Our favorite though is #1 - Payback for those family vacations!
Find places where drinks are on the house
January 6, 2009
If you are planning on spending any time in New York City in the next while and are looking to score some free drinks to help offset your plummeting stock portfolio and paycheck, check out myopenbar.com, a web site which lists where free drinks can be had each night across the city.
The New York Times recently profiled the site and its founders and they've now expanded to also list bars in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Honolulu.
So happy drinking...for free!
A day of global air traffic
January 6, 2009
If you've every looked out on approach to an airport and seen all the other planes in the distance also lining up for the runway we'll bet you wondered how many plans were actually flying at that one point in time.
This video will give you an idea. It shows everything in the sky world-wide at one time.
Here is another view of just the US:
And one of Europe:
Get a travel company to see your point of view
January 5, 2009
Christopher Elliott over at elliott.org is an expert at resolving travel billing issues. In one of his latest posts he lists six secrets for getting a travel company to see things your way.
If you've ever fought with an airline, hotel or car rental company over a charge (and how hasn't?) then you should definitely check out this post. It might save you big on a future trip.
