Americans Carve Their Initials Into the Collosseum, Another Airline Follow’s Spirit’s Path, and More Stories You Have to Read to Believe..

News and notes from around the interweb: What an Uber Driver Needs to Do to Maintain Good Ratings The tourists arrested for taking naked photos inside Cambodian temples have apparently inspired two California women who scratched their initials into the Colosseum in Rome. 5 Travel Rewards Cards You Don’t Want to Have (my piece for […]

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Who is the experiential traveler and what do they care about?

Experiential travelers — also known as geotravelers, apparently — are those with a desire to escape outdoors without the pressure of an ...



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13 signs you're Romanian

"4. Count Dracula is not a vampire to you, he’s a national hero."



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Park Hyatt Dubai Vs. Grand Hyatt Dubai — Which Is Better?

I get asked a lot about hotels in the UAE, in particular in Dubai. Out of habit I've often stayed at the Park Hyatt Dubai, which I like for a few reasons:

-- It's really close to the airport, so is great for a quick overnight

-- It's a bit removed from the city, so really feels more like a secluded resort than a city hotel

-- As is the case with most Park Hyatts, service is a bit more personalized and intimate than at a mega hotel

I recently stayed at the Grand Hyatt Dubai for the first time, and figured I'd write a brief comparison between the two properties, prior to writing my full review. The funny thing is that I get reader feedback all the time from people that both love and hate both properties, so I figured it would help to kind of set expectations properly.

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Airline accident rate is lowest ever, report says

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/travel/iata-airline-satellite-tracking/index.html

8 Common Travel Myths That are WRONG (and Why I’m Giving Hands on Help Now)

Years ago, the website Earth Porm reposted my article “The Ultimate Guide to Traveling When You’re Broke,” and in January, social media maven and actor George Takei shared the post with his eight million Facebook fans (as a huge Star Trek geek and Sci-Fi nerd, I did jump up and down a bit with joy). As I went through the comments on George’s Facebook post, I was shocked and saddened by the mean, and dismissive comments as well as by […]

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Signs you drink at the Jersey Shore

"15. You’ve fallen asleep on the beach with a little buzz and woken up with sunburn on half of your body."



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Building a bridge between revenue management and marketing in hotels

Hotel distribution is more complex today than ever and there are so many companies between the hotel product and the guest. Along ...



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Solar-powered plane sets off on first round-the-world flight

Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi on Monday on the first leg of its quest to be the first plane to fly around the world fueled only by the sun's rays.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/middleeast/solar-impulse-flight/index.html

Inside the world's 'smartest cruise ship'

Robots serve you drinks, you can skydive on deck and a mechanical arm hoists you 300 feet into the air to view the ship.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/sailing/quantum-of-seas-smartest-cruise-ship/index.html

What Revenue-Based Elite Status is For, and Why United is Doing it Wrong

Airlines Try to Balance the Number of Elite Flyers With Airline Capacity Back in November I explained how frequent flyer programs manage their elite levels. “Too many elites” is a problem when a program can’t deliver benefits. On the other hand, when elite ranks shrink (usually during bad economic times although also when an airline […]

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Habits I lost after my US road trip

Traveling 8,430 miles around the country without a car? Totally possible.



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Review: American Airlines First Class A321 New York To Los Angeles

American has been flying their new Airbus A321s between New York and Los Angeles since last January, and suffice to say it's a really nice product. American previously operated 767-200s on the route. While widebodies are nice, the planes were old and the hard product was outdated.

It's interesting that American went for a premium configuration, which includes 10 first class seats, all of which have direct aisle access. This came at the same time that United was eliminating first class from their transcon routes, making American the only carrier to offer three cabin service between New York and Los Angeles.

I reviewed American's A321 first class shortly after it commenced service on the route last year, so was curious to see how the product was holding up.

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U.S. tourists arrested for behaving badly at Rome's Coliseum

The Californian women reportedly snapped a selfie of themselves with their graffiti before they were arrested.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/travel/tourists-arrested-rome-colosseum/index.html

Flight attendant's secret language

Flight attendants have their own lingo. "Pink eye" doesn't mean what you think it means.



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