In the past several years, many places around the world have begun charging what’s sometimes known as a “tourist tax.” It’s any revenue-generating measure targeted at tourists and is usually …
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As Central Florida residents, Joe and I enjoyed watching Terminal C being built at Orlando International Airport for the past few years. It was a big deal in town when …
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Airlines
15 Ways To Get Free/Cheap Multi-Day International Stopovers
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs the pandemic started to wane, we wrote that the deal for Turkish Airlines’ free Istanbul hotel stays for stopovers of 20+ hours was back. The program had, of course, …
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Airlines
Update: Spirit Airlines Workers Who Threw Passenger’s Bag In Trash Arrested
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegOn February 19th, Keyonne Brooks was traveling home to Los Angeles from New Orleans, after attending his uncle’s funeral. Brooks recalls having a heated discussion with the gate agent regarding …
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Hotels
Special Lounge Is Part of Hotel Chain Offering X-Rated “Enhancements”
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThere are some hotels purposely set up for niche markets. Take “adults only,” for example. Multiple hotels in places such as Las Vegas and Key West have gone “adults only.” …
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Airports
How To Avoid Paying Airports That Charge to Drop Off/Pick Up Passengers
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe other day, Gary from View From The Wing wrote a piece that Dublin Airport had been given permission to start new tolled drop-off and pick-off zones at the airport. …
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Travel
Bill Nye, a Kardashian, & Other Celebs Who Once Worked in Aviation
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegDespite their fame and fortune, most famous people, unless they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, are just like you and me. Some “hit the big time” …
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Weekly Recap
Best Response Ever To Awful Plane PAX, Europeans Share What To Avoid When Visiting Europe, Marriott Almost Gave Guest’s Room Away
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHi, 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: Plane passenger …
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Funny Stuff
Man Pranked Thousands of Sydney Int’l Airport Passengers
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegConsider this an early April Fool’s post. 😉 I’m always one to enjoy a good prank or trolling, as long as no one gets hurt in the process. These have …
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My maiden name is (well, was) one that’s pronounced exactly as it’s spelled. But more people mispronounced it than said it correctly, usually because, believe it or not, they imagined …