Travel Tip Tuesday

A hotel bed seems like a distant memory at this point in time and a distant prospect given the potential future of travel. But, there’s been a burning question that I’ve had and I am sure you’ve had at one time or another: why are hotel bed sheets tucked so tight?

How the heck do hotels get their beds looking so amazing!? What kind of witchcraft do those hotel maids practice? My bed never looks like that and I doubt yours does either. If you are curious how hotels make their beds look so awesome and you want to replicate this in your home read on. Here are the steps you need to need to make your bed like a hotel bed.

Should you prepay gas for a rental car? The rental car companies certainly make it both easy and sound appealing to add this option when renting a car. Unsuspecting renters may not really understand this option and could easily find themselves signing up for something that might be a bad deal.

Your phone is disgusting. Think about everything you touch throughout the day and then how many times you touch your phone. It’s a lot, isn’t it? Here’s how to disinfect your cell phone, as well as your laptop, iPad and anything else you need to sanitize!

Since none of us our traveling right now, I present a humorous look at Space Business Travel. Imagine for a moment it’s the year 2220, and space travel is prevalent. What will it look like? What are the gripes business travelers will face then? Will ThePointsGuy still be hawking credit cards? These questions and more are here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and be safe wherever you are.

Millions of employees across the globe are now working remotely in response to the CoVID-19 outbreak. For leaders, this is where you earn your money and why you were put into a leadership position to begin with. Here are some of practical thoughts on leading teams remotely during a crisis.

For many people, myself included, it’s incredibly difficult to sleep on a plane. I am a tall person and it’s hard to get truly comfortable on a plane – comfortable enough to sleep? Not likely. In most cases the best I can muster is the takeoff nap (which you can read more about here: The Takeoff Nap – my favorite business travel hack ). However, I was asked to review an interesting travel pillow a few months ago and I’ve found that I really like this fella AND it helped me actually sleep a little better on the plane.

This week’s Travel Tip Tuesday post is simple, but important: invest in good luggage; because crappy luggage gets you crappy results!