travel hacks

When a hotel AC wouldn’t stay on, one simple change solved the problem for the entire stay. For many summers, Joe and I stayed at one of our favorite hotels …

If you collect points and miles, you probably try to use the best credit card for every purchase. In theory, that sounds easy enough. In practice, it can get a …

Taking a few quick photos when you fly might not seem important—until you actually need them. “Pictures, or it didn’t happen.” In this day and age, it’s easy to take …

Access to airport lounges is no longer limited to frequent-flying elites. These days, anyone willing to pay for the right credit card can get in. If you’re loyal to one …

Not long ago, my husband Joe, who is the co-author of this blog, posted about the most brilliant travel question he had ever heard. Way back when, it was a …

Frontier ran a Super Bowl promo that actually sounded… kind of clever. The pitch was basically: take miles you already have elsewhere and “turn them into” Frontier miles. In theory, …

A viral TikTok has sparked debate after a traveler shared a workaround that avoids airport Uber surge pricing by taking a free hotel shuttle first—raising questions about fairness, ethics, and …

When you invest in a piece of luggage — be it a $45 bag you got on Amazon or a $450 one you bought from Tumi — you know it’s …

Winter 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’re old enough, you remember the halcyon days when checking a bag didn’t cost you anything (neither did choosing your seat, but I digress). But in 2008, American Airlines …