About

Greetings! Thanks for coming by.  My name is Chris Mangiapane and I write Planereality.com

When I was a kid, I used to take the Travel Section of the New York Times from my parents and cut out those tour company ads asking if you would like additional information.  I filled out every single one and mailed them in.  At the time, I was interested in far off places, but mostly just thought it was cool to get a bunch of stuff in the mail.  My parents still receive those informational travel brochures in the mail, addressed to me, even though they have moved several times.

25 years later, I was laid off from a Wall Street firm and I had some time to brainstorm about different ideas.  I came up with Planereality.com.  I was not sure if I would even like travelling and writing so I flew around the world (literally) on a bunch of different airlines.  I left on a Monday and returned that Friday, saw almost “nothing” besides airports and airlines and I loved it.  Unfortunately, it did not occur to me to bring a camera, so I had to do it again!

I don’t really like being somewhere for very long, which may be why I am good at always being on my way to somewhere else.  Destinations are an afterthought, I just find cheap airfares.

I don’t eat brown lettuce and I like ukulele music.

Shoot me an email with your thoughts, feedback, criticism, suggestions…it’s all good!

chris@planereality.com