Tag: review
Facial Recognition Improves Travel Safety
US Customs and Border Protection has a biometric project that uses facial matching systems to improve traveler safety. Read More …
Repurposed For Travel: Kraken Pro Razer Headphones
Once on the cruise ship, we have a high degree of confidence in the ability of cruise lines to take good care of travelers. But we have to get there first and that often means flying. After trying a number of Read More …
Travel Gear Review: Chilly Jilly Wrap In A Bag
Today we have the story of Chilly Jilly, a new product that strays a bit out of my comfort zone. Chilly Jilly is a wrap for ladies that I ran across while looking for ways to cut down on packing, Read More …
Travel Gear Review Rejects
We can make a travel product out of just about anything. Headphones made for serious gamers? Those also block out screaming babies on planes and work for pretty good ear warmers when traveling to cold weather climates. When packing space Read More …
Travel Gear Review: (Amazing) Downy Wrinkle Releaser
When it comes to packing, it does not seem to matter how we do it, wrinkles persist. Folding, Rolling, Shrink-wrapping or just throwing everything together and hoping for the best: wrinkles galore. We found a sure fire winner in the Read More …
Why We Love To Cruise: Let’s Review, Update That Definition
A dozen years or so ago, North Americans fell in love with cruise travel, fueling the biggest surge in cruise line growth ever. What was once a travel option for “the newly wed or nearly dead”, became the vacation of choice for millions. Read More …
Travel Gear Review: ZUS USB Car Charger
Over the last decade or so, cruise lines sailing from North America have made it easier to begin our fabulous cruise vacations by scattering embarkation ports around the country. Formerly limited to mainly south Florida or California locations that meant Read More …
Review: Understated TripItPro Travel App Does More
I tried TripItPro for a 30 day free trial several years ago and never looked back. A side by side comparison of the understated TripItPro app on the TripIt website lists some of the significant differences over the basic, free Read More …
Travel Gear Review: The Comfortable Healthy Back Bag
Going ashore at the destinations visited by cruise lines, it’s always a good idea to bring along some essentials. Commonly suggested everywhere; bottled water, identification, sunscreen, local currency and maybe some healthy snacks. Other items to remember might be backup battery Read More …