California

Just over two months ago, we announced that New York had become the 9th state to accept digital ID at the TSA security checkpoints. California was one of those other…

Have you ever felt like there are certain places in the world that you’re almost expected to visit? Maybe they’re one of the Wonders of the World. Or maybe they’re…

When we’re booking a roadside hotel, we know what to expect. It won’t make a difference if we’re at a Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn or Holiday Inn Express, as every…

The Breakers Hotel, located in Long Beach, California has a long history. It was built in 1926, and its heyday was in the 1940s, when movie stars of the time,…

When COVID initially hit, few people were staying at hotels. At first, most were at home, either on their own volition or because of lockdowns. When things started to get…

Sometimes you’re in an airport and wonder, “What the hell is something like THAT doing here?” The iconic 1962 TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport is a great example, especially…

The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. Hotel room taxes (a.k.a. “hotel occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “hotel accommodations tax,” a.k.a. “local occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “transient occupancy tax,” a.k.a.…

It seems as if every time you turn around, CLEAR, the expedited system to get people through TSA lines faster, is expanding. It feels like just a couple of weeks…

Depending on the airport, CLEAR has become something of a great time saver. I mean, TSA PreCheck was a game changer when it was introduced in 2013. But over the…

Airports across the country are reporting passenger numbers that are nearly as large as 2019, the last “normal” year we had before COVID. With that, lines at the TSA security…