Airports in the United States generate billions of dollars in economic activity and support millions of lousy-to-fair-to-good-to-excellent-paying jobs (yeah, it’s complicated). Airports are generally self-sustaining entities and act as landlords…
Airports
-
-
The other day we wrote about Salt Lake City International Airport, what they’re planning to do about their long, LONG walk to certain gates, but the humorous thing they’re doing…
-
Weekly Recap
Plane Amenity Design FAIL, Why Planes Fly at 35,000 Feet, The Popular Luggage Accessory You Shouldn’t Bring to Airports
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 amenity…
-
Weekly Recap
Do Boarding Groups Even Matter Anymore?, 10 of the Funniest FA Safety Spiels Ever, IHG’s Gone from Key West: Now What?
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: Do boarding…
-
Airports
Once Again, Cintas’ “Best Restroom” Award Went to an Airport
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you travel a lot, you know that not all bathrooms are created equal. Some have some weird designs like the ones we’ve discovered in a variety of hotels over…
-
There was a time when I scoffed at the idea of using moving walkways. Didn’t matter if they were at airports, theme parks, or anywhere else, if I had the…
-
Although you have retro places like the TWA Hotel to give a taste of how things used to be, time marches on. And with that, things change. Technology changes. Social…
-
We live in Central Florida, so Orlando International Airport (MCO) is our “hometown” airport. The airport has its good points and its bad ones. With 3 terminals, it’s a relatively…
-
Airports
Winter Travel Tip: Long-Term Coat Check Services at Airports
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWinter is coming. No, not THAT “winter is coming.” I mean REAL winter is coming. OK, OK…I will admit that winter isn’t much of a thing for us in the…
-
If you’ve ever been to an airport (and if you’re reading this, I assume you have), you know that food and beverage (F&B) at airports tend to cost more than…