Lots of city tourism agencies offer bundles for visitors -- combo tickets that offer admission to a variety of museums and other attractions for way less than you'd pay to enter even just a few at full price, often with extra perks thrown in. FirenzeCard, offered in Firenze, or Florence, Italy, is ...

Back when USB peripherals first started to proliferate, there was a brief flurry of USB hubs. Plug one into your computer, and you had a few more ports for your sketch tablet, your DVD burner, your USB-powered fan, whatever.
For the last several years, most computers have had enough ports. ...

Until last month, I hadn't flown in almost three years. Isn't that weird?! Being laid off from my full-time IT job, and being mostly unemployed for six months, definitely had an impact on my ability to travel, so it was nice to get off the ground this spring for a family vacation.
Not that much ...

Once again, our friends at Gogo Inflight Internet are offering an in-the-sky freebie with a twist. In the past, we've seen free Wi-Fi on Delta, free Wi-Fi just to access Twitter, or even free Wi-Fi for everyone for the holidays, sponsored by Google.
This year, the on-board Wi-Fi provider is ...

How many services can you think of where you can subscribe for three months and end up with $10 more than you started with? That's just about the deal right now with Boingo, the Wi-Fi provider I've talked about a few times before. Their usual $9.95/month rate currently carries an intro price of ...

Thanks to our friends at Zatz Not Funny! for the heads-up that Southwest Airlines is offering free in-flight streaming TV to passengers on all of their Wi-Fi-enabled aircraft. The service carries a selection of DISH Network live TV and on-demand programming through their Row 44 satellite-based Wi-Fi ...

Baggage fees have certainly become one of the big bugaboos of the travel industry over the last several years. Airlines have gone from offering two free bags to one free bag to no free bags, with notable exceptions like Southwest's "Bags Fly Free" promotion. Some airlines also offer free checked ...

More and more pilots are being given access to iPads, Android-based Galaxy tablets, and other electronic devices for use in the cockpit. Replacing fifty pounds of manuals and charts with a three-pound tablet sounds like an easy call. But should pilots have access to Wi-Fi during flight?
An Apex ...

The folks at Gogo, whose inflight Wi-Fi gear we just showed off last week, are doing a giveaway for the next several days that really warms the heart of this techie traveler. Their "Ultimate Travel Fashion Kit" includes a rolling carry-on and a tote from Tumi, a MacBook Air, unlocked iPhone 5, Canon ...

Thanks to Gogo for sharing this picture of its satellite- and ground-based Internet equipment on its Facebook page, we get a peek of the gear that provides Wi-Fi service in mid-air.
I've written a lot about Gogo, including the free 15 minutes they offered on Delta, their discounted rates on ...

I've thought all along that giving people a taste of in-flight Internet service is the best way to sell it to them. The industry king, Gogo Inflight Internet, has had occasional freebie promotions, including free Wi-Fi sponsored by Google for the 2010 holiday season, but the service was just plain ...

Normally, I don't mind getting e-mail updates from airline and hotel reward programs. The monthly update on my point balance is sometimes a nice reminder that I've got a free flight or a free night coming to me, and the occasional special offers come in handy, too.
I've just about had it with ...

Not long ago, I saw a traveler ranting on Yelp or Foursquare or some other social media site about inadequate electrical outlets at a hotel. He called the owners "stupid" for not adding lots of electrical outlets throughout the room, especially near the bed.
Of course, no property owner wants ...

TomTom, the popular GPS equipment and navigation software company, revealed this week that a "leap year" bug in the software installed on several models prevented the units from finding their locations. The company has released a "mandatory software update" for several models.
Starting on ...

Do you remember NetZero? Back in the late '90s, the company offered free dialup Internet access if you were willing to view ads on a little strip on your computer screen while online, but here in 2012, they're offering free 4G cellular broadband connections.
Announced today, the NetZero 4G ...

Travelers need Wi-Fi. We're long past the point where just about any hotel can get away with having no Internet access at all, even if more and more travelers are showing up with devices that pack their own cellular connections. But are travelers who demand free Internet access getting only what ...

A couple of years ago, I bought a Splash O2 external battery case for my iPhone 3GS. It made the phone much bulkier, but made the battery last much, much longer. On busy travel, hockey game, or conference days, it sometimes made the difference between having a working phone at the end of the day, or ...

Spirit Airlines, which I admit I admire for being the first airline to charge for carry-on luggage, has just said they'll start charging a $5 fee for passengers who need an airline agent to print their boarding pass for them at the airport. Is this, too, a reasonable "extra" the airline can ...

We've mentioned a couple of solar-charging options for electronic handheld devices in passing, but couldn't resist the opportunity to talk about this latest approach: the solar bikini.
Solar Coterie is now taking orders for custom bikinis fitted with 1x4-inch photovoltaic film strips, ...