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Do you ever make business or personal calls on your cell phone while driving? If so, you may want to pay close attention to a campaign launched this week by the National Safety Council (NSC) to prohibit even turning on a phone while behind the … Read More »

How Travel Veterans Pack For a Trip

Here are some practices road veterans try to follow when preparing and packing for any trip. Read More »

 
 

FareCompare Can Help You Plan Your Travel

Most people who travel for work or pleasure have patterns for using some of the array of web sites that allow you to plan trips and buy tickets or other services, such as reserving hotels or rental cars. As you might expect, each travel site promises … Read More »

Do Cell Phones and Airline Flights Mix?

What if the restriction against cell phones on airlines were lifted? Read More »

Speeding Up That Tedious Airport Security Process

For most of us, there may be no more tedious activity than waiting in a traffic jam. In this case, I mean waiting to clear security at an airport. Since 9/11, we have all become accustomed to the routine of shedding jackets and shoes, removing … Read More »

Getting Charged Up to Work in an Airport

It’s 5 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon and you managed to get through airport security on your way home, with half an hour to spare to check your e-mail and make phone calls. But your electronic device of choice is low on power. Do you know … Read More »

The Art and Science of Hotel Internet Access

As a new contributor to WWD, I’ve been asked to pass on some of the practical knowledge I’ve manged to acquire from more than 25 years as a journalist writing primarily about airlines, airports and hotels. A little about me: Last spring I left a fulltime position as a … Read More »

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