It’s one of those old wives’ tales of the airline industry: on Tuesday nights, airlines release their lower fares and tickets! Book on Wednesday mornings! I never really bought into it, partly because I just didn’t see how it was possible. But last night, we learned this theory was utterly not true. (I only use [...]
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December 9, 2009
Now Boarding: Deals to Paradise
My California friends like to give me grief about moving back East, particularly now that it’s cold, gray and threatening to rain ice so much that Virginia schools closed today for… an otherwise sunny day. ? Nice excuse by the superintendent who probably got some super saver flight to the Caribbean departing today. However, I [...]
November 19, 2009
My Travel Hats on brief hiatus!
Apologies Travel Hats fans! I have many valid excuses for my brief hiatus this week. Please stay tuned until next week to hear about some adventures in partial cross-country travel as Jon and I embark on a roadtrip to Chicago for Thanksgiving BY CAR! (This is a well-traveled route for me that I did several [...]
November 13, 2009
Cool Tools: Fly.com on Twitter
Okay, I’m not a Twitter fan. I don’t think that what I (or any other individual) does is so interesting that I need an updated broadcast throughout the day. Lots of CEOs try to ramp up interest in their companies by “Tweeting” about their going-ons. It’s only interesting if perhaps they tell you: “Just sold division of [...]
August 5, 2009
On My Itinerary: Got Land?
I have to say it just once (although Jon has complained that I have said it at least 10 times already): walking through Sweden is a lot like walking through Ikea. And, it is unstereotypically hot here. As soon as we landed in Stockholm, we were overdressed and sweating as we killed a few hours [...]
March 29, 2009
In The Suitcase: The Costa Rica Packing List
(Apologies for the small hiatus in between blogs; we had to re-route ourselves to Chicago for a family emergency and are now back in the quiet sanctuary of our home in DC. Pictures from Costa Rica coming soon!) Costa Rica is a beautiful, sandy, muddy, wet, breezy, sometimes cool, sometimes hot and humid country with [...]
