Monthly Archives for January 2015.
This is one of the better discussions I have read comparing and contrasting Hilton Gold and Hilton Diamond benefits. Definitely worth a read for anyone who is mulling over a similar decision as we launch into a new hotel status-earning year.
While somewhere in the back of my mind I know hitchhiking exists, I suppose it’s something I consider to be more of a transportation method borne of desperation than a choice. I always thought people hitchhiked because they had to, not because they wanted to.
In another amazing display of the helpfulness you will so often find in online travel communities, atravelynn provides probably the most comprehensive advice on rainforest monkey-spotting in Peru that is likely to be found anywhere.
Are you a fan of giant Ferris Wheels? And have you ridden on any that you felt provided a perspective of the city that added greatly to your enjoyment of your visit?
Hipmunk already sorts flight options by “Agony” – why not include in that Agony calculus an aircraft’s configuration and provide travelers with more opportunities to maximize their in-flight comfort and put focus on the airlines’ efforts to continually add more seats?
Could you imagine submitting an airline complaint to a “customer advocate” who is paid by the airlines and not only having the complaint resolved to your satisfaction, but also receiving a call from the advocate to chat about the result?
Most travelers who write a trip report are excited to share a description of all of their wonderful adventures. Not whogo – he’s downright grumpy and practically looking for problems.
Two passengers who select the aisle and window seats are acting perfectly within the bounds of acceptable social behavior – so long as those are the seats they actually want to sit in. The problem is that some couples who employ this strategy aren’t content when their plan doesn’t work out quite right.
As jackplum and daninstl point out, booking your award ticket is just step #1. Step #2 is checking and double-checking the reservation up until the departure to see if you can get some miles put back in your account.
