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By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel When you’re on a plane, do you like to sit beside people who look and talk just like you, and share the exact same interests? Then you’ll love airBaltic’s SeatBuddy service. Launched last year, it’s the budget airline’s free service that pairs passengers with similar moods, interests, culture, careers,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Need a hotel at the last second? There’s a great app called HotelTonight which will save your bacon when you’re hunted and desperate. A free download for iPhone, iPad, and Android, HotelTonight finds last-minute lodging at discount rates. Here’s how it works: Let’s say you’re a CIA sniper on…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Ah, I see USA Today has added to its rich pedigree of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism. On Wednesday, they hyped a study that claims women are least attractive on Wednesdays at 3:30 pm. This groundbreaking news item was, of course, written by a geezer who’s not much of a looker…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Seeking a strange hotel experience? Try sleeping in a “luxury” 20-foot shipping container. Now, I know you’re thinking ‘Hang on, Ken, I don’t want to be human cargo and illegally smuggled out of China inside a suffocatingly hot metal hell crate that features lovely amenities like squalor, anguish, and…
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…
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