My 13+ Hour Flight Delay…

I'll have the full details tomorrow, but ouch. My flight was originally scheduled for 12:20AM, and is now scheduled to depart at 1:30PM.

Not sure what's worse:

-- A delay that long

-- That they didn't even spell the name of the destination city correctly

-- Being called a "pussy" and being told to "go f*ck myself" after trying to break up a pissing match between two guys in line who wanted to demonstrate their masculinity by out-cussing one another over what ultimately amounted to nothing

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Naturally Occurring Hexagonal Basalt Columns at Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

from Everything Everywhere Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/2014/10/06/naturally-occurring-hexagonal-basalt-columns-giants-causeway-northern-ireland/

Equipment Outage Snarls Air Traffic In Chicago

No air traffic moved into or out of O'Hare and Midway airports for about an hour.



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In Transit Blog: A Cavalcade of Cocktails in London

London Cocktail Week has become a bustling festival, with a number of venues offering special drinks.

















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Do Hotels Have A Duty To Communicate Tragedies?

I get a lot of interesting questions on the "Ask Lucky" page of the blog. Many of them I don't have an answer to, unfortunately, and I'm fine saying "sorry, I don't know." Once in a while I get a question where I'm just truly stumped, though.

A reader just asked me the following question, which falls in that category:

"Lucky, my wife and I are three months into a year-long trip around the world. We’ve mixed up our stays between hotels and homestays via AirBnB. As someone that is also living on the road, I want your opinion on a recent tragic event witnessed at a hotel in Vietnam.

A small child drowned in a hotel pool. We watched as a guest and a hotel staff member attempted to resuscitate the child. An ambulance arrived after several minutes and took the child for further care at a local hospital. Needless to say, my wife and I were completely shocked and traumatized. The imagery from this event not only clouded the rest of our stay, but will remain with us for a long time."

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When Hotel Check-in is “A Time for Choosing”

I’m more than a little bit tired today, but that’s not important right not. I failed to take my own advice, and wound up making a poor choice last night. Here’s a travel conundrum: You arrive at a hotel at 1 a.m. You have to be up at 6 — although it would be better […]

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I Just Convinced My Brother To Fly 10 Hours in Coach

We’ve got over 5,000,000 points and miles in our combined accounts, yet I convinced my brother that the best thing to do was to pay for a ticket and fly coach. Now the back-story. My brother owns a small business and is headed to Australia for a business convention. His balance of flexible points with […]



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12 dates Russians go on

Safety is usually compromised anytime you’re lucky enough to date someone with a car.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/nights/12-dates-russians-go/

Would You Eat A Salad From A Vending Machine?

I've been living in hotels full time for almost six months now and the way I see it there are two major downsides to it (while almost everything else is awesome):

-- Laundry. You don't appreciate how awesome having your own washer and dryer is until one of your biggest chores becomes figuring out how to do laundry.

-- Fresh food. I never thought I'd have cravings for yogurt or fresh fruit, but these things things are in short supply when living in hotels.

Anyway, I recently stayed at the Marriott O'Hare for FTU Advanced, and Magic of Miles pointed out to me an awesome feature of this hotel (which she has written about bef0re) -- the hotel has a healthy vending machine.

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Meet the surfer inspiring Baja kids

La Maestra (The Teacher) is a surf documentary about a young Mexican woman who changes her community's beliefs about what girls and women can achieve.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/tv/meet-teacher-surfer-inspiring-kids-mexico/

Randy Petersen Calls Me Out: Should American Make a Revenue-Based Frequent Flyer Program Their IT Priority?

They say you should never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Nevertheless last month I called out Randy Petersen‘s September editorial in Inside Flyer for suggesting that American get ready for a revenue-based program right away… contra the statements made by the airline’s CEO that the focus now is on […]

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In Umbria, an Italian Olive Oil Worth the Accolades

Umbrian oil makes up only about 2 percent of Italy’s olive oil production but wins a far larger proportion of awards.

















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In Transit Blog: Walkabout: A Bird’s Eye View atop the Eiffel Tower; In-flight Food, Grounded

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

















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5 Basics for Finding Cheap Airfare

If there is one question I get asked most frequently it’s “how do you find those cheap airfares?” Actually the question is more like this: “We need four tickets to Florida for spring break, can you get us some of those cheap fares you’re always finding?” I wish it was that simple. You’ve all read […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/10/5-basics-for-finding-cheap-airfares.html

Here’s what you really need to know about Ebola (in 4 minutes)

This video provides some quick insight, and shares ways we can help combat the virus from afar.



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/life/heres-really-need-know-ebola-4-minutes/