Expedia and HomeAway, a marketplace for vacation rentals, have announced that Expedia will start listing HomeAway rentals on its site starting early next year. It’s an interesting move: Expedia has worried that listing vacation rentals might…
GETTING YOUR PHONE READY TO GOThis is part 3 of a report on communication for travelers. In the first two parts, we discussed the kinds of service available, and how to choose the one you want. Obviously, using your own smartphone is the best…
Since you can keep them on longer during your flight, what you can do to be sure that your phone and other mobile device will be charged as long as you need them to be. Here is Wendy Perrin’s column on this. We’ve also…
Allegiant Air is rapidly adding 18 new routes in the Northeast. HERE is one new route between Burlington ,Vermont and Orlando, Florida. Allegiant Air now serves more cities than low cost Southwest Airlines. While one…
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR OVERSEAS PHONE SERVICE?This is part 2 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. No—the girl in the Renoir is not really on her cell…but you can be! Usually, the first question most people ask…
Apparently anticipating yesterday’s FAA announcement of new rules for inflight electronics, Delta and JetBlue had already submitted their compliance documents to the FAA, and may begin the new rules as early as today or tomorrow (Nov. 1-2). American…
PICKING THE RIGHT TECH FOR YOUR NEEDS This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls for…
Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate.Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate. The change will let…
Hotels.com, one of the leading on-line bookers, reports that over 60% of its mobile app users are booking same-day. It also reports that mobile app users tend to shorter stays than traditional customers. CLICK HERE for more.
I have been doing small jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. They pay for small tasks or writing. Normally they pay a very small amount, $5-$10 for a couple of hours, but it can be fun and it’s extra money. It’s a legitimate site that actually pays. I…
Expedia and HomeAway, a marketplace for vacation rentals, have announced that Expedia will start listing HomeAway rentals on its site starting early next year. It’s an interesting move: Expedia has worried that listing vacation rentals might…
GETTING YOUR PHONE READY TO GOThis is part 3 of a report on communication for travelers. In the first two parts, we discussed the kinds of service available, and how to choose the one you want. Obviously, using your own smartphone is the best…
Since you can keep them on longer during your flight, what you can do to be sure that your phone and other mobile device will be charged as long as you need them to be. Here is Wendy Perrin’s column on this. We’ve also…
Allegiant Air is rapidly adding 18 new routes in the Northeast. HERE is one new route between Burlington ,Vermont and Orlando, Florida. Allegiant Air now serves more cities than low cost Southwest Airlines. While one…
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR OVERSEAS PHONE SERVICE?This is part 2 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. No—the girl in the Renoir is not really on her cell…but you can be! Usually, the first question most people ask…
Apparently anticipating yesterday’s FAA announcement of new rules for inflight electronics, Delta and JetBlue had already submitted their compliance documents to the FAA, and may begin the new rules as early as today or tomorrow (Nov. 1-2). American…
PICKING THE RIGHT TECH FOR YOUR NEEDS This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls for…
Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate.Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate. The change will let…
Hotels.com, one of the leading on-line bookers, reports that over 60% of its mobile app users are booking same-day. It also reports that mobile app users tend to shorter stays than traditional customers. CLICK HERE for more.
I have been doing small jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. They pay for small tasks or writing. Normally they pay a very small amount, $5-$10 for a couple of hours, but it can be fun and it’s extra money. It’s a legitimate site that actually pays. I…
