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Holiday Tip #7: The Truth about Airport Luggage Scales
Last November, according to New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs, 14% of luggage scales at the airport were wrongly calibrated. So, if your airline tells you your bag is too heavy (and...
View ArticlePhoto Themes: Holiday Tip #9
Danny DeVito’s feet are so gross. He’s been traveling through Italy all month taking pictures of his feet wherever he goes -- through the canals in Venice, inside the Duomo di Milano… It’s disgusting...
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Holiday Tip: Your Bathtub as a Photo Studio
Over the years, we’ve collected a number of travel tips that I’ve shared with you in this e-letter. Tips like how to save wet electronics with rice… how to remove lint with airline luggage tags… and...
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Holiday Travel Tip: The Two-Dollar Macro Lens
We’re always telling you to get in closer for better photographs. But if you’re using a point-and-shoot, often you can only get so close before everything goes blurry. Here’s a quick, easy, and very...
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Holiday Travel Tip: Another Use for Old Bread Tags
Yesterday I sent you a quick tip about buying duplicate power cords and batteries and keeping them in your travel suitcase. Holiday tip #10, however, is about keeping all those cords organized. Do you...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #1: Fix mosquito bites with soy sauce
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #1: With 2012 just around the corner, now is the perfect time to be thinking about where your travels may take you -- and where you’ll find...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #2: Get more room on the plane...
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #2: Most people are unaware of this simple trick. But, if you’re traveling with a companion, it can work to get you more room on your plane...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #3: Surviving the middle seat
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #3: Okay, it’s happened... Despite your best efforts in getting to the airport on time, you’ve ended up with a middle seat. And, even your...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #4: Keep your valuables close
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #4: Imagine the scene: You’ve just settled into your airplane seat, all your carry-on stashed neatly above you in the overhead bin. Half...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #5: No more tannin teeth!
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #5: Had a “wine tattoo” lately? Or a touch of “tannin teeth?” Or maybe you’re more prone to “wine whiskers?”If you’re a red wine drinker,...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #6: The best way to pack
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #6: BusinessWeek named it a Best Product of the Year. And I’m inclined to agree...The Skyroll garment bag (available from...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #7: Get cross-packing...
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #7: I only recently caught on to cross-packing. It’s not something you typically think about...until you’ve just touched down in another...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #8: Baby powder to the rescue!
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #8: As a mom, I’m usually well stocked up on baby powder. But, until recently, I hadn’t the faintest idea of how this basic talc could be...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #9: How to remember your favorite wine
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #9: Earlier this year -- in our Halloween series of strange tips -- I told you how kids’ water wings are great for protecting wine bottles...
View ArticleHoliday Tip #10: The best day (and time) to book a flight
As part of our special Holiday Travel Tips series, here’s tip #10: To get the best price on your airfare, book your ticket on a Tuesday. As reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier this year,...
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