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Planning a trip to New York City? Whether you’ve visited before or this is your first time, there are a number of must-visit museums in NYC you won’t want to miss. And I’m not talking about... Read More How Early Should You Get to the Airport? Picture this: You’re going on a trip with your three closest friends. You ask each person how early they want to get to the airport before your flight. You get three different answers—four...
Going Places: A Conversation with Nicole Phillip
Going Places is a series from TripIt that highlights frequent travelers to showcase their unique travel styles and insider tips. The first time Nicole Phillip traveled solo, she was studying abroad in Europe—hopping on low-cost flights and traversing the continent by train. “At the time, I traveled by myself because I didn’t have the budget to travel in the same way as many of my classmates,” Nicole told me. “But I’m glad for that experience. Solo travel is so freeing.
City Break: Washington, D.C.
Before there was bleisure travel, there was the city break—the short space of leisure time that grants you access to the cultural and culinary amenities that big cities offer. In this series from TripIt, we explore some of the world’s best cities for planning a quick getaway or extending a work trip.
Five Apps to Download for Your Next Trip
Type “best travel apps” into any search engine, and the one we all know and love pops up first. But TripIt aside, you’re bound to have specific needs when you travel that don’t involve organizing your trip — like prepaying for a parking spot or deciphering labels at the grocery store. Here are five travel apps that should accompany TripIt in your phone’s Travel folder. 1.
Three Trends Grocery Retailers Should Have on Their Radar
Following a whirlwind of dramatic changes in recent years, grocery retailers continue to evolve. Rising food costs, changing customer behaviors, and growing competition from traditional and nontraditional players – all these challenges bring substantial pressure to operations. But how can you help ensure customer expectations are met at the same time? The answer comes down to having the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
The Take: As Inflation Soars, Vendors Sell Receivables for Protection
What’s News U.S. consumer inflation, excluding energy and food, rose to a 40-year high in September, a sign that strong price pressures are persisting across the economy. The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday said that the core consumer-price index, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, rose 6.6% in September from a year earlier, the biggest increase since August 1982.
Five Ways to Make the Most of Traveling This Fall
The leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and airfare prices are cooling off from summer highs. It’s the time quintessentially known as “shoulder season,” when there are fewer people traveling — and thus more availability. But this year, some of these seasonal characteristics could be harder to find, at least when it comes to avoiding crowds. According to new TripIt data, 85% of Americans are planning to travel this fall.
Going Places: A Conversation with Manya Agrawal
Going Places is a brand new sequence from Go back and forthIt that highlights widespread vacationers to show off their distinctive commute kinds and insider guidelines. For Manya Agrawal, freelance content material writer and influencer, commute is greater than finding stunning, new puts. It’s additionally about totally immersing herself within the tradition, assembly new other people, and attempting the native delicacies. “I’m from a small town in India.
sustainable travel
Dear Jen is a new series from TripIt that asks Jen Moyse, vice president of product for TripIt from Concur, for her best advice when it comes to travel these days. Jen spends her time... Read More Whoever said camping was a low maintenance vacation was sorely mistaken. (Reader, it was me.) I mean, you quite literally have to plan to bring everything you need to survive with you. ... Read More America’s Route 66. Iceland’s Ring Road. Scotland’s North Coast 500. Australia’s Great Ocean Road.
Imposter syndrome: What it is and how to help your employees overcome it
Regardless of their many accomplishments, high-achieving employees can often suffer from imposter syndrome. Help your people see their value with these tips. Have you ever looked around a conference (or Zoom) room and felt like you didn’t deserve your seat at the table? Or, have you ever lauded a colleague for achieving a project goal, only to see him or her immediately deny that their personal efforts contributed to the win?
Remember Navigating the Airport? These Tips and Tools Can Help
This time last year I boarded my first flight since the start of the pandemic. Since then, I’ve flown on a dozen flights within the U.S. Each trip varied slightly from the one prior, as new policies and procedures were continually introduced.
3 Spots Perfect For a Family Vacation
Itineraries August 12, 2019 Annie Gabillet Is there such a thing as a vacation when you have your kids in tow? Some tired parents might say no, but Mollie Krengel, the founder of travel-guide company Wild Bum, says it is possible. While it might not involve romantic candle lit dinners and uninterrupted quality time with your favorite beach read, you can still have fun on a family vacation.
How to Make the Most of Your Frequent Flyer Miles
When you rank the perks of business travel, accumulating frequent flyer miles is surely near the top of the list. Flight by flight, segment by segment, your stockpile of miles builds—tallying up to reach one awards flight, then another. With all those frequent flyer miles, you might be wondering how to make the most of cashing them in. Not to worry! We’ve come up with a few ideas. Plan for your elite status Remember that list of business travel perks you were making?
The Go Guide: San Diego
From the city to the sea, San Diego lures visitors with its year-round sunny disposition. Whether you’re headed there for work, fun, or a little bit of both, here are our tips for making the most of your time in San Diego. Where to fly in Located a quick three miles from downtown San Diego, San Diego International Airport (SAN) serves as the main airport for the city. What can you expect flying into SAN?
