Boarding airplanes is an exercise in frustration and annoyance. People are slow, don’t pay attention, and take waaaaaaay too long to get into their seat once they get to their row. Don’t be slow! With a little planning getting into your airplane seat quickly and getting out of the way of other passengers is completely…
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10 Common Flying Etiquette Complaints and How to Address Them (Part 2)
10 Common Flying Etiquette Complaints and How to Address Them (Part 2) First off…. I’m planning out my content for the next six months and need your help! I’m working on new blog content, courses, workbooks, workshops and more because I’m super excited to help make business travel easier for all of you lovely people.…
Use headphones when you’re playing a game. Please!!
Don’t put your coat in the overhead bin
Pro tip: Don’t Drink Too Much While Flying. You Could Get Arrested!
Don’t Wear Your Backpack When Walking Down Plane Aisles
Apologies in advance, y’all, but I’m about to go on a bit of a rant. It could be all the travel lately. It could be the major international trip coming up has stressed me out. It could be the fact that everyone in my house has a cold and no one is sleeping and my…
Is it ever okay to put your laptop bag in the overhead bin?
How to share overhead bin space
Occasionally I look back fondly at my first couple of years as a business traveler (over a decade ago, hard to believe). Upgrades were plentiful, you could easily hop on an earlier flight, and there was plenty of room for carry-ons. Alas, things have changed. These days flying standby is almost unheard of and getting…
When to wait for people to put their suitcase into the overhead bin
When you’re the one with smelly food on a plane
A common complaint about flying is the smells. Whether it’s too much perfume, certain….personal….smells, or simply the scent of recycled air, there is a long list of fragrances that aren’t the best part of flying. A frequent smell on that list is pungent food–onions, certain chips, tuna….the odors extend farther than one might assume from…