Category Archives: Travel Articles

Secret Button On Airplane Seats, Lindsay Lohan Bit By Snake in Thailand, Family Trip to South Sea Island, Fiji, Bowling Ball Left At Airport Security- The Rehash!

rehashHappy New Year to all!

The Michael W Travels family had an awesome and exhausting end to 2017.

What should’ve been a quick, 3.5 hour direct flight home from Austin, Texas became a very profitable, long day thanks to a voluntary bump! I’m hoping to have a post ready soon with all of the details. Continue reading Secret Button On Airplane Seats, Lindsay Lohan Bit By Snake in Thailand, Family Trip to South Sea Island, Fiji, Bowling Ball Left At Airport Security- The Rehash!

TSA Instagram: Bowling Ball Forgotten At Airport Security Checkpoint!

a bowling ball with yellow and green paint
image: Instagram @TSA

Instagram is a fun way to share photos. I started using the site around two years back. I randomly was given 10,000 Club Carlson points for one photo that I had posted!

One of the most creative accounts is from @paperboyo. He creates really amazing photos using unique paper cut-outs. Continue reading TSA Instagram: Bowling Ball Forgotten At Airport Security Checkpoint!

Do You Know About The Secret Button On Your Airplane Seat?

airplane seatMany of you might prefer to fly in premium cabins to get a bigger airplane seat but the reality is that most of us do fly in coach.

Flying in coach might not be the most comfortable way to travel and space can be pretty tight but there’s a way that some of you can gain a little more room by using a secret button. Continue reading Do You Know About The Secret Button On Your Airplane Seat?

Chrissy Teigen Is Mad, What’s The Purpose Of Airport Beedoop Machine

Chrissy Teigen
image: twitter

Former model Chrissy Teigen, the other half of singer John Legend is mad and it’s all due to a flight she was recently on.

Teigen doesn’t understand what the purpose of the beedoop machine is! No, I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of the beedoop machine at the airport before but she said via Twitter that, “the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere“. Continue reading Chrissy Teigen Is Mad, What’s The Purpose Of Airport Beedoop Machine

Why Airports Have Carpet, Hotel Charges $350 For Negative Reviews, Bourdain Market Will NOT Open in NYC, Boeing 747 Party Plane & More- The Rehash!

rehashI hope that all of you who celebrate had a nice Christmas holiday.

Yesterday, the Michael W Travels family flew to our last trip destination of 2017. While I hoped to leave the country, I couldn’t find any good deals. Instead, we’re visiting a city/ area I’ve long wanted to check out- Austin, Texas. We’ll also be doing some day trips to areas not too far away. Continue reading Why Airports Have Carpet, Hotel Charges $350 For Negative Reviews, Bourdain Market Will NOT Open in NYC, Boeing 747 Party Plane & More- The Rehash!

Did You Hear About The Boeing 747 Party Plane?

Boeing 747
image: wikicommons

While the primary purpose of a plane is to get us from point A to point B, many retired planes are used for other things.

In Costa Rica there’s a restaurant called El Avion built around a C-123 Fairchild cargo plane. In Oregon, a man turned a retired Boeing 727-200 into a home. You can also eat your Big Mac inside a McDonald’s plane! Continue reading Did You Hear About The Boeing 747 Party Plane?

Ethics Commish- Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Got Unethical Trip Perks

Justin Trudeau
image: wikicommons

In January 2017 I wrote a post wondering if Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took an unethical trip.

Trudeau received travel benefits during a trip to the Bahamas which included a private helicopter ride from billionaire Aga Khan. Continue reading Ethics Commish- Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Got Unethical Trip Perks

JetBlue Giving Away 195 Flights, Worst Airplane Food, $350,000 Taken From CDG Airport, George Clooney Gives Out Headphones On Flight, 200+ Get Stomach Virus During Cruise & More- The Rehash!

rehashIn one week we’ll be heading off on our last trip of 2017. All we have left to do is to figure out our rental car and boy are they pricey.

For those of you celebrating- Happy Hanukkah and for those of you celebrating Christmas, I hope that you got some great deals on your gifts and that you are pretty much finished with your shopping. Continue reading JetBlue Giving Away 195 Flights, Worst Airplane Food, $350,000 Taken From CDG Airport, George Clooney Gives Out Headphones On Flight, 200+ Get Stomach Virus During Cruise & More- The Rehash!