Over the holidays, my wife and I did a fast-paced trip across 7 countries over 12 days. Starting in Sofia, Bulgaria moving counterclockwise through Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Algeria, and North Macedonia, ending back in Bulgaria. My passion is international travel and I have been fortunate to tie that into my consulting. Just like with […]
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I spent a good amount of time researching various distilleries and tour operators before we went but still had a number of “wish I had known moments†that I want to document for others thinking of doing a similar trip.  If you want to treat this experience like a weekend drunk fest in Napa Valley
Speyside Whiskey Tour – Know Before You Go Read More »
During a recent trip to Hokkaido, we had the change to try ANA\’s high tech self-check bag check. It was actually pretty cool.  You start by scanning your boarding pass from the kiosk or your phone.  It then gives you a bag tag to add to the luggage. Once that is done you select
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In my previous post, I mentioned I was researching flights and found a crazy mileage run routing. I had a buddy tell me he had flown Virgin Atlantic to the continent previously and suggested I check them out. So I went to “The Google” and entered “Virgin Atlantic to Nairobi,” which seemed like a simple
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I have been asked to keynote an event in Kenya in June. I was looking at some flight options, and trusty United App thought a good route would be for me to do the following: Fly from JFK in New York to Los AngelesFly back from Los Angeles back to Newark (the other NYC airport)Wait
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As Motoko and I were going through security at Hiroshima Japan airport last week I notced the sign below and grabbed a pic with my iPhone. After being wowed most of the week by a lot of new technology this sign wrapped up the week… sometimes simple is just easier… This is a form of
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