TAG: travel
How To Visit New York: The Basics
"To get in the right mindset about visiting New York City, there are a few things you need to really take to heart, and once you've absorbed these lessons, the rest of your trip will be much less stressful and a lot more fun."
"Read over 4200 brutally honest independent reviews of selected shops and assorted establishments in over 150 superfuture cities."
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All about the recently redesign US passport, which "comes with 13 inspirational quotes, including six from United States presidents and one from a Mohawk Thanksgiving speech."
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JetBlue Begins Reimbursing Stranded Passengers
"The company will begin payments ranging from $25 toward a future flight to a round-trip ticket to passengers kept waiting by the airline’s own mistakes."
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The bizarre economics of the hotel minibar
"Why you should stay at hotels that overcharge for drinks and Wi-Fi access."
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A Good Corporate Blog: Southwest Airlines
"ts strength lies in it's the diversity of its writers who represent a number of different sides of Southwest's business; from pilots and attendants, to schedule planners."
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Air Traffic as Seen by the FAA
"The following flight pattern visualizations are the result of experiments leading to the project Celestial Mechanics by Scott Hessels and Gabriel Dunne."
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Screening People with Clearances
"We don't have infinite dollars to spend on security. We need to choose where to spend our money, and we're best off if we spend it in ways that give us the most security for our dollar."
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A blog dedicated to the best food in the entire world.
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Blogs About Business Travel Begin to Feel the Power
Another article about bloggers getting attention from busiesses.
Tags: travel blogs business nytimes
"A great piece from The Economist: In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?"
"The surest defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face, and not a particularly common one at that."
Tags: terrorism travel war politics security
Going to Barcelona (if the new passport arrives)
Lots of great suggestions on things to do in Barcelona (where I happen to be going on Thursday)
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Wikipedia entry on the guy who's been living in Charles de Gaulle airport since 1988. Reportedly he's the person Tom Hanks modeled his character in The Terminal after.
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It's a guidebook that you write yourself.
"The "Brief Safe" is an innovative diversion safe that can secure your cash, documents, and other small valuables from inquisitive eyes and thieving hands, both at home and when you're traveling."
Frank Bruni chronicles his cross-country fast food voyage.
"Generate a custom packing list for any journey!"
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Routine airport security won't thwart jihadists, but it does inconvenience and endanger the rest of us.
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NYTimes: "It turns out that people are losing more and more things because they are lugging so many additional gadgets and communications devices - and often misplacing them in airplanes and airports, hotel rooms, restaurants, cabs and rented cars."
Tricks of the Trade: "When all that is left are the middle seats on the plane, ask the person at the counter if you can be seated between two people with the same last name."
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Mix snail porridge, sardine sorbet and you have a Fat Duck
Guardian article with a list of the top 50 restaurants in the world
Tags: food travel lists posted
Today's New York Airfare Report
Every day, airlines lower a few, or a few hundred, fares to amazingly low levels. No one knows why. This blog tells you about these amazing fares.
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Travel search that searches over 100 different sites for the best fares available
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Advice from Fodors on how to best pack for a trip