Tag Archives: travel
Overweight Airlines Passengers May Feel the Pinch – in Ticket Prices
According to the Star Tribute, “Super-size passengers beware: Airlines have you in their sights”, if you are overweight, your next airline ticket might be twice the price of a skinny person. Soaring fuel costs are helping send airlines into bankruptcy. But there’s another little-known reason for airlines’ financial problems: soaring sizes of passengers. Overweight passengers […]
Home Schooling on the Road
Traveling on the road with your children, especially if you decide to go full-time, presents some challenges for traveling with school age children. Resourcefull Lacrosse’s article on “Home Schooling in Your Motorhome” tackles this issue. Your one room school house on wheels. One of major concerns of parents who decide to home school their children […]
What You Need to Know About Bird Flu
Travelers heading overseas to China and other areas in Asia need to know about Bird Flu and how to avoid contagions and infections. Unfortunately, Bird Flu can be spread, along with other pandemic viruses, and there is a major movement to inform everyone about the potential for danger as well as how to protect yourself, […]
Unusual Gadgets for the Eccentric Traveler
Okay, I admit it, I’m a gadget freak. I love a good gadget, especially for travel. I’ve found two unusual gadgets that might be of interest to the eccentric traveler. BrightFeet lighted slippers are slippers from Europe with LED lights built into the sole pointing from the toes with a 25 foot illumination range and […]
Wireless Power by Splashpower – No more recharger cables!
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of all the wires, cables, batteries, and all things electronic that have to go with us when we take our camera on the road. VERY tired. Now comes word that Splash Power Wants to Cut the Charger Cord. You can use them while jogging, take […]
RV parts, manuals, surplus and salvage locations
If you are looking to find trailer, motor home, or even mobile home parts, pieces, and manuals for RV refridgerators, hot water heaters, stoves, ovens, sinks, water tanks, showers, toilets, heaters, air conditioners, electrical systems, generators, and all other parts that make an RV a portable home, instead of buying new, try surplus and salvage […]
From My Kitchen Tabletop to Your Computer Laptop
In a fascinating article on SCORE, veteran catalog guru, Lillian Vernon, shares her insights about the move From My Kitchen Tabletop to Your Computer Laptop, covering the history of the Lillian Vernon Corporation and catalog from a small kitchen business to a worldwide company with millions of dollars in sales online every year. When I […]
Clearfix CSS Hack: Solving Stair Stepping Images
While I deal with this and other design issues I had with my site in the article WordPress Tips and Tricks – Template Files, Styles, and Themes, the issue keeps coming up. So I decided we needed to address it specifically. What to do when images start shoving other images round? Generally, we try to […]
Know Before You Go: Guides and Information for Frequent Flyers
The Frequent Flyer program began in 1981 when airlines started giving “rewards” to passengers who flew the most. The miles would accumlate like a score card and when a certain amount would be earned, the passenger would be rewarded with a free ticket. Over time, this grew into a major incentive program hosted not only […]
Know Before You Go: Airline Seat Maps
When you are traveling on a bus or train, sometimes you get to pick your seat, but not always. It’s often first come, first serve. But on an airplane, you are assigned a seat and expected to stay there. Did you know that you can request a seat in advance, if you have a preference, […]
Know Before You Go: House Sitters and House Traders
You want a long vacation, but leaving your home seems like more work than taking the vacation. Having a home means taking care of the garden and lawn, feeding pets, checking the mail, paying the bills, hoping the roof won’t leak, and worrying about storm damage and water leaks. Or is security a big concern, […]
Know Before You Go: Travel Rumors
Even before September 11, hoaxes, rumors, and gossip about travel and world threats to travel flew faster than most airplanes. These tend to spread fear and even more rumors and gossip. Add to the rumors the growing instability of many US airlines, the threats of airline strikes, bankruptcy, or even suddenly closing their doors, and […]