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Travel Tip - Patriotic Places to Visit

In the spirit of America’s Birthday, let me be your personal guide to all places patriotic to visit. This country is absolutely chuck full of unique places where history forever left its mark.

Travel Tip - The Best Kept Secret Days to Book, Buy and Fly

Booking a flight can be an exhilarating experience, but it often comes with the daunting task of finding the best deal. Whether you're planning a vacation or a business trip, knowing the optimal time to book your flight can save you a significant amount of money.

Travel Tip - How To Become An Air Traffic Controller

Air traffic controllers are responsible for ensuring the safety and efficiency of air traffic in and around airports. It is a challenging and rewarding profession that requires a high level of skill, attention to detail, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

Travel Tip - How To Score Cheap Airfare

When planning a trip, finding the best and cheapest airfare is often at the top of the priority list. Fortunately, there are a variety of online resources that can help you save money on flights.

Travel Tip - Packing for International Travel

Who is excited to see the world? You’ve made your reservations (or not) and now it's time to pack. The tips below provide helpful tips for packing for an international vacation.

Travel Tip - Make Sure Your Bag Comes Off First

Erik suggests 4 tips for checked luggage so you can be sure your bag comes off the carousel first!

Travel Tip - What's Worth It In Las Vegas

Las Vegas has made incredible strides when it comes to renovating its “Sin City” reputation into something more family-friendly.

Travel Tip - Cruise: What To Know Before You Go

Where do YOU want to cruise and how much is it going to cost? Two very important questions and the answers are a bit daunting to untangle. Alas! I will do my best! But first, some context. 

Travel Tip - 20 Tips for International Trips

As you know by now, I love exploring my home country of America. I believe we have one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. What you may not know is I equally love trotting the globe!

Travel Tip - Do's & Don'ts of Mexican Travel

The news can be a scary thing, can’t it? It can especially be frightening if you’ve got an upcoming trip to Mexico planned. Well, I want to ease your fears. Traveling to our Southern neighbor has some risks but there are ways to mitigate those risks if you know what you’re doing. That’s why I’ve compiled some dos and don’ts for traveling to Mexico!

Travel Tip - The Pros and Cons of the Frontier All-You-Can-Fly Summer Pass

Who doesn’t love a good airline deal? With fuel prices skyrocketing and flights getting canceled daily, the idea of an all-you-can-fly pass is incredibly enticing. That’s why, when we saw Frontier Airlines was offering a Summer Pass - their GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Summer Pass, to be exact - we were highly intrigued. 

Travel Tip - Do I need TSA PreCheck?

Here’s your answer to why and - more importantly- why not to get TSA PreCheck. Four reasons to pull the trigger and three to stay undercover. Let’s go!

Travel Tip - Car Rental

We’ve all been there. We arrive at our destination, we get our bags (unless you’ve paid attention and only brought carry-on luggage), and you trudge your way over to the Rental Car Center.

Travel Tip - Delta's Free WiFi and Others

Bored flyers rejoice! So, Delta airlines will offer free WiFi on most flights! This is one of the things that Delta is good at, making consumer-friendly operational decisions. Who, in their right mind, could argue AGAINST free WiFi? Nobody.

Erik's New Travel Etsy Shop

I am particularly excited to announce the addition of my new travel Etsy Shop!

Travel Tip - How Southwest Became SouthWORST

Cutesy advertising is one thing. But you have to take care of your people and your infrastructure. And when you don’t, it's a disaster waiting to happen. And that’s what we got this holiday season. 

  

Travel Tip - Flight Delays Explained

It’s time to talk about the industry we love to hate… commercial airlines - or as I like to call it, the world’s collective punching bag! But I’d like you to help me change that. After all, the numbers don’t lie.

Travel Tip - Multigeneration Trip Planning 101

While some people like to keep their trips light - as in not inviting anyone to come along with you - others have decided to go big. Multigenerational Trips have spiked in popularity since 2019 and it’s not hard to see why. If there is anything recent history has taught us, it’s family matters.

Travel Tip - Low Cost Air Carrier WARNING

Are all airlines created equal? Well, yes and no. Yes, for the most part they safely fly people, pets and cargo to places all over the world. No because ticket price has everything to do with fleet size, seat size, route schedule and amenities. 

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