Frugal Foodie Mama: airplane travel tips

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

10 Gift Ideas for the Frequent Flyer

From the organized packer to the techie traveler, you will find a little something for all your favorite jet setters this holiday season with this collection of 10 Gift Ideas for the Frequent Flyer...

From the organized packer to the techie traveler, you will find a little something for all your favorite jet setters this holiday season with this collection of 10 Gift Ideas for the Frequent Flyer.
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While I am not sure I have earned the title of a jet setter quite yet, I do think I have established a little bit of a frequent flyer status over the past year and a half or so. When you travel by plane, you are faced with some unique challenges and restrictions. 

After a few flights in as many months, you realize that you would like just to streamline everything as much as possible to make getting to your gate and boarded on your flight as quick, painless, and smooth as possible. 

I figured out that I hated juggling a large rolling suitcase through the airport parking lot to the shuttle while also lugging a laptop bag and a tote or purse on one shoulder. I discovered that purchasing a bottle of water once you made it out on the other side of security gets pricey. 

I found out that sitting towards the back of the plane is well, noisy and loud. And I figured out just what I needed to change and bring along with me to avoid all of these inconveniences of flying that I found irritating.

If you happen to already have a frequent flyer on your nice list or have a loved one on your holiday gift list that is planning on embarking on quite a bit of plane travel in the next year, then this list of 10 Gift Ideas for the Frequent Flyer is for you! :) 

You will find a little something for everyone here- the obsessive packers, the frugalistas, the techies, and those frequent flyers who just like to sit back, relax, and enjoy their flight...

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

10 Essentials for Your Carry-On Bag

Never leave home or board a plane again without these 10 Essentials for Your Carry-On Bag...

Never leave home or board a plane again without these 10 Essentials for Your Carry-On Bag!
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When I first started blogging around 4 years ago, I never dreamed it would end up being a career for me. And I couldn't have possibly fathomed at the time that my blogging would one day open so many travel opportunity doors for me. In fact, I have flown more times in the past 7 months than I probably have in the last 5 years combined! 

From a fabulous opportunity to visit the Southern Living test kitchens in Birmingham to an amazing foodie adventure in Portland to my most recent trip to take part in the Food & Wine Conference in Orlando, I have experienced my share of great flights, bumpy flights, delayed flights (don't get me started on that one), and lost luggage this past year. I have also learned what I need, want, and don't necessarily need in my carry-on bag.

When you are limited to just two carry-on's and your purse is included in that number, you start getting very particular about what you put in those two bags. And you have to keep in mind that you will have at least limited access to one of those two bags as it will be stowed in an overhead compartment for the duration of the flight. So what are my 10 must-have, don't fly without them essentials for my carry-on bag? Check them out below... :)