Remembering my early days of business travel makes me cringe a bit. I overpacked like crazy, missed out on a ton of points, didn’t know my company policies, and wasted a lot of time at airport security. Little by little my trips got more efficient and went more smoothly, but it took a while! Hopefully…
A few months ago fellow Boarding Area blogger Gary Leff posted about an incident with Delta, Global Entry, and a woman traveling to the US from Paris. It caught my eye and I’ve had it saved as a personal reminder because this woman 100% could have been me. The passenger, a Global Entry member, was…
Amazon and Avis have teamed up to offer money back–rent from Avis, get Amazon gift cards. Simply link up your Amazon and Avis accounts, and you’ll get 10% of your rental fee back in Amazon gift cards within 48 hours of completing your rental. Sounds great, right? Actually, if you are already an Avis user,…
Prime Day started yesterday with a bunch of great deals, but also a bunch of site glitches. Those Amazon dogs are cute, but I wanted to shop! Luckily, today the site seems to be up and running without any issues. Fingers crossed that continues! Here are the Amazon Prime Day deals that I think are…
Prime Day starts today! There are already some fantastic deals, with more to come. Here is what I’ve seen and what I’m keeping my eye on. Note: Most of these deals are for a limited time only and are available only for Prime members. You can try Prime free for 30 days if you’re not…
During business trips your hotel becomes your home away from home, and it can play a pretty big role in whether or not your business trip feels successful or not. If you have a bad night’s sleep or something malfunctions it’s can be much harder to concentrate on your actual work. Some things, like an…
A few weeks ago I was flying to California and overheard a conversation between a passenger and a flight attendant. “Apparently people prefer to watch movies on their phones instead of the IFEs, so they’re taking them out of most of the planes.” Color me surprised. I actually prefer the IFEs, or in flight entertainment…
A friend of mine is going on a trip to Europe soon, and is worried about sleeping comfortably on the plane. Those of us who travel internationally in coach on a regular basis know that while “comfortably” may be a stretch, there are definitely ways to make sleeping upright a little better. One of his…
Back and forth, across the country, everywhere, all the time…. Y’all I swear I’ve been so busy I’m losing my mind. What a crazy few weeks! Many apologies for the tardy posts. Hoping now that some of my major travel is past I can get back to a regular writing schedule. Today I want to…
During a recent work trip with some colleagues we started debating what the most important item to take on a business trip. We ruled out obvious things like computers, phones, and suitcases, then made the requirements: It has to be something you use on every trip and something that any business traveler could use (rather…
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