The recently-remodeled Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara offers refreshed rooms in an ideal beachside location. While there is room for improvement, as you’ll read about in this review, this remains one of my favorite getaway hotels. Mar Monte...
Singapore Airlines Considers Flights To Nowhere
With travel to Singapore still heavily restricted, Singapore Airlines is looking into three-hour flights…to nowhere. Singapore Airlines Considers Flights To Nowhere With pent-up travel demand and airplanes sitting idle, Singapore Airlines is exploring the possibility of offering scenic flights...
How Often Do You Want Your Hotel Room Cleaned?
In the age of the pandemic and social distancing, how often do you want your hotel room cleaned? Do you prefer daily cleaning in your hotel room or only upon check-out? Hotel Room Daily Cleaning During Pandemic A story...
Southwest CEO Predicts Business Travel Won’t Return For A Decade
Projections over COVID-19 have gone from bad to worse to downright depressing. While Southwest Airlines is banking on another round of taxpayer subsidies and a vaccine, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly is not at all optimistic about the future, especially...
Great Coffee In San Juan Capistrano, CA
Although it was an unplanned stop, I was ecstatic to find a great independent coffee shop in San Juan Capistrano. Great Coffee in San Juan Capistrano, California My wife Heidi and I have a tradition…or at least had a...
19 Years Later, What Have We Really Learned?
19 years after the 9/11 attacks, it is clear we still have a long way to go to reach the vision of “united we stand.” May this day be a chance for us to reflect upon our own responsibility...
Thank You American Airlines For Forcing Man To Remove Obscene Shirt!
American Airlines forced a man to change out of an obscene shirt if he wanted to remain onboard. In an era when a small pin is causing people to go crazy, thank goodness AA had enough common sense to...
Hidden Clues From United Airlines Mapped Out
I don’t know about you, but I loved the teaser video United Airlines released ahead of its big international route announcements earlier this week. Now we can go back and see what we missed…or in some cases properly recognized....
Hyatt Centric Santa Barbara Now Mar Monte Hotel, Part Of The Unbound Collection
Before I publish a full review of the property, I thought it would be important to mention that the Hyatt Centric Santa Barbara recently rebranded as the Mar Monte Hotel, returning to its original name. The hotel is now...
Masking The Truth On WestJet
Did WestJet cancel a flight because a three-year-old temporarily had her mask off, a 19-month-old would not wear a mask, or because the delicate crew could not handle being questioned? I tend to think it is the latter. Masking...
JetBlue Focuses On Leisure With Two Dozen New Routes
With business travel on long-term hiatus, JetBlue will add 24 new leisure routes to destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America. New JetBlue Leisure Routes JetBlue is hardly coy about its intentions here. Its press release explicitly states...
United Airlines Expands Change Fees Waiver To Mexico + The Caribbean
United Airlines has added Mexico and the Caribbean to its list of destinations which will no longer incur change fees for modifying flight reservations. Untied Airlines “Permanently” Eliminates Mexico + Caribbean Change Fees Last month, United became the first...
Compelling New Hyatt Promotion Solidifies My Loyalty
I give great credit to Hyatt for figuring out how to entice me to remain loyal when my status is already locked in for another year. Hyatt’s generous new elite earning promotion stacked with other great offers should cause...
United Airlines Adds Two New Long-Haul Routes To Hawaii
United Airlines will bolster service to Hawaii with a pair of new longhaul Hawaiian flights starting next year. United Adds Newark – Maui Service United Airlines will operate new nonstop service between Newark (EWR) and Maui (OGG), helping leisure...
United Airlines Adds International Service To Ghana, India, Nigeria, South Africa
United Airlines will add a quintuplet of new international routes including service to Ghana, two destinations in India, Nigeria, and a second destination in South Africa. United Airlines Adds Five New International Routes To Africa and India San Francisco...
How 34 Flights On Spirit Airlines May Lead To 20 Years In Prison
A young man now faces a lengthy jail sentence after creating fake ID to secure free flights for himself and his friends. While he ended up with 34 free flights on Spirit Airlines, those tickets might come at a...
More Flaws Discovered In Boeing 787 Production Process
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is considering enhanced inspections of hundreds of Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets after quality-control lapses were discovered in the production process. The Latest Boeing 787 Quality Control Problems Boeing alerted the FAA in late August...
United Airlines Teases New Routes: Here Are My Predictions
United Airlines released a teaser video on Instagram concerning new route announcements coming tomorrow morning. I downloaded the video, isolated some clues, and have a few predictions to make. United Airlines Route Teaser – What Can We Draw Out...
My Next Door Hotel Neighbor Bangs On My Wall Then Claims I Should Be Put In Jail…
For the crime of my baby crying at 4:00PM, the guests in the hotel room next door began to bang on my wall. When the crying did not immediately stop, they confronted my wife and me in the hallway....
Elderly Man Kicked Off Allegiant Flight For Asking Flight Attendant To Wear Mask
We often tell my son not to be a Papagei (parrot in German) because he has a habit of repeating himself (over and over) when making a request that we don’t immediately respond to. It can be very annoying!...
