I know I have talked about this a lot (including during my pet peeves rant recently) but I’ve seen it happen so often lately that I want to give it its own post. Yes, we are all stressed about finding room for our suitcases. But by purposefully putting your bag far away from your seat,…
Travel Etiquette
My top 3 travel pet peeves
It’s so close to the weekend, but not close enough. I feel a little “rant-y”, so I thought I’d talk about travel pet peeves. I know I have more than three, but these are the ones that are bugging me today. 1) People who hold up the security line. And I don’t mean old people…
What was important in Junes past?
Hard to believe it, but Road Warriorette has been on the interwebz for four years now! June 2012 I learned how to travel (a lot!) while in my second trimester. Gave my recommendations for how to build a summer business travel wardrobe. Travel office supplies became a hot topic. Cynthia Good of Little PINK Book…
Travel Etiquette Tip: Don’t overshare. Please, please. Don’t overshare.
So I’m sitting in the Admiral’s Club in Tokyo, trying to figure out what to write for my blog post today. I don’t have a lot of time, so I’ve been scanning my topic ideas, while kind of listening to the conversation next to me. (Do you ever do that? Listen to the conversation of…
Handling noisy hotel neighbors
In the past, whenever I’ve done “Was this rude?” type of posts, it’s never been about me. It’s always been situations that I’ve witnessed happening to other people. Well, this time something questionable happened to me, and I want to get your take on it. A couple of months ago, the Home Warrior, Mini Warrior,…
Adventures on the Skylink
Today has been one of those travel days with minor bumps all day. First TSA made me wait to send my suitcase through the x-ray machine for almost ten minutes. Then my flight wasn’t able to get into our gate at DFW because the plane using the gate before us had a medical emergency and…
Etiquette tip: Empty middle seat
How often is the middle seat open? Probably not that often these days, right? But it does sometimes happen, and man is it great! However, sometimes sharing the middle seat can be a little tricky. On a recent flight, the middle seat was empty, and as we took off I thought: Hallelujah! Until the lady…
Suggestion for the final boarding group
How many of you have sat on a plane while the final group boards and easily finds places for all of their carryons? Now, how many of you have sat on a plane, waiting to depart, as flight attendants frantically gate check bag after bag? Frequent fliers know the second scenario is way more likely,…
Standing on airplane seats: is it rude?
Time for another edition of, “Is This Rude?” Over the past several months, I have noticed something happening more and more often. People are boarding planes, trying to shove their rollaboards into the overhead bins, and they just won’t fit. So they climb up onto the seat to push it in. Then they get down…
What was important in Aprils past?
April 2012: Although I hope you never have to travel while injured, here are some tips for making it easier. And yes, these are from my own experience. I spent a lot of time prepping for my two week conference, with strategies for packing and being out of the office that long. For some, eating…
