Do you remember Y2K, when January 1, 2000 was coming around the bend and everyone was worried that the world was going to end (well, figuratively, not necessarily literally) because …
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Travel
New Travel Advisory For Citizens Of U.S., U.K. & Other Countries Going Overseas
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHeads up, travel friends – the U.S. State Department has issued a new travel advisory that urges United States citizens to “exercise increased caution” when traveling to the Peoples’ China. …
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Travel
Travel Safety Concerns? This Interactive Map Shows The Safest And Riskiest Places In The World For Travel
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you travel a lot, you know there are some places that may not be as safe as others. Your Mileage May Vary in terms of what you do with …
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AirlinesFunny Stuff
Why Can’t All Airline Safety Spiels Be As Cute & Funny As These?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA few airlines have tried to make their safety spiels interesting, with varying degrees of success. The live ones can be pretty good when you have flight attendants who are …
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Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)Travel Equipment
Important Things To Bring On A Road Trip (Or Even Just For A Long Ride In The Car)
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWho doesn’t love a road trip? Your spend hours in the car, talking, singing (OK maybe arguing a little bit here and there), seeing parts of the country that you …
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I’ve used TripIt as my “go to” website to organize my travel plans for the better part of a decade. Their system to take a series of emails and make …
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Airlines
Flight Attendants Speak Out About Cabin Conditions, Safety and Their Pet Peeves
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you’ve flown from Point A to Point B in the past few years (and if you’re reading this, chances are good that you have, and even quite possibly have …
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How many articles have you seen about all the crazy animals in Australia that can kill you? They usually have titles like this one I saw on Oyster’s twitter feed. …
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Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
This Might Be The Scariest Coaster Ever
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThere are lots of scary roller coasters in the world. Every year more of them are built, sometimes taking over the record of the tallest, the fastest, the upside-downiest or …
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Hotels
So, About Those Millions of Hotel Key Cards That Were (Are?) Vulnerable To Hacking…
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegYou may have never heard of them, but a company named Assa Abloy is a global provider of electronic key and hotel locking systems, to the tune of 400,000 buildings …