Category: Tips

• Popular Mechanics: Ten Top Choices To Travel Like A Pro

  Click here for Popular Mechanics’ ten top choices for travel gadgets.   They include: Noise Canceling Headphones, Cable TSA Lock, GoToob, Train Reaction, and Chargecard

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  March 17, 2014

  General, Popular Mechanics, Stories, Tips, Travel gadgets

• How to File an Airline Complaint

  Check out Airfarewatchdog’s interesting piece on how to file an airline complaint.   Click here to read all of George Hobica’s suggestions.

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  February 18, 2014

  Airline policies, airplane rights, Airplane stories, Tips

• Foodie Alert- Food Photography Tips From James Beard Foundation

  If you’re like me, you love  to take pictures of some of the unusual dishes that you’ve sampled while on a trip away from home. Check out an interesting James Beard Foundation Blog piece about successful food photography tips from  BonAppétit’s creative director, Alex Grossman. Mr. Grossman discusses the biggest mistakes that he sees people make with…

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  February 4, 2014

  Foodie, Foodie Finds, James Beard Foundation, photography tips, Stories, Tips

• How to Maximize the Spa Experience

  Check out Tracey Lee’s tips on better enjoying a spa experience. Ms Lee advises that SpaFinder.com is a very credible authority in the industry and that they often advertise special offers. If you’re on a budget or you don’t have the time to go away, she suggests seeing if day or hotel spas have day…

  kimsswidler

  February 3, 2014

  Spa travel, Tips, Travel tips

• Rent The Runway: rent designer dresses that are shipped to and from your hotel

  Now that my daughter, Sarah Fielding, is studying at  FIT in Manhattan, she’s learning about some of the hottest trends in fashion. One of those interesting ideas concerns Rent the Runway, a very successful business that permits you to rent designer dresses for a fraction of its cost. Sarah is interning for this company, and…

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  January 16, 2014

  Fashion and Travel, General, Rent the Runway, Stories, Tips

• Tech Tips: Apps to Make Travel Easier

  Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s article on apps that make it easier to travel including finding a room and determining what is at the next highway exit. The apps mentioned include: HEYWIRE, FREE WI-FI FINDER POCKET, HOTELTONIGHT, FLIGHTSTATS, IEXIT, and UBER.   Click here for the whole story…

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  January 7, 2014

  General, Tips, Travel apps

• 10 Travel Tips For Traveling With Your In-Laws

  It’s that time of year when we’re more likely to travel with family including our in-laws. While this can be a great opportunity to reconnect, it can, for some, cause stress. Here are some tips that Anita Isalska has learned along the way: 1. Suss out their travel style 2. Make sure the in-laws are…

  kimsswidler

  December 27, 2013

  Family Travel, Senior Travel, Tips

• Air Travel Tips: How To Get a Better Seat

  With all of the recent mergers and constantly new categories the airlines are throwing at us, it can get a little confusing as to how to find the best seat on a flight or if nothing more, how to avoid the middle spot. Travel + Leisure has come up with a few tips: 1) Book early,…

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  December 19, 2013

  Air fare deals, Airline policies, Airplane stories, airplane travel tips, General, Tips, Travel + Leisure

• Lonely Planet Holiday Travel Gifts-Travel/Foodie Books

  Looking for holiday gifts for someone who likes to travel and might also be a foodie? Lonely Planet has a series of very interesting books that could fit the bill: 1.  The Food Book: A Journey through the Great Cuisines of the World  Filled with colorful photography, this culinary reference providing insights into the culture,…

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  December 5, 2013

  Deals, Foodie, Foodie Finds, General, Lonely Planet, Stories, Tips, Travel books

• Heritage-Seeking Travel

    For sometime now, I’ve been interested in taking my family to Romania, my grandfather’s country before he and his parents left to settle down in our Capital District area. But how to start  to figure out where to specifically go? Check out Caren Osten Gerszberg’s interesting article on travel designed to learn more about…

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  December 3, 2013

  General, heritage travel, Historical Travel, Senior Travel, Stories, Tips