How to Pay Less for Travel With Yapta

Nov 2, 2010 | 2 Comments

This is a guest post written by Matt Gamboa. It always happens… you wait for the best price on a plane ticket to maximize your savings, only to find that a few days later, the price drops even more. What can you do? Don’t most tickets say “non-refundable” when you’re reading the terms of sale [...]

“Heads Down, Stay Down”

Sep 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Delta 4951 makes emergency landing: I don’t know what I’d do in this situation (as a passenger). I certainly wouldn’t likely have the composure to record it happening for posterity. Not to make light of a very serious situation, but I’d be preparing to kiss my own “posterity” good-bye. Click the outward-pointing arrows in the [...]

Gogo Inflight Problem

Aug 31, 2010 | 3 Comments

The other day, I was on an Alaska Airlines flight to Dallas, TX (on my way to speak at OpenCamp). My dendrites were quite thrilled to discover that the plane was WiFi-enabled. Yay! I realize that some people refuse to pay for in-flight Internet, but… the alternative is to “bored” the plane. Get it?! Anyway… [...]

My Favorite Kind of Plane

Jun 29, 2010 | 7 Comments

I love it when I have to travel and there’s a huge Wi-Fi Friendly sign displayed. This means I can get some work done, send out a few hundred emails, tweet about every cool thing I see or simply FaceTime with friends on my new iPhone 4. I’m heading to the Bing Crosby Theater in [...]

How to Entertain Yourself on an Airplane

Aug 31, 2009 | 13 Comments

Both @flyhawaiian [a good group to follow if you wanna know more about traveling to Hawaii] and I are asking… How do you keep yourself occupied when flying? suddenlysmilee: I sing… I believe I can fly :) about 5 hours ago Mon Aug 31 19:36:43 +0000 2009 tmartin62: sleep about 5 hours ago Mon Aug [...]

Why I Love Flying Virgin America Airlines

Jun 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently flew on Virgin America airlines, for a trip to California. Traveling life doesn’t get much better than this, I’m telling you. I had access to wireless Internet. I was able to watch some television via Hulu and even keep [...]