What the Airline Acronyms Actually Stand For
In light of the recent/upcoming Lufthansa srtikes where anyone wanting to travel by air is affected to some degree I thought about publishing a lighthearted post on what the airline acronyms stand for. Not what they stand for, but more how they are referred to by rival airlines' employees and disgruntled travelers.
Alitalia - Aircraft Landed In Tokyo, All Luggage In Anchorage
BEA - Broken Engines Everywhere
BOAC ...
New controversy on full body scanners
The full body scanners at airports have been the talk of the aviation industry and border security experts for the better part of two decades. There has been strong opposition to these full body scanners for privacy reasons and personal integrity protection.
The controversy has spanned from them breaking laws regarding protection of adolescents to the fact that the machines are not always 100% accurate and ...
Shopping around for a cheap flight pays off
There is more than one way to get from A to B... and it's not always you get "A fair fare, from here to there." Usually you can book a flight with one airline and get it cheaper than with another, even if you are booking the same flight.
A friend of mine recently had this experience booking a flight from Switzerland to Germany. He is ...
Great Language Resources
When I travel I find the need to use all types of language resources. Anything from Google Translate to phrasebooks are things I use to help me get past the language barrier.
Here are some links that I have found to be useful:
Alldictionaries
The loss of a passport
...and everything else!
It happened to a friend of mine... She is actually pretty street-wise most of the time. This time however, it seemed she was destined for a good size helping of bad luck. Her purse was snatched right out of her lap in broad daylight.
I tell everyone I can not to carry valuable documents such as passports, identification or credit cards all in one ...
Off to a great start
Since we launched this blog we have been getting lots of great feedback.
We hope to get lots of new readers in the months to come, but we also hope to get one or two more travelers to help us write our posts. All the material we post on this page is based either on personal travel experience or that or our friends. Our goal is ...
How to find a hotel within your budget
Finding a hotel can be a real pain sometimes, but the Internet has started to offer us a lot of solutions to that particular problem. There are a lot of different reservation services for hotels online.
It used to be you had to go through a travel agency or broker to find a decent hotel at your destination. This gave you the comfort of knowing that ...
Student Accommodation Options Abroad – Part 1
In this article, the first part in a series looking at options for student housing and accommodation abroad, we will be looking at homestays. Homestays are when you go abroad and move in with a host family.
Homestays are argued provide the greatest immersion in the host language and culture, giving you the opportunity to experience how local people really live. This is something that I ...
If you’re not in a rush, fly for free!
As we've mentioned before the airlines are very keen on overbooking their flights. The reason they do this is simple: they hedge the risk of flying with empty seats - and even if it can be a bit of a nuisance it helps keep the cost of air travel down. The overbooking system works a little bit like your shopping. If you know you will ...
How to Avoid Jet Lag
Avoiding jet lag is, contrary to public belief, not rocket science. It is actually quite simple.
Your body has an internal clock. Flying to a different time zone means that instead of arriving during the day, you are arriving at night, or vice verse. You are either going to be very tired or not be able to sleep. If you aren't careful you will need two ...
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