Travel, Cruise

Since we’re now living in the age where having extra baggage can cost you a pretty penny, we’ve decided to revisit an old site called One Bag which offers tips on how to pack light. The site is extremely in-depth–we didn’t know you could write so much about one bag!–and there’s a lot of text. […]

This week I had the great pleasure of hooking up with Mary Jo Manzanares of Fly Away Cafe and Beth Whitman of Lipstick and Wanderlust. We’re all in the Seattle nearby, we all blog about travel, and we all like snacks at the best table in the house during happy hour. Over a plate of […]

One of the great things about Google’s pantheon of services is that you can access them from any computer, anytime, anywhere. But Google Earth has always been an exception to the rule–until now.
The search company has just announced that 3D, pan-planet maps will be coming to a browser near you via a Java plug-in. (For […]

When I travel if I end up making new friends in a new city, then I know I will return. It’s the friendly factor. Of course, I always appreciate the helpful staff at the restaurants or hotels, but sometimes it is the simple things: polite drivers and pedestrian friendly streets; family friendly parks; and strangers […]

Here we list, airline by airline, fees for ticket changes (non refundable fares); booking fares in person or by phone, kids flying solo, bringing a pet into the cabin, and booking fares other than online. As you can see, Southwest has the lowest and fewest fees, followed by other low cost carriers such as Airtran […]

Here we list, airline by airline, fees for checked bags on major US airlines. These fees are for domestic economy class travel (which in some cases includes Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Canada) only and may be higher on international flights. 
There are all kinds of exceptions to these fees, especially for certain classes […]

The legendary Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel in Carson City, Nevada is offering customers a $15 “baggage rebate” in response to American Airlines’ new fees. A press release posted on the brothel’s website says:

The BunnyRanch will reimburse any customer $15 for their first bag at the brothel (upon receipt of baggage claim stub, we will credit your […]

We love that scene in “The Great Outdoors” when John Candy takes the kids to the dump to watch the bears feed off garbage. Things start getting a little out hand after the bears mount the hood of their car, remember? Funny, sure, but it’s not necessarily the way we’d go about bear watching. Luckily […]

Finally, a real summer sale to Europe!
All last winter, United and Lufthansa conspired to be the low price leaders to Europe by offering some amazing deals, but so far this season they have been acting like meek wallflowers, waiting on the sidelines and ceding the low ground to others. Now the two primary Star Alliance […]

We’ve been known to bring along our own pillows and blankets when taking a flight, but for some reason we can’t imagine ourselves using a NiceFlights airplane seat cover.
But maybe we should get over how uncool it would look to carry and unwrap one of these things. After all, the seat cover does sound promising […]