Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
With two rounds in the books, only the biggest, most annoying and burdensome hotel pet peeves remain in our Hotel Madness tournament. The second round featured some of the tournament's closest contests and featured one impressive upset. Resort fees squeaked by One-ply toilet paper by a mere 23 votes while the #7 seed Bad water pressure dumped cold water on Bad front desk service's title ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Hotel Madness: The Final Four
Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
With two rounds in the books, only the biggest, most annoying and burdensome hotel pet peeves remain in our Hotel Madness tournament. The second round featured some of the tournament's closest contests and featured one impressive upset. Resort fees squeaked by One-ply toilet paper by a mere 23 votes while the #7 seed Bad water pressure dumped cold water on Bad front desk service's title ...Hotel Madness: Second round of pet peeves
Mar 21st, 2011 at 11:30AM:
After an exciting first round, Hotel Madness moves ahead with some intriguing second round contests. We're thrilled with the feedback and voter response to our tournament of hotel pet peeves and can't thank you enough for participating. Apparently, you all really hate some of the things that hotels throw at us! Hopefully, you've been comforted by the fact that you're not alone. If you need a ...Hotel Madness: Vote for your biggest hotel pet peeves
Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
We launched our Hotel Madness tournament on Monday and the entire first round is now live. If you don't know what Hotel Madness is or you just need a refresher, check out our introductory post. First round voting is open until 11:59pm EDT this Sunday, March 20. Be sure to vote in each and every match-up listed below. Simply choose the hotel pet peeves that bother you the most. The winners ...Hotel Madness: Expensive parking vs. Tightly tucked-in sheets
Mar 14th, 2011 at 4:30PM:
The first round of Hotel Madness continues with #3 seed Expensive parking battling #14 seed Tightly tucked in sheets. Paying for gas and dealing with rental car companies can make trips a real pain in the butt. Add in having to pay an arm and a leg to park at the hotel and you'll be ready to curse Henry Ford for ever inventing cars. Once you do get to your room, though, going to sleep will be ...Delta SkyMiles Medallion parking lot coming to Braves' Turner Field
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 6:00PM:
Delta's been Atlanta's hometown airline for decades, and it looks like the bond between the two is getting a little stronger with the start of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. Delta Air Lines and the Atlanta Braves have announced a partnership that will lead to the opening of a new lot at Turner Field. Or, at least a re-branded portion of a lot. The current Green Park Lot -- which is ...Photo of the Day (05.24.10)
May 24th, 2010 at 6:30PM:
There's nothing worse than forgetting where you parked your rental car. Well, perhaps worse is when you forget what kind of rental car you had in the first place. How do you find a car when you don't even know what car you're trying to find? I'm pretty sure this guy always remembers where he parked. Security is his big problem. Flickr user u07ch spotted this "motorist" in Belfast keeping an ...Worst travel mistakes of the 2000's: Diplomatic Dipsticks
Dec 29th, 2009 at 11:30AM:
As we take time to count our travel sins of the past decade, I get all teary-eyed and indecisive. Where to begin? Couldn't we just say "Iraq" and be done with it? And are we including food mistakes? 'Cuz I got some real doozies: how about shrimp ceviche from a quaint Mexican beach cafe or fresh cut watermelon in India? Uh, those would be travel mistakes, no? But like, since we're trying to ...Five ways to get to the airport
Jul 28th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Your bags are sitting in the hallway, and you're ready to go to the airport. How to get there involves a tradeoff between cost and hassle. A sacrifice is always necessary, and it's significant: you'll have to give up something important. But, this is the nature of travel, so the best you can do is understand the good and bad associated with each.
1. Drive Take yourself to the airport, and you ...Create a custom experience at the Palazzo Sasson
Apr 25th, 2009 at 5:00PM: It doesn't take much to make Italy enticing. The prospect of staying at the Palazzo Sasso in Ravello, though, will effectively deprive you of your free will. This twelfth century palace has the laudable goal of treating you to the same standard as its original inhabitants.
Yeah, I can live with that.
Of course, times are tough, so everybody's upping the ante. For the Palazzo Sasso, this means ...Pay to play in Aussie airport parking lots
Apr 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: For the past decade, Australians have griped about the escalating cost of short-term airport parking. Accusations of monopoly pricing were leveled, and a year ago, the government got involved, having the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) keep an eye on parking lot fees at the country's five largest airports. The results are amazing. Airports pull in 11 percent of their revenue ...It's a cruel world - departing Continental Airlines CFO gets free airport parking for life
Jul 22nd, 2008 at 1:00PM: The airlines giveth, and the airlines taketh away. This has never been more true than in recent years. From pretzels and pillows to in-flight movies, we have all been robbed of the few things that made flying bearable. But none of this applies to the airline executives that helped create the current situation. Most retiring executives leave the airline with hefty retirement packages, often ...Cockpit Chronicles: How to park a 757
Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:00AM: So you just bought yourself a 757. Congratulations are certainly in order. But when you approach the gate in Aruba for your well deserved vacation, you find no one to guide you in. They're all just standing around waiting for you to line up your shiny new ride. Fortunately you've read this blog just in time. Usually when you approach a gate, you'll have someone from the ground crew who will guide ...Automated parking coming to Heathrow Airport
Nov 12th, 2007 at 12:00PM: Do you always forget where you parked your car? I don't remember where I came across this trick, but it's come in useful several times: When parking somewhere -- a mall, amusement park, or the airport, for instance -- whip out your digital camera and take a picture of the location. Usually places with parking lots the size of small countries use some sort of number-letter categorization system to ...Airport Parking Site
Nov 26th, 2006 at 1:02PM: If you happen to be one of the few that has extra time to check out one last thing before heading off to the airport, perhaps you'd like to look into the airport parking low-down. I can tell you now, this probably isn't a site for me only because I don't drive to the airport too often and leave my car and after three-times checking for all my toiletries, underwear, and weather conditions in my ...
