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United Airlines adds flights to Africa, the Middle East and Europe

United Airlines adds flights to Africa, the Middle East and Europe Starting May 2, 2010, United Airlines fans can fly the carrier from the US to Africa for the first time in the company's history. United will offer flights from DC to Accra, Ghana (and then on to Lagos, Nigeria). Beginning April 18, 2010, passengers flying from DC to Kuwait ...

Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Good airport behavior could change the world

Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Good airport behavior could change the world Back in April, Gadling reviewed Step Back from the Baggage Claim, a book Jason Barger wrote about human behavior based on a seven- day trip he took to seven airports without leaving any of them. For the entire week he observed how people conduct themselves in airports and ...

Two oddball tips for making a long-haul flight more comfortable

Two oddball tips for making a long-haul flight more comfortable I'm schooled in squirming and shifting, shoving my toes in-between the seats in front of me, and generally attempting insane yoga positions in order to get some shut-eye on an overseas flight. As such, I've discovered two techniques that have helped ease my international ...

A review of Cheapflights.com's "Travelnomics: Calling on Cuba" guide

A review of Cheapflights.com's tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/11/08/a-review-of-cheapflights-coms-travelnomics-calling-on-cuba-g/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Change is upon Cuba, and American travelers are especially eager to capitalize on the end of the travel embargo. In ...

Greyhound bus driver heads wrong way: Where's a GPS when you need one?

Greyhound bus driver heads wrong way: Where's a GPS when you need one? tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/11/06/greyhound-bus-driver-heads-wrong-way-wheres-a-gps-when-you-nee/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Greyhound bus drivers generally don't make national news. Pilots who overshoot airports, however, end up having their story ...

Drive a rental car to Florida for $1

Drive a rental car to Florida for $1 I agree with Mike Barish's recent post. Road trips do rock. I love grabbing some friends, jumping in the car, and blasting great music as we cruise down the highway or along back roads. If you love a good road trip.....and you happen to live in Texas or on the east ...

Galley Gossip: Advice for the employees of US Airways

Galley Gossip:  Advice for the employees of US Airways Heather, Yesterday the flight attendants got terrible news at US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I've never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started ...

GPS and PMS

GPS and PMS Men beware: driving with a woman in the passenger seat can make for a hazardous driving experience. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to give directions and been assaulted for getting us lost. Is it better, though, for a woman or a GPS with PMS to give directions? ...

New Virgin Atlantic iPhone app helps people with a fear of flying

New Virgin Atlantic iPhone app helps people with a fear of flying I suffer from serious anxiety while flying. I've tried learning about the mechanics of flight, popping Xanax, I've even taken a flight lesson in an effort to cure my fear. Sometimes I can stay calm, but on other flights, for apparently no reason, I'll suddenly have a panic ...

Top Ten Reasons that Road Trips Rock

Top Ten Reasons that Road Trips Rock tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/11/05/top-ten-reasons-that-road-trips-rock/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Yesterday, Annie posted a top ten list about why road trips suck. I was shocked and appalled, to say the least. After reading her piece and discussing ...

Plan your airport layover with T+L's Airport Navigator

Plan your airport layover with T+L's Airport Navigator I hate airports. I hate sitting around and waiting, and I hate being unable to escape the thought that soon my plane will be the one zooming down the runway and lifting off into the sky. So rather than arrive early to the airport and allow myself time to get anxious about ...

Top Ten Reasons that Road Trips Suck

Top Ten Reasons that Road Trips Suck Whether you're trying to save money or shrink your vacation's carbon footprint, you probably know, deep down, that road trips suck. There are definitely good things about the open road; the unexpected detours, the wind in your hair (or exhaust in your face, eyes) ... but for ...

Homer Simpson's voice on GPS tells you where to go and more

Homer Simpson's voice on GPS tells you where to go and more Earlier today Mike wondered what Bob Dylan's voice would be like in a GPS system. Here's another voice idea. Greg Phelps, the art car aficionado who tells me about car oddities from time to time, told me about this one. Homer Simpson's voice can be downloaded to a portable ...

Gadlinks for Monday 11.2.09

Gadlinks for Monday 11.2.09 It's GPS day here are Gadling, so I think it's only appropriate to offer up some GPS-themed travel reads for you today. Enjoy! Prague has tons of wonderful galleries, but they are not always easy to find. [via NY Times] Up for a geocache adventure in Portugal? Try your ...

Trans World Expedition: Driving around the globe

Trans World Expedition: Driving around the globe In a little over two weeks time, on November 15 to be exact, Nicolas Rapp will be setting out on an adventure of a lifetime. He'll be quitting his comfortable job as an art director for the Associated Press, and setting out on a year long road trip, driving his way around ...

New luxury trains coming to India

New luxury trains coming to India It just goes to show that luxury travel may be as enduring as the Taj Mahal. Even in this economy, not one but two luxury trains are debuting in India in the next few months. The Indian Maharaja-Deccan Odyssey, the first privately-operated luxury tourist train in India, ...

Enter to win jetBlue's Jet and Drive Giveaway

Enter to win jetBlue's Jet and Drive Giveaway I love a good travel contest, especially one that requires little effort to enter. So I'm excited about the jetBlue and Hertz Jet & Drive Giveaway, which runs now through through January 31, 2010. To enter, all you need to do is surf on over to the website, complete your ...

San Francisco's Bay Bridge closed indefinitely

San Francisco's Bay Bridge closed indefinitely The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed indefinitely while crews repair an upper-deck cable that snapped during rush-hour on Tuesday evening. According to the AP, the broken cable and a chunk of bridge metal fell onto the westbound lanes, damaging at least one ...

Ship graveyards from around the world

Ship graveyards from around the world Eco-friendly website Environmental Graffiti has an interesting story on their site today that details some of the top cargo ship graveyards from around the world. The article also includes some amazing photos of the rusted out shells of former cargo and cruise ships that ...

Flight attendant going bonkers? Here's one hilarious explanation

Flight attendant going bonkers? Here's one hilarious explanation For Gadling's day of posts centered on Vintage America, Scott treated us to 10 vintage airline commercials. Those commercials put airlines and their personnel in a positive light. Here's a video with another version of air travel thanks to one very cranky flight attendant. ...

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