Free airport Wi-Fi. Here’s how to – try to – get it.
Here’s a link to a useful article from Joel Johnson at Popular Mechanics that rounds up useful tips on how to snag free wireless Internet access at airports. Johnson also offer a bonus tip: how to find a working airport power outlet when one of those newfangled advertiser-sponsored charging stations aren’t nearby: “…[S]imply seek out […]
Love the – tax-free – layover at Texas Airports
Several states around the country declare a sales-tax-free weekend at the end of summer. Texas is one of them. So why not do some back-to-school shopping at the airport? Today through Sunday (Aug 15-17) travelers stopping at any Texas airport including Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), can buy […]
More ways to see movies at the airport
Not only has redbox (see below) begun serving airports, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Atlanta-based Flexplay Entertainment has teamed up with Hudson News Co. to offer “time-limited” DVD rentals at airports throughout North America. Beginning in September, Hudson news stands and Hudson Booksellers at many airports will begin selling DVDs that, once removed from […]
Airport movie rentals go red
For a while now, the folks at InMotion Entertainment have been renting DVDs and portable DVD players at about 30 airports around the country. Travelers can pick up a player and a movie in one city and drop everything off at their destination. If there’s no InMotion outlet where they’re going, everything can be dropped […]
Surf’s Up at John Wayne Airport (JWA)
An exhibit about southern California surfing history has rolled into John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, California. Titled, “California’s Orange Coast: 42 Miles of Tradition and Lore,” and sponsored by the Surfing Heritage Foundation, the exhibit uses maps, artifacts and photographs to explore the role surfing has played in Orange County over the past […]