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Air Travel

First Time Flying? 17 Things You Must Know

May 26, 2010

Attention first time fliers! I read this on one of my facebook friend’s statuses today: (Please excuse any incorrect grammar or lack of consideration in the post!) “Note to people who dont fly much– when the plane shakes a little, do not put your head on your knees, grab my shoulder and start repeating oh [...]

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Refund Airline Tickets | How Do You Get Your Money Back?

April 26, 2010

In a few ways, traveling is like investing.  You watch for the price trends, anticipate future prices, and then eventually you lock in your price by buying your tickets.  Well, not really.  Most people just remember, hey I forgot to buy plane tickets, so they jump online and buy the tickets. One of the worst [...]

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When is a Newborn Baby Old Enough to Fly?

March 31, 2010

You may be asking, “When is my newborn baby old enough to fly?” - if you didn’t complete all your traveling while pregnant.  In my case, I delivered two of  my babies on our furlough (break from the mission field).  We were on a tight schedule since we only had a limited amount of time with [...]

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Breastfeeding on a Plane

March 10, 2010

Breastfeeding on a plane is one of the best ways to soothe your baby .  There have been so many times when I’ve been flying and been incredibly thankful that God gave me this natural gift!  I know that breastfeeding is not accepted in public by some people in various parts of the world. However, I [...]

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Hotwire and Priceline: How to Guarantee the Lowest Price

January 18, 2010

Hotwire.com and Priceline are consistently the cheapest travel options.  Hotwire It is important to remember that both of these sites are opaque travel sites (you do not know some exact details when you book) so you must have some flexibility.  If you are unfamiliar with the opaque travel websites you should read an introduction to [...]

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Poor Customer Service

July 9, 2009

Photo by cliff1066 When traveling you want to be treated like you are important to the company.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case! I have blogged about some of my poor travel experiences: Here is a problem I recently had with Hilton Hotels Price Guarantee Program. I wrote about a bad Southwest experience with [...]

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Southwest Airlines: Please Bring Back Young Family Pre-boarding

July 4, 2009

Most industries are investing a lot of resources into making their product more family friendly.  They know parents will avoid their establishments if the layout is does not appeal to families.  Because the family market is so large organizations willingly adjust their business models to continue to appeal to consumers with families. Ironically, it seems [...]

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Man’s Best Friend – The Sky is the Limit

June 30, 2009

Airlines are realizing that they cannot miss out on a single opportunity to attract a paid customer.  There are some travelers out there (I am certainly not one) who will not go anywhere unless their dog, cat, or pet gorilla can accompany them.  The result is that airlines who do not accept animals loose out [...]

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Suggested Site to Assist with Priceline & Hotwire Booking

June 29, 2009

If you are not familiar with Priceline or Hotwire I suggest you read this article.  When it comes to hotels it is very difficult to get a better price than using one of these two websites.  You can read how to get the cheapest price between Priceline and Hotwire to be sure which site will [...]

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Australia and Papua New Guinea Travel Options Improving

June 22, 2009

I represent a small percentage of the population who has even heard of Papua New Guinea (PNG).  I represent an even smaller percentage of expatriates who live in PNG.  Over the last several years tourism has been increasing to my region – Milne Bay.  In this post I wanted to offers some updates on positive [...]

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