many tools at your disposal online to help you...
10 Things Airlines are Doing to Make Coach more Comfortable
While the price may not be going down, many airlines are making an effort to demonstrate that they care about their coach customers’ comfort as much as they do about those in business and first class by instituting some changes to the seats and providing amenities. We...
The Pros and (Considerable) Cons of Bus Travel
Some people really like a deal. Others are gluttons for punishment, especially reporters who need a column topic. Seth Kugel, the Frugal Traveler, recently profiled Megabus and his experience traveling from New York to Silver Springs, Md., to Knoxville, Tenn., to...
Road Warrior
Bring This, Not That: Cash versus Credit Cards
Before embarking on an international trip, there are a lot of things to consider, the largest of which is money. When traveling abroad, is it better to bring cash or credit cards? And if you do opt to bring cash, should you bring US dollars to exchange upon arrival,...
Travel Tip: Airport Loyalty Programs
When it comes to air travel, competition doesn't just exist between airlines, it also exists between the airports themselves. Unfortunately, many small, regional airports find themselves struggling to stay competitive with larger and more recognizable international...
United Enhances Mobile App and Offers Mobile Boarding Pass Scanning
If you're an avid traveler, you may have noticed that this year's biggest airline trend has been something everyone can appreciate: convenience. Airlines are looking for new ways to provide faster, more efficient service to their passengers, so many of them are...
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AI to Change the Hassles of Travel
With the simple scan of a traveler's facial features, many air travel hassles could be eliminated or at least reduced. But we may not be as far away from that reality as you think. According to a survey conducted by air transport communications firm SITA, 29 percent...
More Companies Allowing Business Travelers to Use Sharing Economies
Business travelers who have taken an Uber or Lyft instead of hailing a taxi, or stayed at an Airbnb property instead of staying at a hotel chain, you’re among a growing majority of employees whose companies are encouraging using the emerging sharing economies....
How Tech Has Transformed Business Travelers’ Productivity
If you were taking bets on whether business travelers would say their time on the road boosted their productivity, would you wager that a large percentage says it does? Or do you think most people say their travels have cut into their productivity? If you said the...
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