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By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel TRAVELLER RULE #44: “Avoid roaming fees, for they are the work of the devil/Mafia/Yakuza.” Ever felt that bitter rage when you discover a surprise roaming charge on your phone bill? These harsh charges are punitively expensive. And even worse, they don’t appear until a month after your travel tan…
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 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 True story: A publicist loaned me a new Jaguar XJ-L for the week. Have you seen this beast? Picture a luxury sedan that’s as rich and white as Mr. Romney’s real hair colour under the varnish. They said I could drive its cream leather seats anywhere I wanted: Alberta,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel At last! A suitcase that follows you like a little lamb. It’s called the Hop! suitcase and it’s powered by a Bluetooth, remote-control, techno-whizbang signal. How it works: Aim your smartphone at the suitcase, then start walking away. Your suitcase gets scared it’ll be left behind, so it starts…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel What can you give the zillionaire who has everything (other than more tax loopholes)? How about this travel-friendly, bulletproof briefcase priced at just $5,995. A bulletproof attaché is the perfect Christmas gift for successful/paranoid arms dealers and quirky billionaires like Richard Branson to safely tote important valuables (well, valuable…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Ever wished you could sail a hot tub into foreign waters? Now you can. A Dutch company is producing a hot tub that chugs like a tugboat down rivers, lakes, and fjords. Billed on their website as the “first wood-fired hot tub boat in the world!”, it’s called, of…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel WHOA! I instantly know what I want for Christmas. Some genius has invented the Perfect Clothing to Help You Sleep on Planes. It’s called the Burton Sleeper hoodie and it’s so cozy and clever, it’s clear that hoodies aren’t just for snowboarders and gun-shot victims anymore.
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