What’s next for SFO?
Now that SFO officials have handed off the shiny new 10-gate, $138 million Boarding Area E (T3E) to United, what’s next? A lot! The Bay Area Traveler blog snagged a few moments with San Francisco...
View Article3-room suite on a plane?
Put a three-room suite, including bathroom with shower, double bed, 32-inch LCD screen, and a London-trained butler on a commercial Airbus A380, and you are going to get a LOT of press. So it goes with...
View Article5 airline seats selling for $5,000+ (PHOTOS)
(Los Angeles) Every year at about this time, the business travel industry gathers for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) convention. This year it’s here in Los Angeles, with about 7,000...
View ArticleEmirates A380 lands at SFO [PHOTOS]
This week Emirates Airline deployed not just one, but TWO giant Airbus A380s between Dubai and the US. [More…] On Monday, the 489-passenger double-decker touched down at San Francisco International and...
View ArticleMy thoughts about travel to Cuba
Vamos a Cuba! Listos? In case you’ve been under a rock for the last week, you should know that new relaxed rules about travel to Cuba went into effect on Friday. NBC sent a crew out to TravelSkills...
View ArticleVirgin America announces SFO-Hawaii nonstops
After months of hints and speculation, Virgin America made it official today: Starting November 2, they will fly to Hawaii from San Francisco. [More…] Of course, you can expect that Virgin will do...
View ArticleQANTAS returns to San Francisco
Qantas will bring back non-stop flights between San Francisco and Sydney on December 20, 2015 after a four year hiatus. More… Initially, the flight will operated on peak days (see below) and ramp up to...
View ArticleDon’t make these mistakes in San Francisco (video)
Last year during the peak of the convention season in San Francisco, we wrote up Don’t make these 8 mistakes in San Francisco to help visitors avoid looking foolish when arriving in our fair city....
View ArticleWhat Marriott Starwood merger means for travelers
At long last, the speculation and worry can be put to rest. The Marriott Starwood deal is done. 5,700 hotels and 85 million loyalty members are now all under the same umbrella. But it’s not all...
View Article10 most popular travel stories
TravelSkills’ 10 most popular posts over the last week (descending order): 1 See Chris discuss this on TV- 13 new nonstops with Alaska Airlines’ big Bay Area bump 2 A slew of good comments- Game over...
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