In general Windy City business travel can be a pleasurable and lucrative experience. The key to the successful trip often lies in preparation. As a large metropolitan area Chicago can present transportation challenges to even most experienced corporate travelers. Traffic, highway construction as well as scores of major [...]

Many San Francisco visitors choose to stay in hotels near the airport, primarily because of the convenience. If you have a car, staying in an airport hotel will save you up to 40% of what you would spend in hotels in other parts of the city.
Hotels in the city could cost you over $200 [...]

In simple terms, consolidators are airline ticket brokers who buy air tickets from airlines (in bulk and at heavy discounts) and sell them to the travel agencies for a profit. Travel agencies in turn offer such consolidator fares to the consumers (after adding their profits to the price). The airlines use consolidators to offload their [...]

In the first two parts of this series, we covered my decision to move from San Diego to Chita, Siberia to be a professor at Chita State Technical University. We pick up the story aboard the flight from Anchorage to Khabarovsk, Russia.
Day 3
Technically, it’s day two and half. I think. Time began to blur as [...]