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Airport Security Scans Need to Know
The inconvenience of unloading a carry-on bag and removing pieces of clothing at airport security is never fun, but it’s a necessary evil. For our own safety, we go through these airport security scanners every time we fly. Have you wondered how they work and are...
6 Advantages of Flying with a Carry-on Bag Only
Flying in itself is stressful enough, but then there’s the added issue of how to deal with your luggage. There is so much to consider: the details around checked bags vs carry-on bags, extra fees vs no-fee luggage, size of both carry-on and checked bags as well as the...
Travel Search: Who Owns Who. Who are you Booking With?
When you're searching for and find a best travel option, do you reserve right away? And if so, do you know who are you booking with? Do you know which travel search companies own who? At Opptee, we advise checking a minimum of four search sites before...
Flying with Pets in Cargo
Update: There have been recent updates centered around flying with pets. This article, Taking Your Dog on a Plane Just got Harder, offers information on transporting a snub-nosed dog, flying internationally and also which airlines do and don't offer pet transfers. The...
The Travel Working Digital Nomad
Whatever you call it: workcation, extended bleisure travel, flex work, remote working, digital nomad, work-life balance or a phrase I might have just invented “travel working’ - it’s a growing phenomenon among both millennials and baby boomers who want to work and...
8 Steps for Finding Best Vacation Packages
I notice a lot of articles offering advice on how to find the best flight, car rental, and hotel, but information for finding the best vacation package appears less often. With summer almost over, the time to search out winter vacations is fast approaching. If you...
Luggage: Lost and Found
Lost luggage is one of the most common fears when traveling. It’s the reason we overstuff a carry-on bag, why we’re afraid to check that carry-on bag and why we hand-carry electronics and important items onboard planes. According to SITA, 5.57 bags per 1000 passengers...
How to Spot Fake Travel Reviews
Online reviews have been around a long time. We look for online reviews for everything from new sneakers to new mattresses to new electronics to cars. And travel is no exception. It’s a rare traveler who doesn’t check online reviews for hotel, resort, restaurant and...
Hotel Price Matching: Hotels vs online aggregators
Which search sites have the best pricing on the hotel you want to book? Is it Trivago, Expedia, Booking.com or another online aggregator or is it the hotel itself? What about the ‘best price guarantees’ hotel chains offer? How do they stack up? And if they are the...
Giving up your seat for a flight voucher? Ask these questions
As hotels are known to do, airlines also overbook their space to compensate for people who don’t show up for their reservation. Sometimes though, it ends up that everyone who booked the flight arrives. That’s when carriers find a way to entice one or more people to...
