Father’s Day Gift Guide for the Dad Who Loves to Travel Looking for the perfect gift for Dad this Father’s Day? If your dad loves to travel like mine does, here are a few gift ideas I think he’ll love: Skits… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2015
IHG Rewards Club and MasterCard Sweepstakes Promote One More Day of Vacation As you may or may not recall, last year I wrote about MasterCard’s #OneMoreDay campaign. The promotion stemmed from a US Travel Association study, which revealed that last year, American workers… Johnny Jet , May 30, 2015
United Now Flying Direct from Newark into Newcastle, England United Airlines is running a new direct flight through September from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Newcastle International Airport (NCL) to cart East Coasters to the northeast region of… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 28, 2015
Travel Video of the Day: Delta’s New Meme-tastic Safety Video Delta’s new in-flight safety video captures basically every internet sensation possible. We appreciate the Dancing Baby the Dramatic Chipmunk! The airline initially launched a series of safety videos beginning in late 2012 using… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 20, 2015
Summer travel predictions with Chris McGinnis Our good friend and fellow travel writer Chris McGinnis has partnered with Best Western as the YouMustBeTrippin.com business travel expert to offer some predictions for the summer travel season ahead. This guy has basically… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 20, 2015
Travel writer Paul Theroux receives Royal Honors Acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux has enlightened audiences around the globe with his five decades of travel wisdom. On June 1, he’ll be presented with the esteemed 2015 Patron’s Medal by the… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 18, 2015
United to Spend $573 Million on LAX Terminal Refresh As United continues its revamp of the airline, the next investment comes to LAX with a $573 million dollar refresh to the airline’s terminal. United executives unveiled design renderings of… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 14, 2015
Silvercar launches in Chicago and Ft. Lauderdale (with promo codes) Silvercar, the rental car company that sends you out and about in a silver Audi A4, will appear in the Ft. Lauderdale market on May 15 and the Chicago market… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 13, 2015
Travel Video of the Week: Southwest Airlines Flight Sings Happy Birthday to a Little Girl with Disability Seven-year-old Mazzy Marzano, who is paralyzed from the chest down, got a big surprise flying from Tampa to Pittsburgh with Southwest Airlines last month. Her father (Brein) posted on Facebook that Mazzy’s… Johnny Jet , May 12, 2015
British Airways & American Airlines offering up to 115,000 bonus miles for transatlantics through August 7 Now through August 7, British Airways is running a promotion in which executive club members can earn up to 115,000 bonus miles (Avios) on qualifying transatlantic roundtrips. If you aren’t a British… Caitlin Martin Marker , May 9, 2015
Travel Website of the Week: Rome2rio Rome2rio is a beautifully designed and very usable tool that “searches any city, town, landmark, attraction or address across the globe with thousands of multi-modal routes to easily get you… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2015
Best Western offering AARP members Gold Status (and 10%) Best Western International is showing its love for seniors by targeting the senior travel market. The hotel chain just announced the launch of a loyalty program for AARP members filled… Caitlin Martin Marker , April 27, 2015
UberFRESH: Delicious food delivered in an LA minute (+$25 off) UberFRESH Los Angeles is running a deal that we love! Anyone new to UberFRESH can get up to $25 of free food (expires December 31, 2015). Even if you’re an… Caitlin Martin Marker , April 22, 2015
Travel Website of the Week: Hotels By Day I just spoke on a panel at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and one of my fellow panelists, Jen Leo, turned me onto this new website. Hotels By… Johnny Jet , April 21, 2015
Star Wars Fans: ANA Has a Plane For You Get ready to geek out Star Wars fans because ANA is bringing you a snazzy R2-D2 Jet via its newest 787-9 Dreamliner which will be making international flights in fall 2015. Yes… Caitlin Martin Marker , April 17, 2015
