Airport socks. Yes, it’s a thing. An increasing number of airports are commissioning celebratory socks. Some airports even have socks that match their carpets.
On National Sock Day – December 4 – we’ve gone into the archives and pulled up images of airport socks we’ve collected over the years.
Let us know if we missed the socks from your airport.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Interational Airport (PHX) is bringing back its 12 Days of Gratitude campaign.
Beginning December 4, there will be activities taking place both pre- and post-security in both terminals. Passengers will have the opportunity to win prizes, take their photos with the Airport’s mascot, Amelia the Airplane and with the Navigator Buddies, participate in art activities, write notes of gratitude, and show off their airport trivia knowledge for prizes.
Keep an eye out for the PHX Polar Prize Patrol. They’ll be handing out PHX travel items and goodies to lucky passengers. And, throughout the 12-day event, airport staff and the PHX Navigators will be handing out chocolate coins and thank you cards to passengers.
Here’s a link to the day-by-day rundown of scheduled events for the 12 Days of Gratitude at PHX Airport.
The shopping team at Stuck at The Airport does a lot of its holiday gift buying at airports.
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is doing its part this year by offering complimentary professional gift-wrapping service through December 24 and by offering a free pair of Philly skyline socks to anyone who presents same-day shopping receipts totalling $75 or more. Take advantage of both offers at the gift wrapping botoh in the connector between Terminals B and C.
Perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to run into a real turkey at the airport this Thanksgiving Holiday. Just like these kids did at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Terminal B.
Pretty much every hotel and hotel brand is offering a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal and we, of course, can’t list them all. Airlines, cruise lines, Amtrak (we bet…), luggage companies, and travel doo-dad purveyors are in on the fun as well.
We listed some Black Friday/Cyber Monday travel deals that caught our eye in a previous post. Here are few more.
Virgin Voyages is floating a deal offering 30% off all voyages until the end of 2024 AND credit towards a Bar Tab of $600 for sailings 7+ nights; $300 for sailings 4-6 nights, or $125 for sailings 3 nights or less. Book now through November 30 for sailing through December, 2024. More details here.
Curbside traffic at airports is awful this time of year.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) has come with a fun way to get motorists waiting for friends and family to use the free waiting lot to help ease the congestions.
From now through December 31, motorists who use the RNP’s Free Waiting Lot can enter a sweepstateks to win free airfare.
Here are their instructions to enter:
American Airlines has a Black Friday Flight Deals page with a list of flights to various places, on specific days for less than $100. Air Canada has a Black Friday sale on through November 26, 2023 for travel between November 27, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
Scandinavian Airlines is offering its SAS Black Friday Deals now through November 28, 2023. For select flights from January 15, 2024 through April 30, 2024, they’re offering round-trip flight to select European destinations from major U.S. starting at $375.
And Icelandair is also promoting a set of sale fares to Europe and Iceland available now through November 28.
Let us know if you spot a great deal too.
(Courtesy Provincial Archives of Alberta, via Flickr Commons)
It’s that time of year again.
Thanksgiving, with all the food and travel that’s associated with it. And Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Buy Stuff ads galore.
Here at Stuck at The Airport, the shopping team is a bit overwhelmed with all the travel deals and alleged travel deals in our inbox. But we’ve pulled out some offers that look enticing and a few we’re going to try to nab ourselves.
Here are a few to get you started. And here’s to a safe Thanksgiving travel week. Let us know what you spot in the airports along your journey.
Red Roof is once again offering a week-long Black Friday flash sale, starting on Monday, November 20.
Travelers who make a reservation at any Red Roof Inn®, Red Roof PLUS+, HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof, or The Red Collection property from November 20 through November 28, 2023, and stay between November 20, 2023, through February 29, 2024, will save 20% off their stay. Sale details on www.redroof.com now.
Aqua-Aston Hospitality, which manages 25+ hotels and resorts across the Hawaiian Islands is offering 20% off at Aqua-Aston Hospitality’s properties on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Island. Sale dates: November 21 — 28, 2023. Stay dates: November 21, 2023 — December 20, 2024. Book online at aquaaston.com during the booking window, use code CYBERSALE
For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will be offering a 30% off best available rate promotion valid for bookings made from Friday, November 24 at 12:01 a.m. EST through Tuesday, November 28th at 11:59 p.m. EST for stays through June 30th, 2024. The promo code will be: CYBER23.
Heading to Portland, Oregon? One our favorite hotels, The Nines, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a $299 deal. Each Sunday from now through January 2024, the Nines will offer $299 bookings: $99 for the room and $200 Food and Beverage credit to be used at the hotel’s, on-site restaurants, Urban Farmer and Departure. (They’ll also add a $30 ‘destination fee,’ but it’s still a great deal). Book here.
Most of the YOTEL properties around the world are participating in a Black Friday sales that offers 40% off stays booked by December 3 for stays through September 2024. Book here. YOTELS not participating: YOTEL San Francisco, YOTELIAR London Gatwick, YOTELAIR Istanbul Airport (airside), YOTELAIR Paris Charles de Gaulle, and YOTEL AIR Amsterdam Schiphol. Blackout dates apply.
As we head into one of the busiest travel seasons, Hertz, Thrifty and Dollar are promising discounts on all vehicles for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (Details: Hertz (30%), Dollar (20%), Thrifty (15%).
Air Tahiti Nui is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month and offering its first-ever Tiare Pass. 250 passes that cost $1525 each will be available during a 25-hour flash, November 25 from 9 a.m. PST to November 26 at 10 a.m. PST.
The $1,525 price includes a round-trip from the US to each destination the airline serves and is valid for travel between December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024 (included: one checked bag, onboard meal, and all taxes and fees.) The airline has flights that depart from Los Angeles (LAX) and Seattle (SEA) and flies Paris, Tahiti, Tokyo, and New Zealand.
NOTE: The Air Tahiti Nui sale is only bookable by calling the airline’s reservation team directly during the sale period. Find that phone # here.
ROAM is offering $100 off its fun, customizable hard-side luggage from now through November 27. Build your discounted ROAM luggage deal here.
We’ll keep sifting the emails for more travel deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.