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Freight dogs: Knights of the skies

Freight dogs: Knights of the skies

Truth be told, my entire life hasn’t been filled with incessant bitching. There have been a lot of interesting and wonderful aspects of it. YOU may wind up bitching about things I write but if you don’t like it I’ll take my column and go home. What I want to convey this week are...

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Travelzoo Top 20

What’s more American than finding a good deal? Travelzoo offers them up all the time and was the recent inspiration for a deal we booked Sunday – four nights in Tulum, Mexico, in February. Hey, everyone deserves a sun holiday during the heart of winter. So take a look and see what long weekend...

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Delta expands expedited checkpoints

Delta expands expedited checkpoints

Delta Airlines announced this week that it is working with the TSA that it is expanding its TSA Pre program. This is that snazzy deal that lets you almost act like a human going through normal security — you can leave you shoes on, your jacket on, your computer in its computer bag and...

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What you’re leaving behind at security checkpoints

What you’re leaving behind at security checkpoints

Of the millions of passengers going through security check points at airports around the country, many are leaving behind a few things, pens, pencils, $400,000 in loose change. The TSA is reporting that every year, all of those pennies people toss into those plastic bins and leave behind has become an annual budget windfall....

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License plates can be fun

License plates can be fun

Driving either short or long distances can sometimes be boring. Furthermore, it gives one a plethora of things to bellyache about. For instance, being boxed in by heavy traffic, a blazing sun trying to laser you with rays, the brake lights on the vehicle ahead sending out message in Morse code, etc. Citing these...

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TSA refuses to test machines for radiation, but will test officers for over exposure to radiation

TSA refuses to test machines for radiation, but will test officers for over exposure to radiation

So the TSA has finally decided to see how much radiation its employees have been exposed to, even though its machines are perfectly safe, according to numerous news reports. Of course, the machines are safe, it’s the silly TSA officers who are the ones who may finally get a dose of reality. The TSA...

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A traveler’s wishes for the new year

A traveler’s wishes for the new year

Because it’s the start of a new year every publication has a column about writers’ wish lists for the coming year. Some are totally unreachable, like “I wish for world peace.” (You have a better chance of waking up and seeing Lady Gaga in your bed – or Ellen DeGeneres…your call.) Or, “I would...

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New laws of the land

New laws of the land

The new year also marks the beginning of new laws around the country. And because states rights come into play, there are all kinds of laws around the country. All told, about 40,000 new laws take effect this January. Good luck keeping up, as something you were doing on New Year’s Eve is now...

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Database explosion and how to fix it (hint, we still don’t know)

It’s been a weeks since HTG has been up and running. There was an error in our database that some how magically appeared. Apparently, that can happen from time to time, though we have no idea how any of it went down. What we do know is that we travel, not write code. And...

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Cuddle up for a long flight on Air New Zealand

Cuddle up for a long flight on Air New Zealand

It was bound to happen: Airplanes and RV’s now share something in common: Seats that fold out into beds. It’s innovative, and certainly interesting that two people can fold out three seats into a little bed-like structure for those long flights to and from New Zealand — as every flight to this little sheep...

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