Greetings from a British Overseas Territory!

🌴 I hope you're having a great weekend! We got out of town early to avoid some of the typical Thanksgiving travel chaos but we will be in the midst of it on the way home. Here are 12 tips for making Thanksgiving travel smoother.
There's been a lot of travel news this week as one might expect, leading up to Thanksgiving so scroll down to read it all, including my travel tips and a couple of great videos.
If the weather remains calm, we should see a smooth travel week but if Mother Nature turns on us, then all bets are off.

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In this issue:

✈️ Today's Travel Outlook

As of 8:55am PT, there have been 22 canceled flights to, from or within the United States and 592 delayed. Here's a link to the up-to-date stats and a live look at the FAA's National Airspace System Status. Here's what to do during weather delays and flight cancellations.

🏠 Monday

It’s Getting Easier to Find the Best Airbnb Locations
I just returned from New York City where Airbnb held a press conference focused on its 2023 Winter Release. What was such a big deal about the announcement is that they have several new features that make it easier to connect guests with the perfect host. Here's what you need to know if you're a guest or a host.

💻 Tuesday

10 Ways to Actually Get Work Done on a Plane
I just returned from a three-day, two-night, work trip which took me LAX-JFK, LGA-BNA-DFW-LAX. I sat in a wide variety of seats from a luxurious lie-flat seat next to Conan O’Brien to a cramped economy middle seat next to two businessmen who thought they owned my armrests. I worked on almost all of the flights like I do every time I fly. Here are my 10 ways to actually get work done on a plane.

🧳 Wednesday

12 Tips For Making Thanksgiving Travel Smoother
Can you believe Thanksgiving is a week tomorrow? That means that airports, roads and rails are going to be packed. In fact, According to AAA, they're projecting that 55.4 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. That makes it the third-highest Thanksgiving forecast since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. The top two years were 2005 and 2019 respectively. Here are my 12 tips to help make your holiday travels smoother.

🛬 Thursday

LAX Has a Social Handle That Every L.A. Traveler Needs to Follow
Back in 2019, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) started offering a really unique service on Twitter. Although Twitter has changed a lot, including its name, now known as X, the airport still provides these useful updates, which I was reminded of yesterday when it saved us from missing a flight. Here's what you need to know.

🏨 Friday

Everyone Told Me Not to Stay at This Hotel But I Did Anyway – Here’s Why
Recently on my personal Facebook page, I asked my friends, “If you have a 12-hour overnight (9pm-9am) layover with kids at this airport, which hotel do you recommend? FYI: Many of my friends are world travelers, many are travel writers or work in public relations or are locals I’ve met during my own travels so I value all of their opinions. I received multiple comments that warned, “Do NOT do the terminal hotel. It’s just so awful.” But I stayed there anyway. Here's why.

✈️ Saturday

The Travel Accessory I Wish I’d Bought Years Ago
When it comes to packing, the general wisdom is to take half the clothes and twice the money. Easier said than done. But my real downfall is neither clothes nor cash. I tend to get weighed down with gadgets and gizmos so it’s important to decide which ones are worth it. Here's one that definitely is and you might be surprised.

📺 Travel Videos of the Week

American Airlines Captain of 32 Years Delivers Emotional Retirement Speech in Front of Passengers and Family Before Receiving a Water Cannon Salute
This American Airlines pilot's emotional address before his final flight will give you all the feels. Watch the video here.

Southwest Airlines Does it Again: Viral Video Shows First Graders Boarding a Plane, Many For the First Time
Southwest just released a two-minute video that quickly went viral on social media. Within two days on X, formerly Twitter, it’s received 2.4 million views. The reason? It goes straight to the heart. Here's the video and back story.

⚡ Travel Product of the Week

Bagsmart Electronic Organizer Travel Case
One of my best travel organizing tools is a tech organizing case like the Bagsmart Electronic Organizer Travel Case. It comes in a single layer style like the one pictured above and is currently 40% off. The double layer style is also on sale for 20% off. Check out both options here.

🌎 12 Things to Know in Travel This Week

1 Traveling for Thanksgiving? Stormy weather could snarl pre-holiday travel plans.
2 Airlines brace for record Thanksgiving air travel
3 Experts predict record-setting travel this Thanksgiving week
4 Qantas unveils A220 Aboriginal paint scheme
5 Staggering x-rays reveal why six men were rushed to hospital from airport
6 Rich Americans cancel trips to Paris following Middle East war
7 Greyhound stations are leaving downtowns after sale to notorious investment firm
8 Meteorologists just released snowfall predictions for this winter—Here’s where flakes are most likely to fly
9 You can now take a 2-mile walk through LAX. What to see and eat.
10 Astrophysicist says he has the fastest way for passengers to board an airplane
11 Russian manufacturer test-flies prototype widebody passenger airplane
12 Flydubai takes on widebodies as Emirates stays above the fray

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