Get More From Small Breaks At Take A Nap
Be Lazier writes:
Get answers and learn how to get the most out of a few minutes of rest during a short flight, unexpected delay, or any other time you have free minutes at Take A Nap.
Miriam asks: What about having a lot of trouble waking up from an afternoon nap, even after a poor night??s sleep? I often find myself feeling extra groggy and dim, the opposite of what I hope for!
Posting Slowdown This Week, Contest To Be Announced
You’ll notice less frequent posts this week since I’ve got a lot of exciting things going on in my personal life 
I’m still looking out for good ideas and news to post about so I’m loaded with material for next week and beyond. Feel free to leave some ideas or chat in the comments, they are always welcome. If you’ve come across some good travel blogs or write one yourself I don’t know about I’d like to hear about it.
Also, this Thursday I’ll be posting details about my next contest with a prize of a $250 travel voucher for the airline of your choosing.
[photo by: pierre pouliquin]
The Pros And Cons Of Using Cash During The Various Stages Of Travel
What you lose in convenience you gain in security when using cash to pay for your trip, buy souvenirs, and leave tips for waiters. While credit and debit cards are useful if you get ripped off, using cash can prevent it from ever happening.
Purchasing Tickets
Pro
- Tickets purchased in cash can protect your privacy keeping travel itineraries out of bank hands. This may seem like paranoia, but you may want to consider it if you’re traveling to a destination unpopular with your government.
Con
- For more expensive travel you should consider the protections a credit card can offer since many of them offer trip protections.
- For instance, Citi PremierPass Elite MasterCard comes with Trip Cancellation/Trip Interruption Insurance for free.
Sunduvan’s Review of foXnoMad
Sunduvan over at Free Blog Review was kind enough to look over this site and write up a review.
My 2-cent: I like his blog especially his airport tips. I hate waiting in the airport so now I know what to do in the airport. He should concentrate more in telling us about airport tips. Thanks Fox.
Sunduvan’s has traveled extensively in the Asia-Pacific area and I invite him to submit a post. I plan on running a contest (details out on May 1) and it may be worth his and you while. You can read the entire review or request your own.
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Added To Blogroll: The New Home Of Suddenly Susan
The travel blog covering travel stories and advice from Europe has caught my eye and is now on the blogroll. I strongly recommend adding The New Home of Suddenly Susan to your RSS reader, and I’m sure I’ll be linking to her from time to time.
Earth Day: 33 Ways To Green Your Travels
Since it’s Earth Day, I thought I’d remind you about my list of 33 ways to green your travels.
Should Obese Passengers Be Charged Extra?
Most airlines don’t have any policies regarding unusually tall or fat people and can’t handle their extra size in cramped seats. It’s becoming a growing problem for the airlines, the obese, and the people who have to sit next to them.
My recent comments on the subject on Travel-Rants, suggesting that passengers be charged per seat generated some controversy. I’m going to explain why the obese should be charged per seat, and welcome your comments as well.
- Airlines Charge Consumers For Quantifiable Things - The airlines charge you per extra baggage, for every snack, or any other item that they can count. Since seats are a fixed space, if you take up two (no matter how much you weight), they should charge you for both seats. Otherwise, someone next to you is paying the same price for 1/2, 3/4, or some percentage of the same seat.
- They Don’t Charge Babies Since They Don’t Take Up A Seat – Babies (usually under the age of 2) can ride for free provided their parents don’t get them a seat. Babies don’t fill up a seat and can’t be charged for it, so the reverse should be true as well. If you take up more than a seat why shouldn’t you have to pay for it?
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What You Don’t Need For International Travel
Many of the common items we have with us everyday simply are useless or we can live without when skipping around the globe. Here are a list of some useless items to forget about.
What You Need To Know To Be An Expert Traveler In Airport Security Lines
One thing is for sure however, no matter where you are in the US you can save time in security lines with these expert tricks.
3 Fun Things To Do At The Airport When If Your Flight Gets Canceled
If your flight is canceled, take a deep breath and enjoy all of the relaxing things you probably don??t get to do in regular life when you want to.
Unplug Airport Vending Machines To Create Outlets
Frequent travelers can create electrical opportunities by unplugging vending machines in the absence of easily accessible outlets.
Economic Downturn In The US Won’t Be Good For Air Travel
The turmoil in the US economy, rising fuel prices, and merger-for-survivals will cause airfare hikes and additional charges for now free services. As I predicted at the beginning of the year, mergers between the major airlines are happening to keep them in business.
According to the International Herald Tribune expect higher fares as a result of fewer airlines.
“It’s a very bad idea,” said Oberstar, whose state is home to Northwest’s headquarters. He said he expected “a cascade of carriers finding partners” if the Delta-Northwest combination was allowed to go forward, with fewer choices and higher prices for consumers.
Low-fare airlines will begin to creep their prices up and the fares of the large, newly merged companies increase. They won’t be “low fare” anymore, but lower fare. Expect to pay for things you now take for granted as well.
[photo by: Fuseman]
Unplug Airport Vending Machines To Create Outlets
Frequent travelers can create electrical opportunities by unplugging vending machines in the absence of easily accessible outlets. Most airports restrict the number of outlets they make available to travelers.
Although many vending machine outlets are locked or bolted into the wall, look around other smaller devices such as lighted advertisements and video games.
This advice is best during non-peak airport traffic hours like when you’re spending the night. You can also check for specific outlet locations at the airport of your choice on the Airport Wiki (the site wasn’t working when I last checked though).
The AirPower Wiki chronicles the location of power-outlets in the world’s airports. Those of us who’ve had three hours to catch up on email and recharge before making another eight-hour flight know what it is to be a voltotropic voyager.
My name is Anil, a traveler and travel enthusiast. I created foXnoMad to connect with other travelers, discover their world, and share what I’ve learned about mine.
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