Road trip? 1st motel opened 86 years ago
Sometimes flying from one place to another just doesn’t make sense. So instead you choose to drive. And while today we take it for granted that there will be a budget hotel – or three – around the next bend on the highway, back in the mid 1920s motels weren’t even part of the American […]
Love the layover: five libraries worth a visit
Five libraries around the world worth a visit – even if you don’t open a book.
Souvenir Sunday at Copenhagen International Airport
Each Sunday at StuckatTheAirport.com is Souvenir Sunday – a day to take a look at some of the inexpensive and offbeat things you might find yourself buying – or thinking of buying – when you’re hanging around the airport. This week’s treats come from Copenhagen International Airport, which began offering free Wi-Fi to travelers the […]
How to get extra legroom on an airplane
Like Santa’s sleigh, airplanes will be flying full this holiday season. So don’t expect there to be a lot of extra room for your long legs and your overstuffed carry-on bags. Those dreading the airline seat squeeze do have some options. One by one, airlines have been rolling out programs that offer slightly larger main […]
I tell all to the Roaming Gnome
Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome is a busy fellow. But I’m honored that he took time out to include me in a series of holiday interviews in the Window Seat blog. RG: Where are you off to this holiday season? New York City? Tahiti? Poughkeepsie? HB: Our family gathers in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where […]
Euro crisis worries airlines, but progress marches on
Troubles in the Eurozone have caused the organization representing 240 of the world’s airlines and 84% of global air traffic to revise its overall outlook for the airline industry. Based on current actions being taken to try to avert a credit crunch in the Eurozone and additional measures central banks are expected to take to […]
Surprised by Santa at Munich Airport
While I’ve had my share of long waits, I’ve thankfully never been one of those passengers held hostage for hours on end on a plane waiting to take off or deliver passengers at an airport So, last night, when the captain of my Lufthansa flight on a small plane heading from Munich Airport to Geneva […]
Hans Christian Andersen’s unusual baggage
I had the chance to visit the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark a few days ago and was surprised to see this coil of rope on display. Andersen wrote Thumbelina, the Snow Queen, the Emperor’s New Clothes and more than 150 other fairy tales and stories. And while he loved to travel and […]
Topiary wonders at Singapore’s Changi Airport
Singapore’s Changi Airport is well-known for having a wide, wonderful and somewhat over-the-top array of attractions for travelers to enjoy while they’re stuck at the airport. Among my many favorites are the giant indoor slide – And the sunflower and butterfly gardens – The airport goes all out during the holidays with floral displays and […]