travel humor

I’ve rented a lot of cars over the years, but this was a first. Less than 24 hours into my latest rental, I got an email from Hertz. The subject line? …

I’ve already written about my disdain of the “cattle call” methodology of getting onto a plane. Oh sure, Southwest had figured out ways to make it more bearable but even …

For some people in the points/miles/travel world, flying first class is an everyday occurrence to the point where it’s no big deal to them. Maybe they have a bajillion miles …

Sometimes you go on vacation and things just go wrong. Maybe the credit card you planned to use the most during your trip keeps getting denied. Or perhaps you lost …

It’s become a running joke in our household—return from a trip and wait for the inevitable wave of travel surveys to hit your inbox. Scratch that. They don’t wait until …

If you’re old enough to remember a time before cell phones (and more importantly, caller ID), you were part of the generation that sometimes made prank phone calls. “Is your …

When you cater to people who may or may not speak/read/understand the primary language(s) of an area, companies will often offer instructions that are only in picture form, with no …

If you’ve read our blog for a while, you know that we’re Joe and Sharon, a husband and wife team. Joe is very much into the world of aviation, hotels, …

We’ve written about complaint letters in the past: The complaining business class passenger who got what was coming to him The hotel owner who reamed a guest for their complaint …

Over the years, more and more hotels have stopped providing small, sample sized toiletries to their guests in favor of bulk sized containers. Several places around the world have gone …