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Smart Marketing: Baby Gear Co. Offers “Avoid Bag Fee” Rentals

January 25, 2010 | Posted in: Airline News,Travel Tips | 3 comments

smart marketing baby gear avoid bag fees rentals

Now this strikes me as something more and more companies will be doing – if they’re smart – and that’s marketing to families as a way to save on airline bag fees (see my fee chart for the latest).

It’s also a way of saving your aching muscles from lugging a lot of stuff through the airports during your vacation.

Case in point: A company called Babies-n-Town based in the Florida panhandle is offering baby equipment rentals in West Panama Beach and locations in Bay, Walton and Okaloosa counties, featuring name brand products like cribs, strollers, car seats, even baby gates. They also rent bikes.

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Cheap Deals to New York – See Picassos before More Damaged

January 25, 2010 | Posted in: Deals,Travel Tips,Twitter | 0 comments

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I’m not sure how this happened exactly, but a woman visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City somehow “fell” onto a Picasso painting, and tore the canvas.

This painting is titled “The Actor” and as the AP notes, it’s a 6-foot piece of canvas. Don’t be alarmed, though – repairs should be completed in plenty of time for the big Picasso exhibition in late April.

Want to be there? Simple!

Just check out our “Where to Go” Getaway Maps with prices from your airport, for the best available deals to NYC. And if you like what you see, it’s easy to tweet about it to your friends. CAUTION: when viewing paintings, try to keep your balance.

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Real Comments from Those Who Stayed in “10 Dirtiest Hotels”

January 22, 2010 | Posted in: List,Travel Tips | 0 comments

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I always enjoy TripAdvisor’s 10 Dirtiest Hotels list, and the 2010 edition is just as delightfully disgusting as you might imagine.

What I find most fascinating are the comments by hotel guests – the ones who actually survived their gruesome experiences – presumably so they could rant on TripAdvisor.

And am I glad they did.

Here is the number one hotel on the list – followed by comments from those who’ve been there:

#1 Heritage Marina Hotel, San Francisco

  • “The lights go on, and the room looks like one from a movie – one where you die in the middle of the night.”
  • “Hookers in the hallways. Carpets were crusty with the texture of vomit. Mattresses were splitting wide open.”
  • “Hundreds of bed bugs crawling in the bed (another hundred already dead after drinking my blood).”
  • “The restaurant [appeared to be] home to a large number of homeless people.”

I just want to be clear that I’ve never been to this establishment, so for all I know it’s a charming little inn. However, the comments do seem to point in the other direction…

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Happy Birthday, 747 – Celebrate by Watching a Cool Take-Off

January 22, 2010 | Posted in: Airline News,Multimedia | 0 comments

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first flight of Boeing’s revolutionary 747 aircraft – the biggest aircraft in the world, until the new Godzilla of planes came along – the Airbus 380.

As the Los Angeles Times points out, history books may claim the 747′s first flight took place on Jan. 21, 1970 (New York to London), but – not true. There were delays at JFK – surprise, surprise – so the Pan Am flight didn’t actually take off until about 2am on Jan. 22.

And the big plane is still flying today. When the president travels, it’s on Air Force One – a 747. When the a space shuttle lands in the Mojave Desert and needs a lift back to Florida, its ride is – a 747.

What a plane. But don’t take my word for it – take a look at this take-off:

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UPDATE: Another Airline Joins First Airfare Hike of 2010

January 22, 2010 | Posted in: Airfare News,United,US Airways | 0 comments

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Here’s the latest: United has now matched that first airfare hike of the year, leaving only US Airways as the lone legacy carrier holdout.

Historically, US Airways has been one of the last to match on airfare hike attempts (within a 3 day period), and frankly it’s a little odd to see them still on the fence since all the others (Alaska, American, Continental, Delta/Northwest, and now United) have all jumped in.

In the past, airfare hike attempts usually fizzled when there was a lone holdout, but it appears with “right-size” domestic capacity and positive demand trends, this may not be the case.

However, it would not surprise me to see US Airways join in the hike over the weekend. I’ll keep you posted…

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Own a Piece of History, Bid on “Miracle on the Hudson” Plane

January 22, 2010 | Posted in: Airline News,News,Pilots,US Airways | 0 comments

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On March 27, a history-making Airbus 320-214 will go on the auction block – the actual aircraft piloted by Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullengberger for US Airways – which safely (and amazingly) landed in the Hudson a year ago, with no lives lost.

Chartris Insurance, host of the auction, lists the plane as “salvage” since, as CNN notes, it suffers from severe water and impact damage.

So if you bid and win, you will not get a flight-worthy airplane. For one thing, the wings are detached. And engines are not included.

Well, you knew it wasn’t going to be perfect – still, bargain shoppers thrill to the words the auctioneers have applied to this plane: sold “as is”.

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Help for Haiti: FAA Sends Portable Air Traffic Control Tower

January 21, 2010 | Posted in: Airline News,DOT,News | 0 comments

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I’m not sure I was even aware there were such things, but the FAA has portable, temporary air traffic control towers for use after disasters – and one is now on its way to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The Haitian government requested one to assist with operations at Port-au-Prince’s airport. The temporary tower is being transported by a large chartered cargo aircraft, and I can see why it has to be a large one: this tower is 13 feet high, 44 feet long, and weighs 25,000 pounds.

Technicians need 48 hours for set-up and then it’s good to go. Sounds like some very practical assistance.

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Storms Hit West Coast, Phoenix: Massive Airline Cancellations

January 21, 2010 | Posted in: Southwest,Storms,Weather | 0 comments

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This afternoon, Southwest essentially shut down operations at Phoenix‘s Sky Harbor airport; United and US Airways are also cutting their flights way back.

Blame it on a massive storm battering the region, and that includes much of Southern California: we’re seeing delays and cancellations at numerous airports including Burbank, LAX, Orange County, Ontario and San Diego. Also affected: Tucson and Las Vegas.

Take a look at FlightStats for all the affected airports – and if you’re heading in/out or through any of these destinations, might be a good idea to call your airline.

Phoenix may get as much as 7 inches of rain, and flooding is expected, but then again – in a desert, there’s hardly any place for water to go.

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