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Monthly Archives for December 2017.

Read more next year! Also: the top five posts of 2017.

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What a year! Over the past 12 months I’ve traveled around the same amount as the previous 12 but gone to a few new places, learned some new skills, and had one awesome vacation. I’m excited to see what 2018 has in store! I’ll be writing about my travel-related resolutions later this week, but one…

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Using your vacation days with “bleisure” travel

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I read an article recently that said Americans don’t use 30% or more of their vacation days, and in 2016 that number was as high as 50%! While I definitely struggle some years to use all of my days, there is no way I would only use half. It’s a little late for this year,…

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2017 Business Traveler Gift Guide

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You know those people who have all of their holiday gifts purchased by Nov. 30? I respect and somewhat envy them, but I am not those people. So what do you do when you have plenty of folks to shop for and not a lot of time? Amazon Prime, of course! And if your special…

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Searching for a leather backpack with trolley strap

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Does the elusive leather backpack with trolley strap that looks professional really exist? Reader M asks… I have been searching extensively for a leather laptop backpack with a trolley sleeve.  I need the item to look professional as I wish to use it in court.  There are many leather laptop bags with concealable backpack straps…

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Don’t name your wifi network after a bomb when traveling. Just a suggestion.

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I read an interesting story yesterday, with one of those “well, duh!” morals. According to Fox News a flight made an emergency diversion last week when crew discovered a mobile wifi network called “Bomb on board.” The Turkish Airways flight from Nairobi to Instanbul made an emergency landing in Khartoum, Sudan, and the 100 passengers…

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