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5 (sometimes surprising) ways flying affects your body

Gus Ruballo You land. Your throat feels like sandpaper. Your head is heavy. Your eyes sting. You've been sitting still for eight hours… so why does your body feel like it just ran a marathon? Most travelers accept this as the price of flying. But there's nothing inevitable about it. These symptoms have specific, well-documented causes — and understanding them is the first step to actually doing something about them. Here are five things flying is doing to your body right now. Some I´ll bet…

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Travel Budgeting: How to Budget for Your Trip

Traveling doesn’t have to be expensive, stressful, or unpredictable. With the right planning, you can enjoy your dream destination while staying comfortably within your budget. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to create a smart travel budget, estimate your costs correctly, save money, and make the most of deals on flights, hotels, car rentals, and last-minute flight bookings.Whether you're planning an international adventure or a weekend getaway, mastering travel budgeting allows…

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Getting the best possible airfare deals from the USA with Google Flights

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of searching for flights, you know how overwhelming it can get. Prices jump around, deals disappear, and it’s easy to spend hours refreshing tabs. That’s where Google Flights comes in—it’s one of the most powerful (and free) tools for finding cheap airfares. Here are a few strategies travelers swear by: read post

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Flying smarter: 10 money-saving tips for budget travelers

Airfares in 2024 have been a something of a mixed bag - generally down to/from/within Europe and the United States, but pricier when it comes to Africa and parts of Asia, as well as the Middle East and South America. Regardless, to make the most of your travel budget and leave you more for enjoying destinations once you get there, here are a handful of proven strategies read post

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José Balido June 9, 2010 at 4:07pm

Ten Things Airport Baggage Handlers Will Not Say: read it and cringe!
David Paul Appell June 3, 2010 at 7:46pm

A Tripatini member is putting out a query in our new "Ask A Travel Expert" feature about best sources for cheapest airfares from New York City to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. If interested in helping out, please reply not on this comment wall but directly to the following link:

http://www.tripatini.com/forum/topics/cheapest-airfare-from-nyc-to

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David Paul Appell April 21, 2010 at 3:45pm

Don't miss member Charlie Leocha's discussion of what we need most of all when it comes to airfares, this week in the blog.

blog.TRIPATINI.COM
Anil April 17, 2010 at 9:30pm

http://www.eurocontrol.int/corporate/public/subsite_homepage/index....
Anil April 17, 2010 at 9:29pm

Actually I have been following EuroControl for up-to-date situation of air traffic.
Paul Chibeba April 17, 2010 at 6:59pm

If you're following the volcanic ash cloud disruption like I am (as the government tourist office, we have journalists and tour operators heading to/back from Wales), the BBC's regularly updated live feed page is providing to be the most up-to-the-minute resource.

For example, they just announced that: "Both its long and short haul flights in and out of the UK will be suspended on Sunday, British Airways has confirmed." Taking the cancelations into a fourth day.

BBC News - Iceland volcano as it happened: 17 April

Live coverage as ash from the Iceland volcano continues to cause massive disruption to air travel across Europe.
Anil April 17, 2010 at 6:03pm

Thanks for sharing Darryl. I am still reading the narrative.
Darryl Musick April 17, 2010 at 5:48pm

The final chapter of Tim's Trip Planning 101 series is now online at The World on Wheels. He's been planning a baseball trip to Ohio and Missouri. Take a look at just what it takes to plan a trip with a wheelchair: http://tinyurl.com/y2zgny2

Trip Planning 101 – The Final Chapter

See the previous installments: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Our Midwest baseball trip is coming together at a fast and furious pace...
John Kipper April 16, 2010 at 12:00am

The latest, from Travel Weekly: Six U.S. Democratic senators say they will push for a law to designate carry-on bags as essential air travel items, making it possible for the federal government to tax any revenue carriers collect from fees charged to bring bags aboard.

This will hopefully stop other airlines from following in Spirit's ill-conceived footsteps!!
Anil April 14, 2010 at 11:57pm

I wonder what % of Spirit's pax base is business traveler ? As a FF, I have never checked my luggage for the past decade plus. I have regulation size carry on, and a laptop+electronic bag. One of the advantage of exiting as fast as possible from the airport on arrival. I am not the only one doing this, majority of frequent flyers do. If other airlines follow they will have a mass shifting of allegiances.