Travel, Cruise

I was given a mission to try several dozen New York City macaroni & cheese contenders. I made it to the top 24, and after a brief porn tease, ranked the top 20 mac & cheeses in town. It would be unfair to leave all those other places unmentioned though, even if I couldn’t get […]

Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik. Did I mention Dubrovnik? You don’t need to go anywhere else in Croatia, just go straight to Dubrovnik.
Again, I walked across the border where I managed to find a taxi. On the road to Dubrovnik, we saw a broken-down rental car, so we stopped. The man, who was Scottish, said the car […]

What’s a code share then? Put in simple terms, it’s when one airline buys a bunch of seats on another airline at a contract price, and then sells them for whatever they can get. For example,  Delta flies nonstop from New York JFK to Pisa, Italy, and Alitalia, which doesn’t fly that route nonstop, wants […]

Further to my entry on the new Qantas lounges at Sydney and Melbourne, I recently also got to use the new Bangkok lounge. This took a long time to open following the move from Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi airport, and with the high standards set elsewhere a nice lounge was expected.
The new lounge is […]

The Flight Wisdom entry on accuracy of airport scales (following a recent Consumerist article) reminded me that often I notice at check in that the scales register a kilo or two (or a few pounds) before I even put some bags on. Sometimes you’re lucky enough that is showing a negative figure when empty.
If […]

Through the windows of Ottawa’s Parliament building, senators are likely to see something that you wouldn’t expect on Parliament Hill: a Cobra; a Cat; and a Downward Facing Dog.
If you’re a follower of the ancient tradition of yoga, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Keep in mind, I am no yoga expert, but you […]

One of the happy repercussions of the fare wars raging over London these days like a new blitzkrieg is that fares to other cities in England’s green and pleasant land have to stoop to their level.
For late fall and early winter travel, Continental has lowered prices on their non-stop routes from Newark by almost $100 […]

As we described below, Air Canada is currently the price leader for trans-Atlantic travel to London and the airline is now assuming the same position across the Pacific to Shanghai and Beijing.
Prices start at $866 with taxes from the West Coast and Denver, and $45-65 more from most other major U.S. airports, including Atlanta, Boston, […]

Last week, Sweet Husband and I took our Welsh Terrier, Moe, to Lake Tahoe on vacation. The experience led me to several thoughts–both practically and philosophically–about traveling with pets.
Practically speaking, the first thing many people have asked me about was the cost. All told, it was roughly $300, which included his […]

The 2 1/2 day trip around the world went fine, but I was again reminded why I dislike London Heathrow airport.
A tip for those whose connections on international flights requires a change of terminals and who can go through immigration (either have a visa for UK or don’t need one) - sometimes it is much […]