Dec 29th, 2011 at 5:00PM: Anyone who has ever tried to access free WiFi in Rome probably won't be surprised by a recent Business Insider headline proclaiming that Italians Don't Care About the Internet.
According to a report released by ISTAT, Italy's official statistics bureau, only 54.5% of Italians have access to the Internet, and 26.7% of Italians think the Internet is "useless" and "uninteresting".
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How to access free WiFi in Rome
Dec 29th, 2011 at 5:00PM: Anyone who has ever tried to access free WiFi in Rome probably won't be surprised by a recent Business Insider headline proclaiming that Italians Don't Care About the Internet.
According to a report released by ISTAT, Italy's official statistics bureau, only 54.5% of Italians have access to the Internet, and 26.7% of Italians think the Internet is "useless" and "uninteresting".
It follows, ...Delta gives the gift of free in-flight WiFi
Dec 14th, 2011 at 1:30PM: This holiday season, Delta has partnered up with eBay and Gogo to offer travelers 30 minutes of free in-flight wireless Internet on all WiFi-enabled aircraft through January 2.
Connecting is super simple: just open your browser, enter your email address on the promotional page, click the "Give Me Free WiFi" button, and boom -- enough free connectivity to check your email and reconfirm your ...10 reasons to travel to Ljubljana
Dec 13th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
When I found cheap airfare from Istanbul to Ljubljana, I didn't find many other travelers who'd been there or even say for sure which country it's in. The tiny of country of Slovenia is slightly smaller than New Jersey and its capital city isn't known for much other than being difficult to spell and pronounce (say "lyoob-lyAH-nah"). After spending a few days there last month, I quickly fell ...Free airport WiFi for Nintendo 3DS users from Boingo Wireless
Dec 9th, 2011 at 1:30PM: Boingo Wireless and Nintendo have teamed up to bring Nintendo 3DS owners free airport WiFi access in 42 airports across the United States, including Chicago O'Hare, New York JFK, and Houston George Bush Intercontinental.
The Nintendo 3DS is already a great travel companion, with its open-source Internet browser and built-in camera, not to mention a catalog of hundreds of addictive games ...Is the iPad a threat to hotel Wi-Fi?
Oct 27th, 2011 at 4:00PM: While many hotels are now offering free Wi-Fi for guests, there now seems to be a glitch in the system, and that glitch is the iPad. Along with other tablet computers, these devices are most often used for video streaming.
David W. Garrison, the chief executive of iBAHN, a provider of information systems for the hospitality industry, explains why this is a problem. "The bits used for video ...The ever-evolving language of travel
Oct 16th, 2011 at 12:00PM: While it is clear that travel itself has evolved in many ways in the past decade or so, it appears that travel language has, too. It is something that seems to happen overnight, without anyone really noticing that new vocabulary words are being invented but using them anyway. Check out this list of some relatively new lingo that has stuck in the language of travel.
Couch Surfing
While at one ...How much have you paid for hotel internet access?
Apr 6th, 2011 at 3:30PM: If our Hotel Madness tournament taught us anything, it's that people really hate paying for internet access when traveling. No free Wi-Fi handily won our tournament by proving itself as the most hated hotel nuisance. While it bothers so many of us, we've all taken the plunge and paid a hefty fee for in-room internet. Whether it's because we have work to do, pictures to upload or loved ones to ...Hotel Madness: No Free Wi-Fi wins!
Apr 5th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
After weeks of competition, thousands of votes and tons of ranting and raving on Twitter, all of you have made it abundantly clear that you hate paying for internet access at hotels. No free Wi-Fi dominated every round of the Hotel Madness tournament on its way to winning the championship. No hotel pet peeve so thoroughly and completely annoyed our readers like having to pay for Wi-Fi. Bad ...Last day to vote in the Hotel Madness championship!
Apr 4th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Today is the last day of voting to decide which pet peeve will win our Hotel Madness tournament. Thousands of votes have been cast over the last several weeks leading up to this exciting championship match. Now, with hundreds of votes already cast, we are just hours away from crowning our winner. There's still time, however, for you to make your voice heard. Will you vote for the dominant #1 ...Hotel Madness Championship: No free Wi-Fi vs. Bad water pressure
Mar 31st, 2011 at 11:00AM:
What a wild ride it's been on our way to this exciting - and somewhat unexpected - Hotel Madness championship round. We've seen upsets, blowouts, tons of feedback on Twitter and an outpouring of responses from all of you letting us know what bothers you the most at hotels. That's all led us to this: the finals. No free Wi-Fi has proven why it's the #1 seed by dominating it's third straight ...Hotel Madness Final Four: Voting ends today!
Mar 30th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Have you voted in the semifinal match-ups of Gadling's Hotel Madness tournament yet? It's a short week of voting for this round since we'll be opening the polls for the championship beginning tomorrow. The Final Four pits #1 seed No free Wi-Fi versus #4 Resort fees and #3 seed Expensive parking against #7 Bad water pressure.
There's still times for you to make your voices heard. Which ...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 ...Browsing Facebook & Twitter on the road? Don't get hacked.
Oct 26th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Unsecured wireless networks have always been a danger for traveling technophiles -- the data that we transfer through open spaces can always be intercepted and decrypted by wandering spies, including bank accounts, passwords and heaps of other sensitive information. That's why most people refrain from logging into private websites while in public places.
With the proliferation of social media ...How to travel overseas with an iPod touch
Oct 25th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Rather than face exorbitant cell-phone roaming charges, my travel companion and I recently traveled to Europe with just an iPad and an iPod touch. Though that meant that we could only look up restaurants or things to do when we were in a free Wi-Fi spot, I enjoyed the break from my inbox. And rather than being tethered to Facebook updates, we both paid more attention to the scene at hand -- though ...Singapore Airlines to roll out 'total connectivity' in 2011
Oct 6th, 2010 at 2:30PM: Travelers have long found the electronics ban to be a mixed burden and blessing - for some, it's an oasis of peace and quiet during an otherwise hectic day. For others, flights, particularly long ones, are time sucks of lost productivity. In recent years, the roll-out of in-flight Wi-Fi services has dramatically improved the ability of business travelers to stay on top of their work.
Now, ...JetBlue in-flight internet access coming in 2012, worth the wait?
Sep 22nd, 2010 at 4:30PM: JetBlue is going to offer in-flight internet access! This is exciting news, right? JetBlue is one of the more exciting airlines in the market right now, having figured out how to offer solid customer service without jacking up fares (a combination the major carriers believe is impossible to attain ... despite the fact that JetBlue has done so). So, the airline is getting into the internet game, a ...InterContinental Hotels tests tiered WiFi options
Sep 19th, 2010 at 10:29AM: It's not free, but it's something...
The InterContinental Hotels & Resorts chain are experimenting with a system of tiered WiFi in a few of its hotels.
Guests at InterContinental Times Square in New York City, InterContinental Chicago and InterContinental Mark Hopkins in San Francisco are being offered the choice of WiFi options: low-bandwidth WiFi for $10 or high-bandwidth service for ...New York parks get free wifi and plenty of strings attached
Sep 16th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
If you thought cable companies Time Warner and Cablevision had any goodwill in their corporate veins, give up. The two companies are sinking a modest $10 million into wifi networks for 32 New York City parks. In exchange, they get a decade-long renewal on their cable market access to the city. So, $10 million in trade for more than 8 million people, some of whom are just dying to sink money into ...
