Business Travel Blog

Riding a public bus in a foreign country is often a much more intimidating activity than taking the subway, primarily because there are usually fewer resources in English for buses. Buses typically have more stops than subways and so, often, … →

Few Americans took note on July 13, when the U.S. Department of State raised all of the fees associated with getting and maintaining a U.S. passport. These fees include the cost of getting a new passport as well as a … →

Using public transportation in foreign countries can be one of the most intimating aspects of travel.  All those crazy maps with different colored lines intersecting. Buses zooming by with millions of numbers written on the stop, but nothing in English. … →

Uluru, more commonly known is Ayers Rock, is a huge, red sandstone rock formation that sits like a complacent giant in the Australian Northern Territory. Some 450 kilometers from the nearest town, Uluru is isolated and beautiful, and only those … →

Ireland is a country in which most visitors want to get out and explore the countryside. Of course, its capital city, Dublin, is suave and cosmopolitan and offers its own brand of Irishness to visitors, as well as some of … →

Every well traveled person in the world had to get started sometime and somewhere. We weren’t all born well traveled individuals (although some of us were, I’m sure!). No, becoming well traveled is a pursuit that takes a lifetime (if … →

Some people are more hardcore sightseers than others. There is the breed of traveler that wants to take in all they can before they have to go home, and there is the type that prefers to take it easy, seeing … →

Raise your hand if you have an iPhone, Droid/Android, iPad or some other kind of 3G enabled mobile device? I’d be willing to bet that at least 90% of those reading do. These amazing little devices have changed our lives … →

Every traveler uses public transportation at some point along their journeys, yet subway and metro stations are some of the least appreciated forms of architecture in the world. In fact, several of the world’s metro stations have been designed by … →

“Do they speak English?” I can’t remember how many times I’ve been asked this of friends and family who heard I was (yet again) moving to a new country. This seems to be the biggest concern of new and non-travelers … →