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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 [...]
Best Practices for Carrying-On
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Whether its questions on Twitter, Facebook, or questions for our very own customer service reps, people seem to be consistently asking for tips and advice on carry-on luggage. I have blogged on this topic many times before, but now I will try to give you a “best practices” guide to hassle free carry-on use. Know [...]
Top Rated Laptop Bags
Monday, July 6th, 2009More and more people are working out of the office a lot. Whether this means sitting at the local coffee shop, in the park, or at home, most of these people are using laptops. Two problems come with having a “mobile office”. First, is organization because hauling along all those peripherals and office supplies can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Great Gifts for Father’s Day
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Father’s Day is coming up next month, on June 21. If you haven’t started looking for that perfect gift for dad, its about that time. Not to worry though, we are here to help you out. Below is a list of handpicked products perfect for every dad. Briggs & Riley @Work Rolling Computer Case 2520 [...]
Travel With Only a Backpack as Luggage
Friday, May 15th, 2009On various occasions, I have preached my “you don’t need to check luggage” mantra. I have now taken it a step further. You don’t need traditional wheeled luggage…period. To clarify, this only pertains to short(max 7 days) leisure trips to relatively warm climates. All you really need is an average sized backpack. You might be [...]
The Travel Bug… Literally
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009So maybe bed bug is more the exact term. Here is something I never really thought about before I read this column from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It also gave me pause for thought at the Travel Channel’s new tag line. Here is the basic run-down of the article- Bed bugs do, in fact, exist [...]
Check us Out on Twitter
Monday, May 11th, 2009It’s no secret that Twitter is the hottest social network at the moment. The microblog service is my favorite social network so far in this new world of social media. The short and to-the-point messages offer more flexibility than most people realize. Luggage Pros has been tweeting, trying to help those with luggage questions. Can’t [...]
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