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Paying for travel month after month [This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online] There are subscriptions for just about everything these days, including streaming services, pet toys, meal plans, even crime-solving kits, and every year there are millions more people willing to pay for them. According to […]

Sponsored by National Car Rental There were some odd, low points in my household during the first year of the pandemic that I’m only now able to laugh at. One time was when I got mad at my brave, masked and gloved-for-protection husband for stopping at the car wash on his way home from picking […]

Dreaming about travel? Us too. But how will our journeys be changed by the pandemic? (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News.) Sanitizing stations, “stand here, not there” floor stickers, and cotton swabs up the nose were not part of the travel experience before the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]

Note: I was compensated by National Car Rental for this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. As the holidays approach and COVID-19 concerns continue to guide every step we take outside our homes, many households are discussing, debating, and strategizing how they might take a business or leisure trip safely. Airlines are detailing […]

How to avoid those outrageous fees rental car companies charge for toll transponders.

Paying for travel month after month [This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online] There are subscriptions for just about everything these days, including streaming services, pet toys, meal plans, even crime-solving kits, and every year there are millions more people willing to pay for them. According to […]

Sponsored by National Car Rental There were some odd, low points in my household during the first year of the pandemic that I’m only now able to laugh at. One time was when I got mad at my brave, masked and gloved-for-protection husband for stopping at the car wash on his way home from picking […]

Dreaming about travel? Us too. But how will our journeys be changed by the pandemic? (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News.) Sanitizing stations, “stand here, not there” floor stickers, and cotton swabs up the nose were not part of the travel experience before the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]

Note: I was compensated by National Car Rental for this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. As the holidays approach and COVID-19 concerns continue to guide every step we take outside our homes, many households are discussing, debating, and strategizing how they might take a business or leisure trip safely. Airlines are detailing […]

How to avoid those outrageous fees rental car companies charge for toll transponders.
Heading to the airport? Don't give back that rental car just yet.
How dirty are taxis, rental cars and the back seats of ridehailed cars? Pretty darn germy, according to a new study

I thought I knew Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, my home-base airport, pretty well. It was the first airport where I spent a night sleeping on the floor, and I’ve spent many an official and unofficial hour poking around its nooks and crannies. But I haven’t taken the time to jump on the shuttle bus and go […]