Staying In Touch on the Road: Part 1
November 1, 2013
This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers, Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls.
This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers, Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls.
Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate..
Hotels.com, one of the leading on-line bookers, reports that over 60% of its mobile app users are booking same-day. It also reports that mobile app users tend to shorter stays than traditional customers. CLICK HERE for more.
I have been doing small jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. They pay for small tasks or writing. Normally they pay a very small amount, $5-$10 for a couple of hours, but it can be fun and it’s extra money
Some suggestions on the budget use of a cell phone at home or when abroad.
Ouigo is an independently run subsidiary of the French national rail company SNCF . It started in April 2013 between Marne-la Vallee (the Disney station near Paris) and some points south east.
Going abroad no longer means planning to carry wads of cash, or trekking off to American Express to buy travelers’ checks and worrying what to do if you didn’t take enough. But there are enough new wrinkles that it pays to pay attention to what’s up.
What happens when something goes wrong after dealing with a travel company? If customer service won’t help, what is your next step? Below, I’ll suggest a way to start. I hope others will add their suggestions too. I’ve had a string of bad customer…
Every time I travel, I marvel at the number of people with two—or even three—large suitcases setting out on what looks like migration, not a vacation.
This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers, Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls.
Government safety rules are changing to let airline passengers use most electronic devices from gate-to-gate..
Hotels.com, one of the leading on-line bookers, reports that over 60% of its mobile app users are booking same-day. It also reports that mobile app users tend to shorter stays than traditional customers. CLICK HERE for more.
I have been doing small jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. They pay for small tasks or writing. Normally they pay a very small amount, $5-$10 for a couple of hours, but it can be fun and it’s extra money
Some suggestions on the budget use of a cell phone at home or when abroad.
Ouigo is an independently run subsidiary of the French national rail company SNCF . It started in April 2013 between Marne-la Vallee (the Disney station near Paris) and some points south east.
Going abroad no longer means planning to carry wads of cash, or trekking off to American Express to buy travelers’ checks and worrying what to do if you didn’t take enough. But there are enough new wrinkles that it pays to pay attention to what’s up.
What happens when something goes wrong after dealing with a travel company? If customer service won’t help, what is your next step? Below, I’ll suggest a way to start. I hope others will add their suggestions too. I’ve had a string of bad customer…
Every time I travel, I marvel at the number of people with two—or even three—large suitcases setting out on what looks like migration, not a vacation.