the low-down on flying with children of all ages
Photo credit: anyjazz65 Chris Elliot’s post regarding an unsuspecting consumer charged for a lap child on an international flight took me by surprise. Chris was obviously provoking a discussion on the outlandish ‘fees and taxes’ levied on airfares. But it seemed to me that very few of the folks who left a comment really knew Read the Rest…
long haul flights with little kids
A little confession: I have a fairly haphazard collection of photos of trips taken with my kids over the past 12 years. I’m not a photographer and I regularly just plain forget to take my camera with me when I’m out and about. But I’m learning and I’m also working on cleaning up my digital Read the Rest…
What happened to Kayak and Farecast ??
I wrote about how I was a huge fan of Farecast last march. I still am, now I use Kayak just as much, but overall I just love the idea of having a meta-search engine that allows me to easily find the cheapest airfare possible for wherever it is I want to go. BUT… I Read the Rest…
Practical Tips for Planning A Smooth Flying Experience with Small Children
My children are now both in school, so it’s been a while since I’ve had to think about how to fly with really young children, but we recently had some family come from Ireland to visit us in Seattle with much younger children. Since I was eager to make their experience go smoothly, I came Read the Rest…
The Farecast Take on Airfare Seasonality
If you are the person responsible for travel planning in your household, you may have already discovered “smart” travel search websites like Farecast.com or Kayak.com. These sites are not online booking engines. Instead, they help users find the best available option for flights, car rentals and hotels by searching across many other websites (the technical Read the Rest…
Whoo-hoo! I scored a $0.01 airfare!
So we’ve all heard about “low cost carriers” and the supposed super-cheap flights that you can get by using Ryanair, Easyjet or any of the other such airlines in Europe and Asia. Well, I’m stuck out here on the west coast of the US and there doesn’t seem to be any $1 or $0.01 airfares Read the Rest…
Traveling Families and the Future of Flying
I’m a mom with two school-age kids. I work and I volunteer (when I can) at school-related activities. That doesn’t leave a lot of time for reading the newspaper and keeping up with what’s happening in the world. I try to read the Economist to catch up – even if I’m reading the magazine a Read the Rest…
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