safety

When renting a car, most people have a mental checklist of things they look for. It probably includes making sure there aren’t any scratches or dings anywhere (and taking pictures…

One time when Joe and I were flying from JFK to MCO, we couldn’t help but hear the conversation in the row directly in front of us. We had hit…

After a long day of traveling, finally arriving at your hotel is one of the best feelings in the world. If you’ve traveled a particularly long time or woke up…

Over the years, the safety announcements that flight attendants tell you before your plane takes off have undergone small changes. When smoking became verboten on planes, that was, of course,…

Whether or not a hotel has self-parking is an individualized decision. Most hotels that offer valet parking give their guests the option to valet or to park their car themselves.…

With the way airlines squash as many seats into a cabin as possible, leg room in economy is, well, an issue. That’s why getting the exit row is a big…

If you have kids, or if you’ve been a kid and have gone to a Disney park (or any theme park, to be honest), you know the anguish of not…

I don’t know about you, but I find it kind of soothing to know that celebrities really ARE the same as you and me. There was a time when Shaq’s…

It doesn’t matter if you’re on terra firma or 35,000 feet in the air; when you gotta go, you gotta go. Getting to/from the lavatory on a plane takes some…

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…