Don’t worry, if you are afraid of flying, you are not alone. Did you know that at least one out of every six adults has a fear of flying, also known as aviophobia or aerophobia? To some degree, everyone has a fear of flying–who wouldn’t be a little bit scared in trusting her life to [...]

A few months ago, the proverbial discount airline, Southwest Airlines, began offering a new class of fare called “Business Select”. If you ever have had the pleasure (or some say not so displeasure) of flying SWA, then you know that it is very comparable to riding on a public bus. They do not assign a [...]

Wedding bells rang this past weekend for me. With 4 kids for the summer my new bride and I could not take a real honeymoon at this point. So instead we opted for a “mini-honeymoon” in the Crescent City, New Orleans. The stay in New Orleans was fabulous (we will cover this in some other [...]

If you are getting ready to take a trip on a plane you should figure out a way to make everything fit in one checked bag or you are going to have to pay extra. As of May 5th, United, US Airways, Continental, Delta, and Northwest are charging passengers an additional $25 to check [...]

If you have plans to go to Europe for an extended period of time, I have an idea for you. Ryanair is an extremely good airline if you want to purchase tickets to “country hop” in Europe. Ryanair’s “base” cities are in England; some of them include London, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol. From these cities, [...]