Category: Travel

I think I have everything planned and paid for. Thu 5/3/07 – JetBlue Flight 1001 – Depart Boston, MA (BOS) at 6:00 am and arrive in New York, NY (JFK) at 7:14 am – Seat 2D Thu 5/3/07 – JetBlue Flight 641 – Depart New York, NY (JFK) at 8:00 am and arrive in San… Continue reading Vacation Plans

I just scored my hotel room in San Francisco via Priceline.com. For $75 a night, I got my room at the Hilton San Francisco. How fucking cool is that? Hotels in San Francisco are never cheap, so this makes me very happy. All of the major expenses for my trip are paid for (hotel and… Continue reading Priceline Score

I’m going to San Francisco next month and then onto Portland. Airfares from SFO to PDX are cheap, but for some reason I keep balking at spending the $150 for the airplane ticket. I keep trying to decide if I want to leave on Sunday afternoon or evening. I really should just spend a little… Continue reading SFO-PDX

I’ve been listening to and ready Rudy Maxa’s comments for a long time. He knows the travel industry rather well. I found a recent blog entry on his site rather disturbing.

I made it home this morning. My flight was about 30 minutes late because the New York aircraft was late taking off from Phoenix and then since we were already late, our gate got taken.  Considering I was on a five hour flight in a coach seat, it really was a good flight. jetBlue was… Continue reading Home

It’s raining here in Phoeix. I’m not talking the light drizzle we had earlier today, but really raining. It’s like pacific northwest rain. As I was waiting to check in for my flight, I saw every business traveler’s worst nightmare. There was a group of highschoolers waiting to check in. Worse yet, they were a… Continue reading Almost

In all my years of business travel, this has to go down as one of the absolute worst experiences of my life. Okay, the actual work part of it has kicked ass. But the travel part of it has sucked. One of the benefits of business travel is the opportunity to eat at places we… Continue reading Long Trip

Sometimes I love to travel. Other times, I hate it. Tonight, I had a fantastic meal at Yard House. I had the most incredible brownie with caramel ice cream on it. When a restaurant warns on the menu that an item will take 15 minutes prep time, you know it’s got to be good.  Their… Continue reading Travel Good and Bad

Did you ever hear a song that just won’t get out of your head? Howie Day’s “Collide” was on the radio earlier, and the phrase “Even the best fall down sometimes…”  It really has no relevance right now, but it’s still a good song. I shot my boss an e-mail and told him about my… Continue reading Even the best fall down sometimes…