Okay, I’m taking a break from admissions blogging and meeting the manifold demands of my friends/readers: a post about travel! So, to my fellow travelers—for business or for pleasure—here are some of my key bookmarks. These resources are the backbone of my travel planning.
www.xe.com/ucc
Basic exchange rate calculator
www.seatguru.com
Only to be used when you and I aren’t on the same flight—don’t take my seat!
http://blog.tsa.gov/
This is where I learned I don’t have to take my iPad out of my briefcase. And they’re funny, too!
www.flyertalk.com
The online Bible for maximizing your hotel, car rental, airline, credit card accounts. Warning: it’s addictive!
http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/
Scott’s most recent post about the best day of the week to buy a plane ticket is currently the #1 article read on the Wall Street Journal’s webpage.
https://www.americanexpressfhr.com
Use this service 2-3 times a year and it will have paid for itself in free extra nights, free meals, etc.
www.tripadvisor.com
You have to be savvy to not be taken in by someone with an axe to grind or an owner posting about their own business but there’s a lot of good stuff there.
www.zagat.com
Don’t know where to eat in the big city? These guys can help.
Favourite airline alliance: www.staralliance.com
Favourite airline: www.singaporeair.com
Favourite hotel group: www.starwoodhotels.com
Favourite hotel chain: www.peninsula.com or http://www.starwoodhotels.com/stregis/index.html
May your hotel rooms overlook the mountains and not the dumpsters, may your flights find you in the exit row if not an upgrade, may your rental cars not have been last driven by five guys going to a Dead concert, and may your journeys always bring you home safe to what’s important.
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