Expedia Everywhere: President Scott Durchslag Says They’re Open For Business with Travel Bloggers

This past Monday, Expedia hosted Blogger Day 2011 in Seattle which was designed to bring a group of travel bloggers together with a group of key executives from Expedia in order to delve into a range of topics and discuss how some of Expedia’s recent initiatives could be beneficial in tackling some of the bloggers’[…]

300 KM Per Hour in Valencia – My Experience in an F1 Car

The Formula 1 World Driving Championship is the pinnacle racing series in all of motor-sports. The championship features the world’s most advanced race cars whose top speeds reach 300 kilometers per hour and are capable of going from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in two seconds. I have been a Formula 1 fan for[…]

A Trip Through a Formula 1 Paddock in Valencia

This year, Formula 1 returned to Valencia, Spain for the European Grand Prix.  The temporary Valencia Street Circuit around the America’s Cup Marina on the Mediterranean Sea provides the perfect backdrop for the very best drivers in the world to show off the most technologically advanced cars in the world. Before the events of the[…]

The Ins and Outs of Flying Non-Rev Stand By

Last month, I spent three days at the Sydney Airport’s International Terminal. I was flying “stand by” and there were no empty seats. During this time, I began to think about my past 40 years of flying stand by. As an airline employee and now as a retiree, I have been able to fly all[…]