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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),…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Planning any fun winter vacations? I’m excited about an upcoming trip to Mexico. My superfine girlfriend (SG) wrote a travel story that won her a trip-for-2 to an all-inclusive resort in Huatulco. And instead of taking her boss, a family member, or some secret Craigslist lover, she’s invited me…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel How do you like to pay for your hotel room? Credit? Debit? Cash? Shame-based sex (my preference)? Or maybe you prefer to leave a tasteful painting of a fruit bowl or, say, a giant oil painting of bare-chested warriors chasing bison off a cliff? If art is your currency,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel This is it: we’ve hit the lowest depths of winter. In Vancouver this week, harsh icy weather has caused power outages and scared commuters by making a bus jackknife down Broadway. My convertible’s buried in snow [I know, right? Nothing could be sadder], and giant ice boulders plummeted from bridge cables…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Are you a frequent flyer who’s sick of jet lag and insomnia? Do you suffer from Winter Blues during these long, cold, wretched months? Do you have trouble sleeping because you work graveyard shifts at the casino? Have you been diagnosed with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder? And are you so exhausted that…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Beers are on them! A Chicago judge has declared that Southwest Airlines must buy up to 5.8 million beers for its passengers. The settlement could be worth $29 million USD. In October 2007, Southwest (the USA’s biggest low-cost airline) started giving free alcohol vouchers to customers who’d purchased premium-priced “Business…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Travel Dreaming of a hot winter getaway? Take a vacation in Iraq! The FAA just lifted its 16-year ban on American planes flying into Kurdistan in Northern Iraq. Starting this January, American commercial planes will once again be allowed to fly into international airports at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. Awesome! I’m going…
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