5 Tips for Taking Your First Bleisure Trip
The day has come to keep that promise to yourself to capitalize on the opportunity to travel for business and add in a bit of leisure time, too. And why wouldn’t you? Bleisure travel is gaining popularity across the globe, and not just with the millennial crowd. Tacking on a few days of play is a great way to invest in some self-care and explore a city you might not otherwise get to.
4 Reasons to Visit Edinburgh, Scotland
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . With nonstop flights to Edinburgh (EDI) now available thanks to a new Norwegian Air flight from the New York City area (SWF), Scotland is closer and more affordable than ever. One thing that keeps visitors coming to the city each year? Festivals.
6 Things to Know Before You Go to Turks & Caicos
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . Turks and Caicos is the kind of place that inspires you to get out of bed early just so you can draw back the blinds and take in the view. Its waters are a magnificent display of vibrant blues, perhaps only rivaled in beauty by the colorful Moroccan city of Chefchaouen.
How to Pack Like a Frequent Flyer
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Imagine your totally stuffed-to-the-brim checked bag bursts open as it’s being put onto the check-in agent’s scale, revealing a week’s worth of clothes for a quick weekend trip. Chicago-based wardrobe editor and style strategist Megan Jedlinski wants to make sure this never happens to you.
6 Things to Know Before You Go to Helsinki
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . This year marks Finland’s 100th birthday and to celebrate, Finns are throwing a year-long party called Suomi 100 in honor of everything that makes the country great — it was also just named the fifth happiest country in the world. Thinking of planning a trip?
How to Relive Your Favorite Holiday Movies Using Points
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . ‘Tis the season to light a fire in the fireplace, sip on mulled wine and press play on the holiday movies you’ve waited all year long to watch. But this year, you can do even more to get into the holiday spirit.
9 Tips for Train Travel in Japan
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . The future of train travel has already arrived in Japan. Accountable, on-time arrivals; exceptionally smooth, high-speed rides; gracious attendants who serve ice-cold Asahi — these are just a few of the reasons why train travel is the best way to see this amazing country.
How to Spend 48 Hours in Oslo, Bratislava, Munich or Glasgow
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Why You Should Visit Europe's Faroe Islands
This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page . If you haven’t heard of the Faroe Islands, there are probably two reasons why — they’re tiny and remote.
10 Things No One Tells You About... Slovenia
Nestled between Italy and Croatia, two of Europe’s most popular destinations, lies the understated-yet-stunning country of Slovenia. While this tiny nation might not be on every traveler’s radar, following these 10 tips and tidbits — which you probably won’t find in a guidebook — will help you fit in like a local whenever you do make your first trip over.
Tips from the Pros: How to Be a Fresh-Faced Frequent Flyer
As a frequent flyer, you know how to pile up the points, manage your miles and pack the perfect suitcase. But once you’ve reached your destination, are you always feeling — and looking — your best? Here, professional make-up artist Carrie LaMarca shares her top tips to keep you as fresh-faced as possible. Business travelers are usually faced with long-haul red-eye flights, layovers and interrupted sleep patterns. So what’s a weary traveler to do? Answer: create an in-flight beauty regime.
8 Wines That Will Help You Get Through Everything Life Throws At You
While the pairing of wine and food is a delicious science, the pairing of wine with life is an art. And, as an artist, it is your responsibility to know how to use every color in your palette to perfectly complement the right wine with life's trials and triumphs. So, sit back, uncork and satiate your way to a life of vino-paired bliss: Bright lights, big city. Big promotion, big… empty apartment.
10 Things No One Tells You About... San Francisco
The City by the Bay has been sung about, lusted after, and touted for its many charms; so many that even the most frequent of travelers could miss the city’s hidden gems. These 10 tips will get you one step closer to exploring San Francisco like a local. Where to Find the Best Chinese Food Nestled in the Sunset District — an area of San Francisco that, ironically, rarely sees the sun — you’ll find the authentic, delicious, made-fresh-in-house cuisine of King of Noodles.
10 Things No One Tells You About... Portland, Oregon
Maybe you’re a fan of Portlandia or your curiosity has been piqued by the adage, “Keep Portland Weird.” Either way, your tickets are booked and your bags are packed. Here are 10 tips for visiting Portland, Oregon, that you probably won’t find in a guidebook. This City Truly Bares it All As of late, Portland is best known for its hipster and crunchy (ie.
10 Things No One Tells You About... Reykjavik
Whether you land in Keflavík International Airport (KEF) before sunrise, or find yourself left in the dark by the typical guidebook’s uninteresting regime, these 10 tips and tidbits, which you probably won’t find in a guidebook, will help you navigate your way to a locally-inspired and budget-friendly visit in Reykjavik. Reykjavik is a notoriously expensive city, especially when it comes to drinking.
10 Things No One Tells You About... Edinburgh
From wheels down to sun up, TPG Contributor Amanda Wowk wants you to experience Edinburgh like the locals. The beautiful city of Edinburgh is best known for its stunning castle, (surprisingly) tasty haggis and world-renowned festivals. While all of these attractions are worth checking out, the Scottish capital’s lesser known gems have plenty to offer as well. Here are 10 tips for visiting Edinburgh you probably won’t find in a guidebook.
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