After visting Tannehill Historic State Park in Alabama (Interesting history, check it out), Carly and I passed the Tannehill Opry along the road to Birmingham. Check out the sign: Music with no booze can be a tough sell. What’s their secret? Free air conditioning. And, Tater Wallace, the 92 year old lead singer of the [...]
I dig the Where I’ve Been map service. Here’s my updated map as of this week, now that I’ve spend some time in Georgia: 2012 is turning out to be the year of the South for me. So far, I’ve been in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, with a trip to Louisiana planned. Can I hit [...]
How to save on travel varies based on how often you travel. If you’re a very frequent traveler, you may benefit from your loyalty since it will earn you free flights, hotel nights, and car rentals. But, if you’re not a frequent traveler, those loyalty points rarely add up to anything substantial, and may actually [...]
I’m giving this another try from another coast. Rat suggested that I “Lose the shorts.” Done.
Getting Paid for Privacy in Westin Hotels, originally uploaded by edkohler. This is cool. The Westin Nova Scotia makes it easy to opt-out of having your room cleaned. Just hang this hanger. On top of that, they’ll kick guests $5 worth of food or Starwood points. Solid. I’d live to see more hotels do this. [...]
My recent stay at a Hilton in Winnipeg has generated an example of what not to do when soliciting feedback from customers. Let me start by saying that this hotel is fine. It’s close to the airport and has conference rooms, which were probably the criteria used to book an event there that I spoke [...]
Here are two services that make life on the road slightly better for frequent travelers. They do for me. 1. Tripit.com – This service has a couple of key features. First, it helps build complete itineraries. Travel is often booked in stages (ex. I know the hotel where the conference is going to be, but [...]
My flight from Toronto to MSP on Friday night followed Highway 29 home. It’s quite a bit quicker by air than driving. For example, the pilots didn’t have to keep an eye out for deer. As you can probably tell from the photo, Packer fans were busy stocking up on last minute Super Bowl supplies, [...]
Google’s in the news these days for their plans to enter the travel business through the acquisition of ITA Software. Apparently, quite a few travel companies are freaked out by this, so are fighting the acquisition. One thing Google is very good at is providing instant access to information from large data sets, including the [...]
Hotel Keen is my kind of hotel. Here’s why: First, it’s a block off University Ave in Palo Alto near the train station, so I can get there conveniently and cost effectively from SFO. I can also walk to University Cafe, which is a great spot for breakfast or lunch. Now, to the hotel itself: [...]
