Airports
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011The U.S. Travel Association has recently unveiled a plan that would improve the security process at airports and reduce the burden on travelers. According to the U.S. Travel Association, travelers are avoiding anywhere from 2 to 3 trips a year because of the hassles associated with the screening process. These avoided trips cost the U.S. [...]
Holiday Travel Tip #1 – Make your luggage easier to find.
Monday, November 16th, 2009The holiday travel season is swiftly approaching once again. Many people would say that this is one of the most stressful times of year to take a vacation. So if you’re taking to the skies this season, make it easy on yourself and follow our travel tips that we’ll be blogging about over the next [...]
Rolling Luggage the Dance Show?
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009It seems that these days they will make a musical and/or dance show about anything. This is also the case at San Diego International Airport, where Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater put on a performance today. The show was appropriately called Rolling Luggage and depicted dance moves skillfully choreographed with pieces of luggage. The [...]
Viral Protest of Baggage Handlers Breaking Guitars
Friday, July 10th, 2009I recently stumbled on a funny video on YouTube. A musician, Dave Carroll, had created a music video for his song “United Breaks Guitars” – the title is pretty self explanatory. He had been Passing through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport where United Airlines baggage handlers were seen carelessly tossing baggage, including Dave Carroll’s Taylor guitar. [...]
An Out of This World Travel Experience
Monday, June 22nd, 2009For thousands of years man has been captivated by space. In the past hundred years there have been a select few people who have been able to experience the large expanse of space. 99.99% of the population knows that the closest the will get to space are sci-fi movies and telescope and satellite photographs. Soon [...]
A New Kind of Airport
Friday, June 19th, 2009In case you didn’t know, most of our national airports are owned by the government, and most of the employees there work either for the government or for the airlines. This practice of staffing the counters and gates at hundreds or airports costs the airlines a lot of money. A new airport, recently opened in [...]
How to Get Through Airport Security Faster
Monday, June 15th, 2009In the post 9/11 era, we have gotten used to new security measures and longer wait times at checkpoints. Here are some tips to help you get through the security checkpoints as fast as possible. Pack smart – try to make it so that your luggage does not get searched by separating all your bulky [...]
Brand new X-ray Machines Making Their Way to New York Airports
Friday, June 5th, 2009New York’s LaGuardia airport just started using the newest X-ray machine for luggage screening. At $100,000 a piece, they are the most technologically advanced machines on the market. The process doesn’t take any more or less time than what we travelers are used to but it gives TSA screeners a much better look at the [...]
Rimowa Luggage – Can Protect you From Grizzly Bear
Friday, March 27th, 2009Rimowa Luggage is some of the sturdiest and best designed in the industry, and the manufacturer has taken a very unique approach in letting people know this. You might have seen the ad, with a Rimowa Salsa suitcase, with shark bite indentations on it next to a shark jaw with broken teeth. Now they have [...]
What’s New at Our Nation’s Airports
Friday, March 13th, 2009Airport security has been a major topic of discussion ever since 9/11. Today, some people have grown tired of the inconveniences and delays due to the increased security measures. Others, are amazed at the still present security loopholes. Here are a few recent happenings at some of the nation’s busiest airports. Like in Tulsa, as [...]
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