By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Whoa, here’s a weird thing I didn’t know existed: There’s a new line of anti-hacker luggage that protects your cash and identity from being looted by electronic thieves. The Tumi ID Lock™ collection is designed to prevent ‘RFID-hacking’ [which apparently is a real problem, and not just something advertisers…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel It’s day 2 at this tropical resort’s fashion show here in glorious Huatulco, Mexico. The sun’s gleaming, waves are pounding the shores like a bounty hunter banging on your motel door, and the world’s sexiest fashionistas have gathered on these poolside catwalks to showcase their hip-hugging, body-rocking, haute couture…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel So we’re at an exclusive fashion show in a luxurious, adults-only Mexican resort. While North Americans are shaking and freezing through a horrendously punishing winter, the world’s fashion-elite have arrived in these balmy tropics to show off their new haute couture tropical resort collections. The sky is a lovely…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Just found some fun travel stats. According to two recent studies by Tingo.com and Smartertravel.com, 50% of hotel guests “dodge the bellhop so they don’t have to tip,” 25% of hotel guests never tip housecleaning, 47% of travellers believe that “misbehaving kids are the worst travel offense,” 58% of travellers…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Oh man, this invention made me laugh. If you have trouble sleeping on planes, trains, buses, and automobiles, just strap your head to your seat. The result: you’ll fall into a deep and stable sleep without waking up every 10 minutes with an aching neck and a puddle of…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel It’s early here on the west coast: 6:30 a.m. Not unusual for many people but mega-early for a writer. Yet surprisingly I’m up, alert, and working after an excellent 7-hour sleep. I’m particularly surprised because I dosed myself with a sleep agent late last night. The stuff’s called Dream…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel If you’re not getting enough action on airplanes, there’s hope. Virgin America wants to be your wingman. Virgin will soon let you send a drink to that hottie across the aisle. You won’t even have to talk to him/her. Just press a button and the flight attendant will deliver…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Wow, here’s someone you never want to sit with. This airline passenger drank so much alcohol, he had to be restrained with zip ties and taped to his seat like Hannibal Lecter. According to eyewitness accounts and Iceland’s Morgunblaðið newspaper (Note: the story is all in Icelandic, so enjoy),…