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Tidbits for travelers: seat fees, bag check refunds & fast rail service to ORD.

08/19/10

Good news, bad news for air travelers today. In the good file: If you book a 2-night weekend stay (Fri/Sat/Sun) at a IHG hotel (InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, , Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites and others), and check a bag on your flight there, you can get a rebate for up to →

Do shrunken heads snore? Sleepovers at museums & attractions

06/23/10

If you’re curious about what happens in museums, zoos, aquariums and offbeat attractions after hours you’re in luck. For a slide show on Bing Travel – Critter Campouts – I found plenty of places where you can camp with critters, sleep with fishes and dream with dinosaurs. (Courtesy Georgia Aquarium) Since then, I’ve found even →

Sleep wardens help hotel guests sleep tight

06/12/10

Slamming doors, arguments in the hallways, blaring TVs and all-night parties. If you’ve spent much time in hotels you’ve probably had to contend with it all once or twice. In my Well-Mannered Traveler column on msnbc.com this week, you’ll learn how one hotel chain has come up with a novel way to deal with noisy →

Hotels dispensing with tiny bathroom amenities

05/28/10

I’m a lucky duck and have been staying at some really posh hotels lately. Not just posh in terms of price and number of pillows; but posh in terms of properties where the staff is truly friendly, helpful and attentive to details that can really count when you’re out on the road. Like the handful →

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Flushing out the truth about travel legends

05/14/10

From getting stuck-by-suction on an airplane toilet seat to discovering that your credit card number is stored on your hotel key car or that the strange smell in a motel room is a dead body entombed under your box spring, there are some strange and spooky stories circulating in the world of travel. Are they →

Tidbits for travelers: an in-flight Wi-Fi contest and a free hotel night

02/15/10

I’m a firm believer in that corny saying, “You can’t win if you don’t play.” Works on many levels. One example: contests and giveaways. So here’s some information about an in-flight Wi-Fi contest and a hotel bounce-back offer to check out as you dig out of the snow and head out on the road this →

Free Wi-Fi at Cleveland Airport and new napping suites at Atlanta Airport

11/19/09

Cleveland Rocks! Kudos to the Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) and the non-profit group OneCommunity for working together to bring permanent free Wi-Fi to the airport. Cleveland Airport joins many other smart airports that offer travelers free Wi-Fi year round. And, lest you forget, from now through January 15, 2010, Google is covering the Wi-Fi fees →

Room with a zoo: hotels that invite or loan pets

04/13/09

Sneak preview: If you can’t take Spot or Puff along with you on your next trip out of town, don’t fret. In my “Room with a Zoo” story on MSN.com, you’ll find plenty of hotels that have on-site pets that can entertain, keep you company, or join you on a walk. Some examples: Koko has →

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Smelled any great airports lately?

04/08/09

Like many shops, restaurants, and even a few amusement parks, The May Fair, a 5-star luxury hotel in London, has its own special scent. It’s not that the hotel’s natural scent was so bad; the owners just hope guests will forever associate the smell of sea grass with a relaxing, pleasant stay at the hotel. →

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Stuck at Heathrow Airport? Check in and chill out.

03/29/09

A rare working week in London is bracketed by two very different, but equally impressive at/in Heathrow Airport hotel stays. 6 AM arrival: after a long, sleepless flight from the US west coast beside a fidgety, too-tall seatmate, I can’t face heading to town and trying to stay awake until hotel check-in time. Instead I →

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