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Air travel can wreak havoc on the most seasoned traveler’s beauty routine. Skin gets dehydrated, makeup smudges, and jet lag puts wear and tear on you inside and out. No one knows this better than flight attendants, who log thousands of miles per year. But unlike the rest of us, they manage to maintain a…
Wanted: petite, single women that are 20 to 26 years old. Must weigh between 100 and 118 pounds and be at least five feet, but no taller than five feet, four inches. This was what a recruitment ad seeking potential stewardesses in the 1930s looked like. In fact, a similar one ran in “The New…
The impressive Tokyo Haneda Airport by Herry Lawford via Flickr Whether you’re flying long or short haul, economy or first class — there’s almost no getting around the fact that your trip has to start with an airport. While the airport can be a pain even for those with the sunniest of dispositions, turning up…
Traveling as a couple is fun…but packing for two, not so much. Lighten your load (and maybe even save on baggage fees) by bringing one set of toiletries for both you and your other half to share. After all, the freebies in the hotel bathroom are a crapshoot. Yes, we are suggesting you recreate your…
It’s no secret that long gone are the times when plane passengers dressed to the nines and ate freshly-carved beef roast served seat-side; when flight attendants (excuse us, stewardesses) were cute and perky, fulfilling what was considered an esteemed position. Surely, the glamour of the Golden Age of flying has tarnished to brass — making…
I’ve noticed a worrying trend among airline passengers lately. After an emergency landing, when flyers must evacuate out of a plane, videos emerge in the news of people fleeing the plane while carrying their luggage. The Dubai flight that crash landed this week is a prime example of this, as you can see in this…
Imagine that you have 15 hours to see Istanbul, thanks to a bizarre layover on a last-minute ticket to Milan from New York City (logistics, be damned — you saw that flight deal and just went with it). Or, being the intrepid adventurer that you are, you decided to work a whirlwind Reykjavik weekend into…
Once strictly reserved to in-flight catalogs of kitsch such as SkyMall, gimmicky travel accessories are now all over the internet and range from hilariously quirky to awkward and embarrassing. However, plenty of these seemingly gimmicky travel accessories are actually pretty awesome. Here are a few of our favorites.
Several months ago, Expedia released the results of its third annual Airplane Etiquette Survey, in which 1,019 random travelers were polled about their in-flight behavior, as well as the most aggravating behaviors they witness from their fellow passengers. Funnily enough, these were often one and the same. The journey of a lifetime — or even…
An increasing number of luggage manufacturers are adding features such as USB charging ports and tracking devices to their suitcases, and plenty of today’s travelers are finding that regular old suitcases no longer fit the bill. If you’re looking for a new suitcase and feel that something smarter is in order, here are four of…