If you’ve booked a room, apartment, or home through Airbnb for leisure travel and you’re considering how you might use the home-sharing platform for business accommodations, you’ll be happy to know that Airbnb has a new search /program specifically for business travelers. Categorized as Business Travel Ready (BTR), available properties must have a designated workspace […]
Business travelers who have taken an Uber or Lyft instead of hailing a taxi, or stayed at an Airbnb property instead of staying at a hotel chain, you’re among a growing majority of employees whose companies are encouraging using the emerging sharing economies. According to a survey conducted by Chrome River Technologies, an expense and […]
According to Nomadic Matt (no, not me), former cubicle dweller and 9-to-5-er turned full-time traveler, finding a cheap hotel room isn’t as much about database results as it is about knowing what you want. Having traveled the world full time since 2006 and authoring How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, he qualifies […]
When we think about business travel habits, we generally believe that the aspects of it don’t vary much from person to person. Hop in the car or on a plane, go to your destination, do your thing, and go home. This is how travel works in the most basic sense, and for decades, this is […]
NBC’s The List, a show that airs in Phoenix, Tampa, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Tulsa, Baltimore, and West Palm Beach, recently visited our luggage testing facility here in Boca Raton, Florida to see how we put our luggage to the (rigorous and rough) test before it ever reaches the store.
Travel can be as dangerous as it is exhilarating. Thieves consider tourists very tempting targets since preoccupied visitors aren’t always focused on the cash and valuables they’re carrying. Therefore, you need to take steps to protect yourself when traveling, especially overseas. Paranoia isn’t necessary, but vigilance is. One of the best ways to reduce your […]
We’ve talked quite a bit on this blog about the differences between male and female travelers — how they travel, what they need to pack and what kinds of luggage are best for them — but one thing we haven’t addressed is the varying needs of women travelers, depending on where they’re headed. While it’s […]
In a recent blog post, we reported the widely known statistic that according to a 2012 baggage report by SITA, a company that specializes in air transport IT and communications, 99.1 percent of all checked luggage gets to its owners, in perfect condition and right on time. But the fraction of a percentage that does […]
Picture this: The night before you leave for an important trip, you pack your bag to your exacting business-traveler standards. Your clothes are rolled, your shoes neatly line the bottom of the bag, you’ve layered everything just so. You arrive at the airport prepared to breeze through security, your zip-top bag filled with 3-ounce everything […]
If you feel like you’re paying more airline fees this year than you did in 2012, you’re not crazy! Recently, TravelNerd discovered that airlines in the United States have changed 52 fees since last year. In other words – if you’re not careful, you can end up paying an arm and a leg to get […]