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    Why Plane Coffee & Tea Really ARE Safe to Drink

    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2023

    A while back we wrote a piece about foods and beverage you really shouldn’t buy at airports. However we never went over foods and bevvies you shouldn’t purchase or consume …

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    Update On Woman Who Abandoned Dog at Airport to Go on Vacation

    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2023

    In early August, a story was going around the internets about a woman who had allegedly abandoned her dog on an airport parking lot because she had been told by …

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  • Airports

    Airport Will Have New Security Checkpoint Change

    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 29, 2023

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was established in the aftermath of 9/11. Among other jobs in securing highways, pipelines, ports, mass transit systems, etc., it’s also responsible for screening passengers …

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    10 Hidden Gems You Can Find at Airports

    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2023

    For decades, airports were, for the most part, not all that great. They’d have a couple of restaurants, some shops, and if you were lucky, maybe a bar. Other than …

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    The People Have Spoken & the Cruise Line Listened (Yay Free Stuff!)

    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2023

    Sometimes companies don’t make the best decisions. Blackberry insisted that people wanted phones with keyboards, even though consumers had proven they preferred touchscreens. Thus, they went from having 43% of …

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  • Hotels

    The Best Budget Hotel Chains According to J.D. Power

    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2023

    Unpopular opinion: Sometimes all you need for the night is a clean, cheap hotel room. Nothing special. No shower with water coming from 6 different shower heads. No choice of …

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  • Airlines

    Another Airline Introducing “Adults Only” Zone on Flights

    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2023

    There seem to be two types of flyers: Those who would rather die than sit next to a kid on a plane (and, let’s face it – those could even …

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  • Weekly Recap

    Southwest’s Change To Personal Bag Size, Countries With The Worst Behaved Tourists, United to Limit Basic Economy Fares

    by SharonKurheg August 26, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 26, 2023

    Hi, travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV in the past few weeks. Some of our recent most-read posts have been: Southwest quietly …

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    16 Travelers Who Had Really, Really, REALLY Bad Vacations

    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023

    Everyone who travels has stories of vacations gone bad. Sometimes it’s missed, delayed or cancelled flights and being stranded for days on end (I’m looking at you, people who got …

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    Airline to Weigh PAX On Scales Before Flights 8/28 to 9/19

    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023

    Planes being able to fly is all based on 4 forces: Drag: the force that acts in the opposite direction of the plane and slows the plane down Lift: the …

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