Rookie Traveler Series

Airplane ear can be some of the most excruciating pain you will ever experience. Here’s how to stop your ears from hurting on a plane.

According to one flight attendant, elderly travelers most often forget this thing when they travel and it can have serious consequences. It’s so obvious, too, and easy to fix!

The average rental car reservation has increased to around $109 per day. That’s a lot of money to spend on renting a car! Our readers have spoken and they want to know: what are the best rental car hacks travelers need to know (how do we save money renting a car)?

You’d think that with all these years of pretty hardcore business travel under my belt my goofs would be rare. And you’d be right. But they still do happen…and when they do they are usually decent sized, like the one I made this week. Good Lawd!

Why is it so hard to sleep in a hotel? Is this you: it’s 2 am and you are watching infomercials trying to get to sleep in your hotel? Hotel insomnia is a real thing and it stinks. Here’s how to sleep in a hotel.

Is it unethical to travel right now? A popular Reddit thread is discussing this topic right now and it has (unsurprisingly) produced some very polarized opinions. We highlight a few and weigh in the discussion.

In this humorous take on the various ways you can travel like a total A$$H0le we do a little passenger shaming (and have some fun alone the way). Here is your beginner’s guide to traveling like a jerk (freshly updated for 2020!).

So, you just got back from a trip where you may or may not have been exposed to COVID-19? Do you need to self quarantine after flying? What’s the protocol after a trip in the coronavirus era? We examine these questions and more using CDC guidance on what to do after flying.