A few years ago I saw possibly the worst tourist slogan t-shirt of all time, “London Is For Lovers.” Now granted I love London, but it isn’t a city exactly known for its romance. Despite London’s lack of romantic sense, it seems that a mere 211 miles to the northwest, Manchester may be a better…
There are times on the road when every traveller finds themselves needing a screw driver, bottle opener, knife, eye glass screw driver. There are always “I wish I had” moments when opening something, repairing something or any number of other daily situations that require ‘basic tools.’ Given the strict limitations of what travelers can carry…
This afternoon the folks at BoardingArea moved Flying With Fish to the front page of the BoardingArea site as a Featured Blogger. As a featured BoardingArea blogger I am now among friends of mine, whose blogs I frequently read and admire, including Brett Snyder’s CrankyFlier and Dan Webb’s Things In The Sky. Lucky for me…
I know you’re reading this headline and thinking “How could Mechanix Gloves be essential to travel?” Well these gloves are essentials to those traveling with heavy items, or schlepping heavy items by hand … or simply dragging a heavy bag long distances through an airport. Having spent years traveling with heavy carry on bags, such…
9/2/2010 – Travel Essentials – Adventure Medical Kits : Travel Medic When traveling there is one certainty … at times “things happen,” and if you’re a photographer traveling on assignment chances are you might be looking specifically for ‘things to happen.’ On the road it is best to be prepared, either to maximize your time…
8/2/2010 – Travel Essentials – Griffin Technologies PowerBlock Dual USB Charger When I pack my bag saving space is a high priority. When I travel one city over or twelve time-zones away I pack the same way, the smallest possible bag to carry the maximum amount of essentials. When it comes to packing my electronics…
6/2/2010 – An Airline Ad Gone Wrong Advertising by nature is intended to catch your attention. Airlines, and all businesses, create a brand presence to attract consumers. Through branding businesses create slogans, themes, concepts and ads for different venues, different mediums and different target demographics. None of this is new, none of this is not…
4/2/2010 – iPhone App of the Week : Southwest Airlines Airline created iPhone Apps are often run-of-the-mill. A few stand out among the Apps I have written about on Flying With Fish and I have skipped over countless Apps that I have felt offered virtually no benefit to users. This week’s iPhone App of the…
21/1/2010 – iPhone App of the Week : The Boarding Pass An informed traveller is a better traveller…from choosing an airline to choosing a connection hub airports, the more you know the better off you are. While all user opinion websites, message boards and iPhone Apps are subjective; they are still a valuable resource for…
7/1/2010 – iPhone App of the Week : Survey On The Spot (TSA Survey) Your experience at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints may vary widely from airport to airport and even at different check points within an airport. Overall whether you agree or disagree with TSA policy the frontline Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) are polite,…
