Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
We Love to Travel: Weather Survival Guide
There are supposed to be two guarantees in life: death, and taxes. I think they missed one: airline delays and cancellations.
As our recent “snowstorm” – and our upcoming thunderstorm season – prove, airlines can cancel flights for just about any reason. Snow that might appear? Canceled. Too much wind? Canceled. Plastic bag blew on to [...]
Getaways: Artists Inn Residence
Sigh. Stupid economic apocalypse. I really wanted to get away for my birthday this year. Rough times on all fronts. Originally I had some fantasy about skipping town to Barcelona or Marseilles. But, no such luck. So, I settled for a staycation and escaped for the night to exotic Dupont Circle. The bed and breakfast [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Turkey Time!
Coming and Going, courtesy of M.V. Jantzen
So for the first time since moving down here, my wife and I aren’t driving anywhere for the holiday; since we bought our house this summer, we’re the hosts for this year’s holiday season.
However, I feel your pain, people. If you’re reading this now, you’re either like me and [...]
We Love Travel – Thanksgiving Craziness Edition
It’s that time of year again! Time to head to visit family and friends for Thanksgiving Food (and the required naps after eating all that food). Now there is only one thing standing in your way: Getting There.
In this Thanksgiving issue, I’m going to cover a few of the tips I’ve learned [...]
We Love Travel – But Our Bags Lost Their Passports
Lost Luggage, by tymesynk (Creative Commons)
This is the second half of the two-part “Where is my luggage?” series.
So, you decided it’s time to get out the passport, dust off the large bag, and leave the country for a couple of days or weeks. And then Murphy decided to make things interesting, and now your luggage [...]
Getaways: Wineries and a Pumpkin Patch down 66
Weeks ago I was perusing my favorite local DC food blog, metrocurean, and got inspired by the Hurricane Wine Tasting post that blogger Amanda wrote about her recent winery trip. Having been to Barboursville recently, and loved it, I was antsy to take a trip out 66 to the wineries closer by, and Amanda provided [...]
More »We Love Travel: WAS EQM Mileage Runs
For those that fly often, there is not a sense of envy with the gate agent allows First Class and elite frequent flyers to board the plane first. No, there is only lust for such benefits that are often so close yet so far away at this time of year.
See, frequent flyer status is [...]
Fill out your Metro survey!
I was on my way home on Friday and I received a very exciting piece of paper at foggy bottom! The 2008 METRO SURVEY! .
Now I know this is so incredibly, shamelessly, totally geeky, but I love surveys. I think it stems from my background in PR, I just love collecting and understanding market data. [...]
DCA Cell Phone Waiting Area
Photo by Wayan
If you are picking up a loved one at National Airport, say a hot pregnant wife for example, you will be sent on a circuitous route to the Cell Phone Waiting Area. An annoying drive yes, but not the stupid distant cell phone lot at IAD that is closer to Leesburg than the [...]
We Love to Travel – But Our Luggage Didn’t Make It
Luggage Pile, courtesy of Sundazed/Creative Commons 2.0
It’s no secret that our luggage doesn’t always agree with our travel plans. I realized this when I considered how many times my luggage has decided to go somewhere else, misses the flight, or just returns home. It would seem that my luggage has it’s own travel plans on [...]
We Love to Travel – But Waking Up At 3:30 am? Get Serious.
I’m a big fan of traveling. And when I go on vacation, or just away for work, I usually end up traveling out of Dulles airport. That’s because I live in Arlington, so the two closest airports to me are Dulles and National. And although I take National any time I can, Dulles still ends [...]
More »Someone doesn’t like United Airlines
I’ve always wondered what United Airlines did to deserve their treatment at Dulles Airport. I mean, really, you guys have the worst terminal in the airport. No, not sort of. They put you out in ghetto, trailer park, bus stations look better than this, terminal. I don’t know what you did [...]
More »Your personal information is cleared for takeoff
Commenter Mary pointed out a link to the Slashdot story on the CLEAR data breach over here, and I’d been pondering whether to mention it or not. It’s not really DC related, but we did just write about the program and its express lines at DCA and IAD.
As it turns out, however, there is a [...]
Clear-ed in 60 seconds…
In a previous post I talked about signing up for the Clear lanes at Dulles airport. After much waiting, my card came today – just in time for my flight to our annual conference. Being a total gear head, I wanted to try it immediately.
It’s hard not to love this service. Even after [...]
Reagan Runway on the Move
WTOP is reporting that the main runway at DCA will be moved 300 feet south and made longer in order to keep planes from ending up in the drink and to comply with current FAA rules. That sounds simple enough, especially since they have until 2015 to complete the job. Yep, 7 years [...]
More »Going “Clear” at Dulles
Security lines suck. There is just no other way to describe it. Imagine any other location where you are dragging luggage behind you, trying to juggle papers, and then have to take your shoes off to get somewhere. If Metro started enforcing rules like that, there would be a riot in [...]
More »Beyond the Beltway: Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge, courtesy of tsmyther
We’re starting a new series that we’ll post twice a month, looking at various locations, attractions and other fun spots to hit that exist within a half-day’s drive from the Beltway. It’s a way to give you ideas for some fun outside our little circle of asphalt here on the East [...]
Diamond Lanes at Dulles
My job puts me on the road. A lot. And, because I fly from DC, I’m a United Airlines Frequent Flyer. For those of you in the know I’ve been a 1K for five years now. For those of you that don’t know what that is – let’s just say I get in [...]
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