Travel Tips and Reviews

Home again, crying into my pillow, but at least I have rock solid BRX travel bag – #BRXtravelgear

Suitcase or Luggage in Ouray

Note: This post is a followup of a compensated social shopper insights study I performed for Collective Bias. Home again. Blah. It feels like I had just left the place God resides only to return to the bottomless pit that is the lovely abode of Beezelbub and Donald Trump. But I repeat myself. Because I…

Comfortably boxed in at Box Canyon Lodge

Box Canyon Lodge

The owners of the Box Canyon Lodge in Ouray, Colorado were gracious enough to offer me a complimentary stay at their hotel while I explored the area, and though my original itinerary didn’t involve much more than merely passing through the small city on the way back to Denver, I’m now actually disappointed that I…

Travel insurance: finally taking a closer look at whether I should get myself covered

One thing I’ve never seriously considered before was taking out travel insurance for all the trips I’ve been taking (although Wez, you might be interested in that insurance site, being an accident prone Aussie and all.) In fact Cover-more may be the insurance provider I’ll be looking into should I travel to Australia (or New…

My first experience with Groupon, and why you must, yea, MUST, join frequent flyer programs

2004 Airbus A319-111 - N924FR, Frontier Airlines Plane

Well, ok, you don’t HAVE to join a frequent flyer program for any particular airline, but then again, yeah, you kinda do. I just spent the past week (and most of last night) researching for the best flights to take from New York to Denver for my Rocky Mountain trip this fall, and after a…

Comparing car rental rates abroad (no I’m not traveling internationally just yet)

Foreign looking car

I’ve been wondering how easy it would be to secure a car rental if I ever decided to visit say, London. They’d let me drive in the UK, right? Why wouldn’t they, my American driving record is perfect (except for a few tickets and an accident that was totally not my fault.) Well, I got…

Finding the stars again

Milky Way Night Sky

While tentatively planning my trip to the Rockies, one thing that hadn’t occurred to me was just how different night viewing would be compared to home, where noise pollution is so overwhelming even the Martians could see Manhattan without a telescope. I haven’t seen the Milky Way with my bare eyes since I was 8…

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