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Five Ways to Pare Down Your Briefcase
Some business travelers might as well call themselves pack mules with the amount of weight they lug through airports in their briefcases. I've seen people carry briefcases that weigh as much as their carry-ons. The bags are filled with binders, folders, and loose...
Churning Credit Cards for Points and Miles Can Hurt You
You get the credit card offers in the mail all the time. "Earn 100,000 miles if you spend $3,000 in the first three months." Sounds easy enough. If you worked at it, you could spend three grand and then take a couple flights for vacation. But if you've ever been...
Uber and Lyft Overtake Taxis for Business Travel
We've been hearing rumors for a while, but now there's data to back up what many have been saying: Uber and Lyft are being used more than taxis for business travel. According to a report by Certify, a travel expense management software company, at the end of the third...
Business 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,...
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...
Christopher Penn’s 9 Amusing Travel Hacks
Christopher Penn is an expert in technology, marketing, social media, and how all three can work together to create better business opportunities for you. We're fans of his, and read his blog fairly regularly. Due to the nature of his job, Penn travels a lot, and...
Family Travel
Southwest Airlines Introduces $40 Fee to Let You Board Early
Southwest Airlines has made a name for themselves in the airline industry through their light-hearted atmosphere and democratic customer service policies. Southwest's policies generally rival those of other airlines. For example, their "Bags Fly Free" policy allows up...
9 Must-Haves for Traveling With Kids
If you're a parent, you've no doubt read your share of articles on travel with kids. Regardless of the duration of your trip - whether its an hour drive or a half a day of air travel - we've got some suggestions on what to bring with you so you don't find yourself...
The Blurring of Business and Leisure Travel
If you’re like many business travelers in recent years, you may have found yourself visiting the same city for a conference every year without spending any time outside of the conference circuit. However, the blurring of lines between business and leisure travel is...
Road Warrior
Top Five Features Of A Business Backpack
When I say "business person," what comes to mind? Probably someone carrying a briefcase. You think of a briefcase because most business people carry a briefcase (a Travelpro Rollaboard Computer Brief, hopefully). But a growing number of professionals are discovering...
Top Five Features Of A Public Speaker’s Bag
Psychologists tell us the fear of public speaking is one of our most common anxieties. Many people experience a "fight or flight" response that causes shaking, shortness of breath, an increased heart rate and a quivering voice. If you've ever tried to navigate a...
Travelpro Platinum® 6 50” Expandable Rolling Garment Bag
For longer trips, it’s apparent wardrobes need space. The Travelpro Platinum® 6 50” Expandable Rolling Garment Bag will always ensure your threads have enough space. The main compartment features dual wally clamps to provide exceptional storage capability. The front...
Travel Tips
Cheese It, It’s the Baggage Police!
Ever feel like you'd like to conduct a citizen's arrest of a fellow passenger whose oversized baggage clearly violates the size limitations for what is considered carry-on? Several airlines are deploying their own "baggage police" to try to enforce carry-on compliance...
Quebec City Airport Deploys Apple Watches
Technology drives efficiency in our daily lives. We retrieve information from our laptops, tablets, and phones and use it to make decisions in real time. But can personal technology be deployed — and trusted? — in a airport environment with the same results? According...
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...
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