Each year I look forward to seeing which destinations make the New York Times list for Places To Go. (You can read a post about the 2015 NY Times list here.)
There are also quite a few other list related to places to go from Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Lonely Planet as well as many other travel sites and publications.
I recently came across a list of most popular international destinations for 2016 from AAA Travel. Continue reading AAA’s Most Popular Destinations for International Travel 2016
The biggest beer celebration in the world, Munich’s Oktoberfest recently came to an end. I wasn’t so surprised to read an article from Yahoo related to the event. Yahoo wrote that Oktoberfest attendance falls amid German border controls.
According to the article, 400,000 less visitors came to the event than during the previous year. This accounted for 400,000 less steins of beer being sold. Wow, talk about a big decrease. I wonder how this affects the economy of the city and jobs related to the event?
When Kim, Lucas and I went to Oktoberfest in 2013, we had an amazing time and would love to go again. Continue reading Oktoberfest Attendance Falls, Should You Attend?
I haven’t flown Southwest Airlines in close to 10 months but one of the main reasons I love the airline is due to their friendly customer service as well as free checked bags policy.
Good customer service goes a long way in leaving a good impression. They even used to give out a really cool perk to kids. (I’m not sure if they still do these days.)
I came across a tweet from the CEO and President of Southwest, Gary Kelly yesterday which made me laugh… Continue reading Southwest Now Offering Hamster-Sitting Service
Imagine a five bedroom suite in Manhattan taking up two whole floors of a building coming to a staggering 12,000 square feet.
No this isn’t some over-sized penthouse that we might see featured on Bravo’s Billion Million Dollar Listing. It’s just the most expensive hotel room in the world. Continue reading World’s Most Expensive Hotel Room, $75,000 Per Night
In the middle of September I wrote about how NY driver’s licenses + 3 other states won’t be valid for domestic flights in the future. Who knows if this will really happen…
This led me to look into what else is considered a valid form of ID. We could always bring a passport along but I prefer to leave mine at home unless I’m leaving the country.
Since I live in New York, I’d probably use my Global Entry ID card or get a passport card eventually.
While reading into valid forms of identification, something really interesting caught my eye. Continue reading Forgot Your ID? You Can Still Fly
Coach seats have been getting tighter and tighter over the years making it increasingly more uncomfortable during flights.
The wide majority of our flights are in coach and I have to say that the loss of space hasn’t been nearly as big of a deal as those awful slimline seats many planes now use.
Considering that we usually fly as a family of three (and one of us is a toddler), we have a little bit of extra room for our things, although it really isn’t much! The one thing that we don’t worry much about at the moment, is who sits in the middle seat. Currently, Lucas takes the window, I take the aisle and Kim gets to sit between two very good-looking guys when sitting in the middle seat! See, the middle seat does have its advantages in some instances! 🙂 Continue reading Can This Solve The Middle Seat Problem?
Can a sports stadium be dangerous to pilots trying to land their planes?
This might just be the case for planes trying to land at San Jose Mineta Airport thanks to the new San Francisco 49ers stadium- Levi’s Stadium (now in use for its second season).
What might cause a sports stadium to interfere with a plane? Continue reading San Francisco 49ers Stadium, A Danger To Pilots?
There are many great museums around the world. However, naming the best ones can definitely be subjective. I think if we were all asked to name our favorite museum, it’s safe to say that we’d get tons of different answers.
I highly doubt that some of my favorite museums would make any best-of lists.
One of my favorites, the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, features medical oddities. Another favorite would be The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. I’ve also enjoyed various food museums and some art museums although I wouldn’t consider myself a big art fan. Continue reading Top 25 Museums in the World
Earlier this year we learned about a man that has flown the Concorde over 700 times.
While I did get to sit in the cockpit of the supersonic plane as a little kid and also visited the Barbados Concorde Experience a few years back, I never had a chance (not many did) to take a flight on the supersonic plane.
The Concorde has been out of service since 2003 but there is a chance that it might take flight again in less than 5 years. Continue reading Will the Concorde Fly Again?
We recently found out that New York Driver’s Licenses (+ 3 Other States) won’t be valid for domestic flights next year due to the Real ID Act.
(The post mentions Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire & New York as the states in which licenses will not be accepted next year. Some readers pointed out that Arizona and Idaho will also not be valid in the future).
This news might be causing some of us to worry although we don’t know for sure if the rule will even be enforced next year. Continue reading What Counts As Valid Form of ID For Domestic Flights
