Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/03/2009 – Amsterdam/Schiphol International Airport Dimmed Their Lights For Earth Hour…Did You? Today at 8:30pm (local time) millions of people, business and town switched off their lights for an hour to celebrate Earth Hour in an effort to converse energy. Should we conserve energy every day? Yes, however sometimes we…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/03/2009 – Checked Baggage Fees : Will They Go Away? Can You Avoid Them? Checked baggage fees have been a hot topic over the past year and I receive quite a few e-mails asking when I think the fees will be removed and how to avoid the fees. First off,…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/03/2009 – Keeping Business Attire Neat & Pressed While Traveling Light When heading out for a quick day trip for business it can seem like a challenge to keep your clothes neat and pressed while carrying everything you need for work in a single bag. A few years ago keeping…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 26/03/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Homeland Security Advisory System Enter any airport in the United States and somewhere you will see a sign with five colours (red at the top green at the bottom) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) logo.   These five colours indicate the Department…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/03/2009 – Honl Photo Lighting Accessories : Making Lighting Functional & Packable Packing effective and professional lighting equipment for travel is heavy, complicated and cumbersome…no, scratch that…packing effective and professional lighting equipment for travel fits in your pockets, easily packs into any bag and takes up virtually no space or…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/03/2009 – How Can Guns Get Stolen From Check Baggage & Go Unnoticed? Last week it was reported that law enforcement has busted a theft rings at St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport (STL). This theft ring was made up of a handful of contractors working for Delta Airlines, and as…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/03/2009 – Can Airlines Bend Time & Space To Create Their Schedules? Have you ever wondered if airlines bend time-and-space to adjust their schedules as needed? It is well known that airlines heavily pad their ‘blocked’ gate-to-gate time to ensure they arrive within the 15 minute window that determines an…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/03/2009 – Traveling With A Compact, Light, Low Cost Tripod : The Flashpoint F-1128 Traveling with a tripod can be a serious pain in the shoulders, the back and in regard to packing planning. As much as I’d like to use a tripod, I rarely travel with a full-size tripod. …
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 20/03/2009 – Making Accurate Predictions For The Industry & Being Three Months Ahead Of The Curve For the life of me I can’t recall when I started looking up airline routes and schedules, but I was probably in the first or second grade. My parents would make the 5-minute drive…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 19/03/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Free Wi-Fi Locator We live in a wired and connected world. As travellers we use the internet for everything, directions, checking flights, finding a place to eat dinner, current exchange rates, even watching streaming video for entertainment. The problem being on the…
