Many of you may have a Ritz Carlton Credit Card thanks to all of us here at BoardingArea :). Here is a chance to get more out of it and recoup some of that annual fee: Chase has an offer out there for Apple Pay users, where if you use …
Tokyo Station is one of two major train stations in the Japanese capital and the center for the Shikansen high speed (aka bullet) rail lines. Commissioned in 1889, and completed in 1914, Tokyo Station is the busiest station in Japan in terms of total volume of trains (over 3000 trains …
Our ride to the airport was already waiting by the time we checked out of the Hilton Heathrow T5. The ride to the airport took 15 mins all in, and cost 50 pounds because the driver gave us a glare for not tipping “properly.” As usual the acted like he …
As I mentioned before in part 1 of this two part series, we dropped off our bags at the Intercontinental Barclay and headed out to explore the city. It was an absolutely frigid morning in the Big Apple with temperatures well below freezing. Consequently, walking along the streets meant going in …
This past Christmas, my sister and I took a quick trip to New York City at the start of the winter holidays and our trip to India (which I will write about a little later). My sister had never been to New York City during the holiday season and I had …
On a recent trip to Italy for spring break, I just had one night before moving on to Florence. Rates at some of the hotels in Rome on a Saturday night were exorbitantly high. Even a basic hotel was costing $300 per night, and most AirBnbs were not willing to …
In a desperate attempt to rescue its year from the shock of BREXIT, Virgin Atlantic has launched a rather ironic advertisement about the “bright” side of things.
It’s been a long time away from the blogging scene (almost a month). There comes a point when you realize you underestimated the amount of time school takes up and I think I reached that point just after I made the pledge to catch up on trip reports. And then …
It looks like Air India has just become the first airline to fly an all-female crew around the world. This was on Air India’s San Francisco – New Delhi service, which is actually one of the longest flights in the world. It’s quite an historic occasion, and comes 53 years …
It’s been a tough time for Brussels, and Belgium’s flag carrier Brussels Airlines for the past year due to the terror attacks last year. Tourism and travel have been quite affected so it is high time for a breath of fresh air. Brussels Airlines delivers that with this ad on its …
