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Feeding your Internet addiction on the go

I like the Internet. A lot. Even if I don’t travel with a laptop, many of the devices we use now rely on wifi to get information so having the Internet has become more and more important. Here are some ways to find access while away from home.

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5 Tips for Meeting Fellow Travelers

As travelers we all choose to travel for a number of different reasons: personal growth, general wanderlust or a desire to learn more about the world. We often travel for a deeply personal reason, one that many of our close friends and family members don’t quite understand. Sometimes though, we travel for much simpler reasons that most people can relate to: the goal of seeing new places, experiencing new and exciting things, and meeting new people.

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Thailand, Travel Neuroses & Tiny, Stupid Screwdrivers

Travel Neuroses

I leave for Thailand in 48 hours.

Believe it or not, this isn’t something I’ve thought very hard about. I had to look up my ticket receipt to see what time my flight was leaving. It’s been the event that all of my recent plans have revolved around while at the same time occupying little to no space at the forefront of my mind.

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Flying First: Does Age Matter?

It’s the age old question: does age matter? Okay, well, maybe it’s not the question everyone is asking but it is one that many travelers are wondering about.

Summer travel is still in full swing and it’s not expected to lull for another few weeks and this year, it seems toddlers are traveling in abundance. Flights to either Orange County/Los Angeles and Orlando are usually jam packed with kids on their way to the mouse’s house, but this year they’re going everywhere, including first class.

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The Flight Attendant Lifestyle

Whether you’re looking in the newspaper, watching your local news, or picking up a magazine it seems everywhere you look nowadays you’re finding something related to a flight attendant.

The media only started reporting about flight attendants and the various issues we face after Mr. Slater opened the door to realization that our jobs aren’t always easy. But whose job is easy all of the time? The usual push-back from the public has been “if you’re not happy in your job.. then quit.”

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How I plan trips with kids

I’m a travel freak who happens to think the kids should come along most of the time. I’m also obsessed with the details and believe that planning is half the fun.

Here’s how I do it.

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Congratulations to the Winning Flightsters


It’s travel tuesday again and I figured it would be the perfect time to congratulate our winning Flightsters.
First, let me start by thanking all of you who participated in the contest. For those of you who didn’t win, don’t despair. When the booking engine launches in a few months there will be plenty more opportunity for cool prizes, travel perks, and more. It’s been an amazing opportunity for me to get to know many of you and I hope you’ll stick around and stay engaged with us. I will write up a post with a behind the scenes look at the contest in a week or two. If you do have questions, comments, feedback, or more, please leave a comment on this post and I’ll answer it in the the “behind the scenes” post.

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14 Books for the Armchair Traveler

“Worldwide travel is not compulsory. Great minds have been fostered entirely by staying close to home. Moses never got further than the Promised Land. Da Vinci and Beethoven never left Europe. Shakespeare hardly went anywhere at all-certainly not to Elsinore or the coast of Bohemia.”

–Jan Morris

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Becoming a Minimalist Travel Master: The Basics

I want to take a little time to discuss something that I haven’t talked about here but that I rant about endlessly on my blog: Minimalism.

It’s important to understand Minimalism, because if you do and are able to apply the basic tenets to how you travel, you’ll have a much more pleasant experience, save a bunch of money, walk away with better stories and be able to beat a grizzly bear in hand-to-hand combat (note: one of these claims may not be entirely accurate).

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Seattle: Bipolar City of America

Whatever you may be for in a city, it’s in Seattle. If you can find it.

Ask any Seattelite what type of city they live in and chances are the answer isn’t ‘a big one.’ Seattle actually ranks 23 as a city by population in the US. It’s about half the size of San Francisco with less than half the amount of people per square mile. There are few cities in the US that feel so like small towns with high-rise buildings bursting out their center.

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