Vacations: Cruising with Kids
With colder weather and holidyas seemingly around the corner, thoughts of vacations are looming on the horizon (hopefully a warmer horizon.)
Our family blogger Steven has seven tips for cruising with kids - our favorite is #5:
Eat dinner at the same table every night
This may sound boring, but if you want to enjoy your dinner, [...]
Don’t Be Rude, Threaten Me or Yell
MSNBC’s Chris Elliot has a nice article that talks about six things you should never do while traveling. A couple of examples - don’t be rude and don’t yell.
We were yelled at in an NYC airport for line jumping. There was this very uptight woman who had obviously been waiting (and watching) the line. [...]
Quick Advice: Pet Travel Kit
Great advice after we tweeted about Pet Travel Kits - Rachel Farris from PetRelocation.com contacted us with this tip for pets and airline travel:
>>For photocopies of health documentation, we use plastic shipping sleeves (normally used for address labels) to secure the documentation to the top of the travel crate. These sleeves are great [...]
Seat Belt Safety - Best of the Day
Here in Minnesota, we just passed a seat belt safety law. If you’re stopped for not wearing a seat belt, you’re fined $25.
Our friends at WCCO/CBS have a good story on it. It’s here. (Always good news and info from WCCO.)
And you’ll see our accompanying article on Kids and Car Safety. This is one of [...]
How to Smartly Study Abroad
by Lauren, our college blogger
I have previously written a blog entry for WHN about the benefits of studying abroad and what to start thinking about before starting your adventure abroad. Now that the application and admission process is complete, here are some basic travel tips on how students can make their time abroad as [...]
College Money Tips
By Lauren W, our college blogger
After completing my sophomore year in college, I am starting to become more aware of how much living away from home can cost. Gone are the days when laundry and groceries are done for me by dear old Mom. Any little bit of spare change is practically gold! I am [...]
Best of the Day: Spring Break - Where’s My Hotel?
Spring break is here. (We’re not sure because we haven’t seen the MTV schedule for their spring break telethon.)(Do they even do that anymore or is it all simply tweeted?)
Here are some spring break safety tips we got from from marketing directors who work at hotels in Florida.
Yes, they’ve seen a lot - so trust [...]
Best of the Day - Pizza
Here’s something to celebrate when you’re traveling - good pizza.
Driving back from Wisconsin after the grueling cross-country ski 7K (where we were passed by a dad, using one pole and pulling a child….), we decided to stop a place outside of Luck, Wisconsin called JJ’s Club.
Located on Highway 35, JJ’s is a pizza shop, pool [...]
The Club - Car Rentals
When we were first researching and interviewing about car rental, we’d rent cars for our business trips to test advice, find out what worked best, uncover glitches, how glitches were handled, etc.
While we found Hertz and National to be delightful, their ‘clubs’ are equally nice.
When you enroll in the clubs (check for fees) you get [...]
Valentine’s Day Weekend
We’re heading to Wisconsin to a 10K cross country ski event called Book Across the Bay. There’s a great YouTube video here that shows the event.
The 10K starts a night, there are hundreds of luminaries and a resting point halfway. I think 2,000 people are taking part this year.
While many do this as a race, [...]