China has asked US airlines to designate Taiwan as part of China on their websites and systems. Regardless of where you fall on the China/Taiwan debate, there are impracticalities that arise when treating the two places as one country and it...
Oil & Airfare or How To Cook a Frog
Oil prices are climbing up from a deep price recession that began in November 2014. Even with more fuel-efficient aircraft, something has to give. Will the cheap fares go first, or the carriers offering them? If you are considering...
Free Agent Is The Best Status to Hold
After years of chasing status (I still do), sometimes being a Free Agent when it comes to choosing your travel product is the most liberating of all. While I still hold elite status, on a recent trip my family...
What Makes A “Real Traveler?”
Last week a reader suggested that I wasn’t a real traveler but without qualifying why that was the case. While everyone is entitled to their opinion without justification or explanation, it got me thinking – what constitutes a “real...
The Bahamas’ Zone Taxis Hurt Bahamians
I wrote a few weeks ago about the airport Taxi touts in Panama but this is not that story. In the Bahamas, taxi zones are in place and are especially expensive for short distances. While you might think this will...
Terrible Panama City Airport Taxi Touts
We recently spent the better part of a week in Panama City, Panama. We loved it and we can’t wait to go back! That being said the one black eye of our trip was upon our arrival, transportation leaving...
Flying in 2018: The Best of Times
Like Charles Dickens’ famous opening line, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” In a counter post to one previously published today, I can prove that flying in 2018 is the best it has...
Flying in 2018: It Was The Worst of Times
Like Charles Dickens’ famous opening line, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Flying in 2018 is the worst it has ever been, from poor customer service to Basic Economy, being nickel and damned...
OneGo: All-You-Can-Fly Subscriptions – UPDATED
I spoke with OneGo about their offering. I still had questions about the business structure and was able to setup a phone call with their CEO, Paulius Grigas. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...
Studying Abroad
The summer after my senior year of high school and before my freshman year of college I had a chance to study abroad in Lima, Perú. Studying abroad was a transformative experience for me and returning to visit my...
Country Count: Which Count, Which Don’t
The more I travel, the more I realize I have so much more to do. But when you’re counting countries it’s hard to know which ones count and which ones don’t. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a...
Getting back to Blogging
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. As I stated, I had some personal events come up that precluded me from...
My Disappearance
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. This isn’t a post about me being left behind in southeast Asia again, but...
