Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a great weekend. It's been like summer here in Los Angeles! ☀️
Last year around this time, we wrote about the importance of traveling with a portable carbon monoxide detector after three people tragically died in an upscale Bahamas hotel. Unfortunately, a carbon monoxide incident has occurred again, this time at a London hotel. Here's the story and a reminder to travel with a portable carbon monoxide detector for peace of mind.
Trip Reports
If you’ve been following along with my trip to the east coast, here’s my report on the last leg of our journey. To give you a quick recap, we flew three routes on three different airlines. First, we flew Los Angeles (LAX) to Toronto (YYZ) in Air Canada’s Premium Economy on a 787 to spend Easter with my in-laws. Then we flew YYZ to New York’s LaGuardia Airport on American. We then drove an hour to Connecticut to attend my father’s funeral (it’s still difficult to even write those words). We stayed in a relatively new hotel, the Residence Inn in South Norwalk, just three blocks from the church. For our return trip, I cashed in some miles and we flew Newark to Los Angeles in Premium Plus on United Airlines 777-200.
Southwest Airlines Passenger Loses it Over Screaming Baby
If you read the last trip report you will see our 3-year-old started crying midflight. It was the first time she had ever done it. I'm just glad none of the passengers like this Southwest Airlines customer who lost it over a screaming baby. Watch the video here.
NEW SPONSOR: Deal of the Week
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✈️ Today's Travel Outlook 
As of 12:55pm PST, there have been 182 canceled flights to, from or within the United States and 3,079 delayed. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and a live look at the FAA's National Airspace System Status. Here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancellations.
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✈️ Monday 
Trip Report: Toronto to New York’s LaGuardia on American Airlines
In this trip report, I'll give you a play-by-play of our trip from Toronto's YYZ to New York's LGA on American Airlines, our airport transfers with Blacklane and an airport encounter with the Chicago Bulls. Read it all here.
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🚗 Tuesday 
Here’s How You Can Really Save Money on Your Next Car Rental
Want to save money on your next car rental? I’m here to help. If you’ve read my post on car rental tips I learned from renting a car in Maui or The Ultimate Guide To Renting A Car: 14 Tips That Will Save You Time, Money and Headaches, then you can move on to another story. But if you haven’t read them, then you will definitely want to read today's travel tip.
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✈️ Wednesday 
Warning: Why You Might Not Want to Fly Southwest Airlines in the Short Term
There’s no doubt Southwest Airlines (SWA) has a loyal following and it’s easy to see why so many people love them. But after yesterday's mini meltdown and what one of their chief pilots said, you might want to think twice about booking SWA. Here's why.
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🔫 Thursday 
Make Sure You Don’t Go to the Wrong House Rental or Jump in the Wrong Car
Mistakes can happen, especially when you're traveling and are in an unfamiliar place, feeling jet-lagged ... or both. But being careful and paying attention to where you're going and what you're doing has never been more important, a fact highlighted by three separate incidents that occurred across the country this week. Here's how to stay safe when you're traveling.
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✈️ Friday 
10 Things You Should Assume About Every Flight You Take
Things can go wrong when you travel and ... they often do. But being prepared is all it takes to make your travel experience less stressful and more enjoyable. Here are 10 things you should assume may happen on your next flight ... and how to be prepared for each and every one.
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💬 TRAVEL QUOTE OF THE DAY "Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter." ~ John Muir |
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🌎 12 Things to Know in Travel Today 1 Cruise line let passenger's body decompose, lawsuit says
2 FAA’s acting chief to step down in blow to aviation agency
3 The 5,000-mile-wide seaweed blob has made landfall in Florida
4 Fire breaks out at Disneyland's Tom Sawyer Island attraction
5 California superbloom: Hillsides are exploding with wildflowers. Here's what it looks like from space
6 The world’s most perfect places are being turned into backdrops for our tourist selfies
7 Watch the Lyrid meteor shower peak during a new moon
8 NYC Crime: Man stabbed in the back at Midtown subway station
9 This is now officially Australia's biggest city, overtaking Sydney
10 A man bought $250,000 of plane tickets for $17,000 after a Japanese airline made a mistake with currency conversions
11 'Hero' teen dies saving kids he didn't know from drowning
12 Yesterday's TSA checkpoint numbers |
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 TRAVEL TWEET OF THE DAY
@AccuAstronomy: TONIGHT: The #NorthernLights could glow over the northern US, potentially as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wyoming and Oregon. |
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⚡ Travel Product of the Week |
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 | This Super Geeky Gadget is a Must-Have For Travelers
I’m always looking for new outlets when I travel, especially when I’m traveling internationally. What really sold me on this gadget is that it came highly recommended by a respected tech expert, it has 5 AC outlets, 3 USB ports, 1 USB-C port and it’s also a surge protector. On top of that, it's Amazon’s Choice with a 4.5 rating (out of 5) and over 35,000 reviews. And, it’s currently 20% off. You can buy it here on Amazon. |
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✅ Currency Exchange ✅ Calendar Countdown 🇪🇺 €1 Euro = $1.10 USD 💜 36 days until Memorial Day
🇬🇧 £1 GBP = $1.24 USD ✨ 72 days until Fourth of July
🇨🇦 $1 CAD = $0.73 USD ⚒️ 134 days until Labor Day
🇦🇺 $1 AUD = $0.67 USD 🎃 191 days until Halloween
🇲🇽 $1 MXN = $.055 USD 🦃 214 days until Thanksgiving |
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📺 Travel Video of the Week |
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