The Guide To Hotels That Have Free Wi-Fi
Long gone are the days where an arm and leg had to be paid for Wi-Fi. Pretty much every major hotel group offers free Wi-Fi to all of its guests these days, as long as the guest is a member of the...
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Slowly Is the Pen-Pal App That We all Need In Our Lives. Period.
Do you remember that feeling of excitement when you got a piece of mail, and it wasn’t a bill? (I still feel that way, but only when it’s a check.) Maybe because it’s the perfect time of year, because...
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Smart Receipts Is the Best Business Expensing Smartphone App So Far.
Consider this required as part of the business travel arsenal. There’s is no greater gift in this universe than billing someone else. Business trips often inspire a weird mixture of dread and...
View ArticleThe Travel Photographer of the Year Award Photos Are Stunning
In our minds, a good travel photo captures the place, the people and not just a random stranger walking down a lonely, deserted, oversaturated road. (Those shots are lovely, however, not realistic.)...
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How To Manually Update an Amazon Kindle
My first Kindle lasted six years! and I don’t think I ever realized it could update. Here’s a quick guide to ensure the latest Amazon Kindle firmware is installed. Maybe I always expected the device...
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The Rules of Hidden City Ticketing in 2019 (Time Flies!)
Remember that company that got sued a few years ago? Hidden city ticketing is still alive and well, apparently. Hidden city ticketing is a practice where a passenger buys a connecting flight with no...
View ArticleMost People Don’t Know Google Trips Offers Discounts Inside the App.
It seems for a while now that Google Trips has offered travel discounts for, well, virtually doing nothing.1 This feature has been around since 2017, but it appears to be one of those things that no...
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T-Mobile Tuesdays Is Offering $10 Off the Next Lyft Ride
Our favorite carrier of choice for traveling, T-Mobile, is offering $10 off Lyft rides for all users. Like we needed any more reason to switch over? Free international data roaming and texting, one...
View ArticleHow Two People Traveling Together Can Save on Baggage
It pays to be a couple (or two people traveling together). No one is discriminating against single people, but there are certain perks people traveling together can employ on the road. One such...
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Star Alliance’s Flight Search Engine Just Became Usable
Finding flights is one thing, booking things are another, though one might think these things should naturally and intuitively go together. Star Alliance announced yesterday that they revamped their...
View ArticleBring a Backup Phone Battery for the Extreme Cold or Heat
If you want to capture those memories, check the weather not just for the clothes, but for the gear. More or less, it’s not uncommon for phones to shut down and work improperly below 32°F/0°C or above...
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The Beginner’s Guide to Drone Photography
There’s something that people who don’t have drones don’t know about them: They’re pretty much the coolest adult toy you’ll ever have. (And you probably won’t shut up about it for the next few months.)...
View ArticleThe Hotel Gym May Be The Best Source for Free Bottled Water
The hotel gym. You know, that place no one uses. Come on, it’s been a while since that’s been used. If anything, it’s more like hitting the restaurant marathon. But for staying hydrated, One Mile at a...
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How To Take Killer Food Photos In a Dark Restaurant
If you eat at a three-star Michelin star restaurant, and didn’t take pics, did it really happen? (The answer is yes, yes it did, and I’m sure the gut is there to prove it.) But that’s not the point....
View ArticleHow To Get Around Paying $15 for the Mobile Passport Plus App
It’s always good to enjoy a good thing while it lasts. Starting in late April, the Mobile Passport App—affectionately coined as the poor man’s Global Entry here—has begun offering a premium version...
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Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian To Offer Customer Service Through Messenger
Finally, a little bit of tech-forwardness. Twitter customer service is so dead. Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines sent out a press release this morning announcing that starting today, customers...
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The Most Effective Trick for Quickly Maximizing Carry-On Luggage
Onboard a plane, everyone gets two items: a carry-on bag and a personal item. Here’s how to get three bags for the road, without checking in anything extra. Simply nest the smallest bag (usually, the...
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How To Get Free Flight Cancellation for Flights Outside the U.S.
Most travelers know it is possible to cancel a flight for free within 24 hours inside the U.S., but most don’t know it is also possible to do for flights departing outside the U.S. Unbeknownst to most...
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The Simplest, Cheapest Methods for Showing Proof of Onward Travel
Much as I’d like to think I could freewheel it around in the UK, getting sent back to the country I just flew from doesn’t top my list of “having a good time.” Surprise—not surprise! There are...
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The MacBook Has Its Own (Travel) Adapter System
God save all the hipsters before you have to go out and buy a new power adapter for the laptop. Quite unsurprisingly, the MacBook has its own travel adapter system. If you’ve ever stared at the power...
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