Kaleel Sakakeeny's Blog Posts Tagged 'Travel' (10)

Will buying an airline ticket soon be as personalized as buying a suit from a sales person? Probably, as trends go.



It's no surprise that airlines want to personalize their relationships to their customers. If they can figure out how, it would be a huge step toward…

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How Not To Travel Like An "Ugly American"

 

It's part of travel's enduring mythology: The American tourist,…

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Audio PostCard From Denmark: Travel By Sound



Come, visit Denmark, Europe’s oldest monarchy with this sound-rich Denmark Audio PostCard



The tiny country still has a town crier who sings out the times of the day and night.



Listen to him here, and listen to everyone’s favorite story-teller, Hans Christian Andersen through this… Continue

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Are Google’s Days Numbered in Travel?



Difficult as it is to imagine,… Continue

From From Kaleel

Would you sedate your child on a flight? Are parents who do, wrong?




A… Continue

A few heads were scratched at AOL Travel’s recent story about bed bugs.

We weren’t scratching from the bugs, but from curiosity: Why would author Libby Zay do a piece on the nasty critters?



A comment from a reader actually suggested she needed “to get a life.”



Well, the reality is that the bed bugs infest places that are part of travel, like motels. hotels, planes,… Continue

From time to time I need some help in keeping up with the twists and turns of travel, so I thought of a few travel "heroes" I'd like to have drink with and talk travel.

I’d first set a date with Travel Weekly's Editor in-Chief, Arnie Weissmann, a terrific writer whose editorials always leave me wanting more.

TW is the travel industry’s publication of record, and Arnie’s one of…

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Travel’s Second Class Citizens

Can you imagine the travel industry, limping along in this sclerotic economy, not catering to the needs of an important travel niche market: Single Parents?

This travel cohort feels like second class citizens.

They’re not swingers.

Not looking for wild parties.

They want quality vacations that let them connect with other single

parents, and they want attention paid to them and their kids.

They want the travel…

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No sooner do we do a piece on Travel Insurance, and a volcano blows, stranding thousands of people and ruining hundreds of vacations.



But don't worry, you read our post, bought insurance and you're covered.



Well, it seems that your claim could be denied, depending on whom you bought the insurance from and whether the company views the disaster as "weather related," usually covered, or "natural disaster,"… Continue

The Naked Traveler: Nude Holidays



Jaws dropped (and pants too) a couple of years ago when German Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings for a nudist day trip from an eastern German town to a popular Baltic Sea resort.



Apparently the 55 passengers will remain clothed until they board, undress during the flight, then dress before disembarking.

The crew remains clothed throughout the flight for, well obvious reasons, I… Continue