December 2009
113 posts
“One day, when Oyster decides to start reviewing hotels in Europe, and they hire...”
– Internet Travel Crushes Of 2009
Advert
boyghost:
Baltimore area people:
I am looking to get a few people together for some night photography this evening. If you are interested in aimlessly wandering the streets of Central and South Baltimore in the interest of photography (or the accompaniment of a photographer who must stay awake all night), please send me an e-mail (boyghost at gmail dot com) or reblog and let me know!
“The Chinese are much wiser. When we went to talk to the local people, they wore...”
– Former mujahedeen Nurzaman Stanikzai with the travel tip: Wear civvies and leave your rifle at home.
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Full text of my subpoena from the Department of... →
Chris Elliott got subpoenaed by the FBI the TSA because he published TSA the agency’s security directive 1544-09-06, issued in the wake of the attempted bombing of Northwest 253. BoardingArea.com also published the directive and was presumably subpoenaed as well.
Even if we had a federal shield law for reporters in the United States—we don’t!—I imagine that federal...
More on Virgin America
molls:
Did they find all their flight attendants at some open mic in Temecula? Believe it or not, I don’t fly for the free jokes. I don’t want to hear some skinny man’s new material about how much I don’t want to hear his voice. He’s right. I don’t want to hear his voice. That’s it. Done. No jokes. No bits. It’s not funny. Shut up. I’m miserable.
Also goes for Southwest!
“My room’s star amenity was a cold-water spigot for filling the plastic bucket...”
– Exploring Cambodia’s Hidden Temple
I’ve stayed in this place, but it was in Nicaragua, as I remember it.
“The railroad plans to introduce free Wi-Fi service on all Acela trains in the...”
– Faster Trains Lead Amtrak’s List of Needs
“Everything else on the plane was distinctly Frontier. Midwest isn’t even a brand...”
– Trip Report: Flying Midwest, er Frontier, er Chautauqua
“The Transportation Security Administration’s campaign to confuse airline...”
– Chris Elliott = Love.
“New rules imposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration also limit...”
– Travel Q. and A. About Terrorism Attempt
“I was thinking, Oh, he’s trying to blow up the plane. I was trying to search his...”
– Jasper Schuringa
“On most occasions, showing up at a hotel and asking for a manager or someone in...”
– Some Reflections on NYC’s Budget-Friendly Hotel Scene
Fact: This also happens outside New York City.
Deplane, Deplane →
The Times has your daily Fantasy Island reference this morning, in an editorial about the new DOT rule on flight delays.
Thank you, Alex.
alexanderbasek:
Do you pay for everything or do you accept freebies? I do get offered press trips. I recently had to turn down one, for Princess Cruises, the “Follow Me at Sea” press trip that took a lot of bloggers. Why did you turn it down? They wouldn’t fly me from Asia.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nomadic Matt!
Noticings →
Like Foursquare but without the conspicuous consumption.
WatchWind Portal on Flickr
List of facts about Air France 447
• The oxygen masks had not been released; there had been no in-flight depressurization
• All of the life jackets that were found were still in their containers
• The airplane’s flaps were retracted at the time of the impact with the water
• Three of the eleven cabin crew seats were found; they were not in use at the time of the impact
—Airline Biz Blog
“Some companies now have computer programs than can run a dump of all the charges...”
– Mary S. Schaeffer, talking to Joe Sharkey about expense accounts in The NY Times.
“The fleet consists of specially configured Boeing 757-200 aircraft with three...”
– United p.s. - Wikipedia
Tomorrow’s flight.
“Snacks will help – and they’ll make you popular on board. (Think of it like...”
– The Cranky Flier on surviving air travel during snow storms.
Ozols Out as Jaunted's Weekend Editor →
“The GF1 is a near perfect travel camera.”
– Panasonic Lumix GF1 Field Test — 16 Days in the Himalayas
“Fletcher will support the current management team, which will be responsible for...”
– Newsweek Enters Agreement for the Sale of Budget Travel
“Each Fall more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students from the the S.I....”
– The Fall Workshop
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“The recovery will likely be slow, bringing only incremental improvements over...”
– Travel Industry Projections for 2010
“People who know their way around the Internet have been congregating on the...”
– Spiers on The Restaurant in Apartment 205.
“A successful outcome from sending one blogger on a press trip would not just be...”
– Why we shouldn’t bother with blog trips
“Still, Wang Shuang, a 20-year-old student at Beijing Foreign Studies University,...”
– NYTimes.com
What CityCenter is Like
doree:
alexanderbasek:
So, I was out in Las Vegas for the CityCenter opening. One day of the three-day festivities was plenty, thankyouverymuch. The entire project, which was finished only when Dubai World sued MGM to complete it after MGM tried to pull out, is staggeringly unnecessary. It’s like visiting the home of a couple that remains married because it’s too expensive to be divorced.
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“There are those in our Big Ten camp who believe Syracuse isn’t a...”
– The Sports Section
The airport is nice, too! Bonus: When it snows, which it does seven months of the year, the ground crews actually know what to do. Take note, Chicago.