Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/02/2009 – Checking Your Itinerary & Double Checking Your Boarding Passes Today while checking in for my evening flight from Paris (CDG) to Amsterdam (AMS) I was reminded of how important it is to not only check and confirm your reservation at the time you make it, but double check [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/02/2009 – Dealing With Jet Lag…Simplified This morning while standing in the Arrivals-Immigrations line at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG) I started chatting with a couple from Connecticut about jet lag. This trip was the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary gift from their children, and it was their first [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 27/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing Your Travel Laptop Lets face it, we all like a larger screen to view our photos, movies, and graphics or to multiple spread sheets.  Between my two laptops I find my 15″ Apple PowerBook is great for editing due to the space [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 26/02/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Gate Maps Finding your gate in an unfamiliar airport can be stressful, especially during tight connections.   Once you land you want to know exactly where you are headed rather than stopping to find a concourse map or ask a customer service agent.    [...]

Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 26/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Shorten Your Lens Hood Since the late 1990s it has seemed that the size of ‘longer lens’ lens hood have been growing in length.   I have always ignored the longer lens hood to save space, often opting for the ‘older’ metal screw in [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 25/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : International Plug Adapters When traveling internationally it is often essential to pack an international plug adapter. Sometimes you need to pack more than one adapter depending on where you are headed, but whenever you need an adapter it means one more ‘thing’ you [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 24/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Choosing A Battery Charger All “AA” battery chargers are created equal, right?  Well no, not really. Some chargers are slow, some are fast, most charging units are about the same size…however some are considerably easier to pack due to the size of their [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/02/2009 – URGENT : Seeking PHL Flyers (those of you who call PHL ‘home’) Have you had an incident with the TSA at PHL?  Filed a complaint with the TSA at PHL?  If so drop me a message. I have been in contact with a television news show (network TV, [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/02/2009 – Space Saving Packing Tip : Extra Electrical Outlets On The Road A simple fact that all traveling photographers face (and most business travellers as well) is the need to access multiple electrical outlets. Life was simpler when I first started to travel with my camera equipment and I [...]

Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/02/2009 – Fish Gets Back To Flying Again…Hopefully For A Long Time To Come! A few weeks ago I wrote about taking an unplanned break from work and from travel to cope with some unexpected on going health issues, which I detailed in this post : 19/01/2009 – Where Has [...]