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    Man’s Odd & Valuable Hotel Tip? Pokémon Cards

    by SharonKurheg January 22, 2024
    by SharonKurheg January 22, 2024

    The act of tipping has been around since at least the Middle Ages. However even today, tipping has its international fans and its foes. Some countries, like the U.S., embraced …

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  • Food & Beverage

    Extortion? Iconic Tourist Town Employees Keep Dirty Database of Visitors

    by SharonKurheg August 24, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 24, 2023

    Not long ago we wrote about how a few airlines were using new software that allowed flight attendants to leave notes to their peers about passengers’ personal details. At the …

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  • Hotels

    How Much Should You Tip Housekeeping At Extended Stay Hotels?

    by joeheg November 13, 2022
    by joeheg November 13, 2022

    We’ve stayed at many types of hotels from Park Hyatts to Comfort Inns. We always leave a tip for housekeeping every day of our stay, if that’s the appropriate social norm …

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  • Hotels

    How Much SHOULD You Tip The Hotel Housekeeping Staff, Since COVID?

    by SharonKurheg May 8, 2022
    by SharonKurheg May 8, 2022

    It’s a question that’s been going on for decades – if you stay overnight at a hotel, how much should you tip hotel housekeeping staff? We intended to find out. …

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  • Weekly Recap

    Our Top 10 Quirky Posts Of 2020: Traveling Karen/Ken Got What They Deserved, Dumb Name For New Marriott Hotel, Why TSA PreCheck Lines Are Longer, & More!

    by SharonKurheg January 4, 2021
    by SharonKurheg January 4, 2021

    If you’ve read our blog for any length of time, you know that Joe and I don’t always write about what all the other bloggers are writing about. They’re good …

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  • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks

    Crazy Aftermath Of The Disney “Expert” & The WDW Server She Refused To Tip

    by SharonKurheg October 18, 2020
    by SharonKurheg October 18, 2020

    In late September, we told you the story about A.S. Swanson (named changed) a so-called “Disney expert” and travel agency owner who ordered a pizza at the Italy pavilion at …

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  • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks

    Travel Agent Didn’t Tip Walt Disney World Server, Both Got What They Deserved

    by SharonKurheg September 28, 2020
    by SharonKurheg September 28, 2020

    One consistent mantra since COVID began is if you’re going to get food from a restaurant, even just as take out, you should tip (and hopefully tip well). Servers in …

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  • Weekly Recap

    Similar American & Alaska Planes Feel Different, How WDW/DL Fool You, Countries You Can’t Enter If You’ve Had A DUI, How Hotels Plan Room Assignments, & More!

    by SharonKurheg February 29, 2020
    by SharonKurheg February 29, 2020

    Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we …

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    The Airline That Gave Us Status For Nothing, Airbnb Rental Was In Public Housing Complex, Death of An Airport, UBER’s In Trouble, & More!

    by SharonKurheg November 20, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 20, 2019

    Happy Wednesday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

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  • Weekly Recap

    Our Dinner Inside Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Woman Boards Flight With No ID Or Ticket, How To Prevent Items From Being Stolen At X-Ray, & More!

    by SharonKurheg November 8, 2019
    by SharonKurheg November 8, 2019

    And BOOM, another month is done! Hello, November! Here are our most popular posts for October 2019. Some of them were actually written before October (heads up that rules and …

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