The three most popular posts/thread on ThreadTripping last week.
Choosing From the Periodic Table of Greek Islands
So you want to visit Greece do you? Ok then, Greece is made up of about 6,000 islands – which are you going to visit? Thankfully only 227 of the Greek islands are inhabited. So that narrows it down quite a bit.
A Monkey, a Photographer and a Lawyer Walk Into the Forest…
As a blogger who republishes photographs taken by other travelers, I am keenly interested in the legal implications surrounding this particular issue. And so when faced with a thread titled, “If a monkey grabs a camera, who owns the resulting photos?”, I couldn’t help but to click in to see what this was all about:
Uncovering the Mystery That is Northumberland
To be perfectly frank, up until today if someone were to ask me “What does Northumberland mean to you?” my answer would have had to be, “Absolutely nothing.” Seriously, who ever considers Northumberland – for any reason? Thankfully the answer to that question is, “the folks over on Slow Travel Talk, that’s who … you moron blogger.”
Turning in Your Frequent Flyer Card for an Employee ID
Have you found yourself wishing you could print your own bag tags? And if you do print your own bag tags and your luggage goes missing because the tags fall off, do you think the lost luggage itself should be your penalty for a job poorly done – or should the airline fire you?
Riding the Rails with Dad and Dewers
This trip report is a fun, informative, at times uncomfortable, but mostly heartwarming account of a cross-country air and rail trip shared by a father and his grown – if not fully matured – son.
Qantas’s Disappointing Response to Downgrade Debacle Raises Frequent Flyer Ire
A couple of weeks ago I featured a thread on the Australian Frequent Flyer forums in which a couple had been involuntarily downgraded from business to economy. Since I wrote that post, more information has come to light and the thread has grown to more than 800 posts.
This Week’s Top 3 Threads – November 1, 2014
NOT Just Another Paris Trip Report
How many travelers have written reports about their trip to Paris? “Too many,” you say. Well hold on a second because you haven’t read Alwina Bennett’s report.
Good Travel Advice and Good Career Advice
A couple of weeks back I sorta kinda laid into Travellerspoint member meadysy5 for seeking advice as to whether he should quit his job to travel. Today I offer my unfair, but more positively, opinionated take on Nolegator’s approach to essentially the same dilemma.
