A friend recently passed along an article to regarding dirty secrets of the travel industry. I spend a fair amount of time on airplanes and in hotels, so I found some of the ‘secrets’ interesting. Some interesting points from the article: Airlines lie about estimated arrival times. Airlines have to report departure and arrival statistics to the US government. One way to look good is to pad times on…
We recently met up with some friends having a guys weekend in Boston. For a one-night stay, we figured we could try a new hotel as on our last trip to Boston, the W Boston was underwhelming. Since the primary focus of the trip was to catch the Kansas City Royals at the Boston Red Sox, we didn’t want to stay “out in the boonies” at The…
My hike earlier this summer to Hanging Lake was awesome. So awesome that some other friends and I returned a few weeks later. The only thing missing from the experience were my hiking buddies, Cayman and Casey. So on a recent trip to Colorado’s Vail Valley, Cayman, Casey, a couple friends, and I checked out a new hike: Booth Falls & Lake on the Booth…
If there is one thing I like about United Airlines, it is that you can easily track the actual plane and incoming flight for any flight. This can be helpful, as I wrote about earlier this year. Yesterday, American released an iPhone update that includes the ability to view the incoming flight information for your upcoming flight, among other updates: Previously, you could only find…
Earlier this year I discovered a fun (and free!) app called duolingo, which turns learning a second language into a game. I was skeptical at first, but I quickly found myself addicted to the green bird app. The app is simple and intuitive. The idea is that you have to learn basics of a language and unlock different levels. Duolingo calls this a gamified skill tree.…
I usually schedule some time to sit down and write a post for my blog. I’m not very good at sticking to a schedule of posts, but I’ve been trying to do two posts a week (thanks for reading). Speaking of reading, have you read any good books lately? Shoot, it happened again…Justin Does…get Sidetracked. Anyways, I had good intentions to write a post to stick…
I have an upcoming trip on United Airlines (sorry to be cheating on you American Airlines!) Since I don’t have elite status with United and don’t want to give SMI/J any more money than what I paid for the ticket, my advanced seat assignment was ahem, less than desirable: In an effort to score a better seat, and because I’m a bit obsessive-compulsive, I frequently constantly have been checking…
