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Souvenir Sunday at London Heathrow Airport

09/26/10
There’s never enough time to do everything I want to do in London, but on my most recent visit I managed to squeeze in quite a lot in just three days. Activities were wedged in between a meal seasoned with performances by contortionists and flame-embellished dancers at a West End cabaret bar named Circus, Afternoon […]

Dancing at San Diego Airport; Cleaning up in the Housekeeping Olympics

09/14/10
If you happen to be traveling to or through San Diego International Airport on Tuesday morning (September 14, 2010) between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm, make your way to the Terminal 2 West baggage claim area. There, against the backdrop of travelers going about the business of grabbing their bags and greeting their loved ones, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]
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