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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009I recently read an interesting article, by Christopher Elliott, who is a travel columnist for National Geographic Traveler Magazine. He suggests that airlines, or the FAA should ban alcohol on flights because it creates many dangerous and uncomfortable/annoying situations. He provides a few extreme examples, such as a harrowing experience on an Amsterdam – NYC [...]
Luggage Pros 2.0 – New Website Launched
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009For those of you who have visited the Luggage Pros site before, you have likely noticed that things have changed a bit. This morning we launched a fully redesigned website. The new site has new features to improve your shopping experience. We have improved our navigation to make searching for products much [...]
The “Tipping” Point: a travelers guide to tipping
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Or better yet, how much to tip. Whether you are travel frequently or seldom, for business or for pleasure, or any combination of the above, you have probably had this dilemma. This becomes a problem especially when traveling internationally. In the U.S. we are pretty [...]
Rolling Luggage the Dance Show?
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009It seems that these days they will make a musical and/or dance show about anything. This is also the case at San Diego International Airport, where Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater put on a performance today. The show was appropriately called Rolling Luggage and depicted dance moves skillfully choreographed with pieces of luggage. The [...]
Best Practices for Carrying-On
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Whether its questions on Twitter, Facebook, or questions for our very own customer service reps, people seem to be consistently asking for tips and advice on carry-on luggage. I have blogged on this topic many times before, but now I will try to give you a “best practices” guide to hassle free carry-on use.
Know [...]
Top Rated Laptop Bags
Monday, July 6th, 2009More and more people are working out of the office a lot. Whether this means sitting at the local coffee shop, in the park, or at home, most of these people are using laptops. Two problems come with having a “mobile office”. First, is organization because hauling along all those peripherals and office supplies can [...]
An Out of This World Travel Experience
Monday, June 22nd, 2009For thousands of years man has been captivated by space. In the past hundred years there have been a select few people who have been able to experience the large expanse of space. 99.99% of the population knows that the closest the will get to space are sci-fi movies and telescope and satellite photographs. Soon [...]
A New Kind of Airport
Friday, June 19th, 2009In case you didn’t know, most of our national airports are owned by the government, and most of the employees there work either for the government or for the airlines. This practice of staffing the counters and gates at hundreds or airports costs the airlines a lot of money. A new airport, recently opened in [...]
Brand new X-ray Machines Making Their Way to New York Airports
Friday, June 5th, 2009New York’s LaGuardia airport just started using the newest X-ray machine for luggage screening. At $100,000 a piece, they are the most technologically advanced machines on the market. The process doesn’t take any more or less time than what we travelers are used to but it gives TSA screeners a much better look at the [...]
Great Gifts for Father’s Day
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Father’s Day is coming up next month, on June 21. If you haven’t started looking for that perfect gift for dad, its about that time. Not to worry though, we are here to help you out. Below is a list of handpicked products perfect for every dad.
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