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Rant Archive
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TIPPING: ITS NOT JUST A CITY IN CHINA.
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 9 Comments. Everyone at some point in their lives should be in the service industry. EVERYONE. Then they would understand the trials and hurdles a waiter faces. This post is inspired by two new buddies from Denmark(whom I met on my travels in NZ and then proceeded... -
“Welcome to Barbados, Where the Coldest Thing about our Weather is our Beer.”
Posted on January 11, 2011 | 34 CommentsAs a travel junkie and a writer, I always look forward to my favourite travel magazine arriving in my mailbox. There is something alluring about that glossy cover, the beautiful photographs (always much better than my own) and that smell of ink and dust. I... -
Travel Rant: On the Importance of Gratitude
Posted on December 18, 2010 | 61 CommentsI’m currently settled into the lovely city of Vientiane, Laos for the Christmas holidays. I love it here – everything from the colonial architecture, the garishly colored temples, the wonderful food and the lovely, friendly Laos people. It has been a bit of an adjustment... -
Travel Bloggers Pledge – Towards a New Ethics in Travel Writing
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 16 CommentsJump directly to the Travel Bloggers Pledge This Stuff Matters Why do so many of us feel compelled to travel? Why do we save up for months, years even, and forgo other luxuries like bigger houses and nicer cars in order to feed our compulsion... -
Customer Service Kudos and Failures Round-up: Expedia, Travelodge and Qantas
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis morning at 6 am I touched down in the lovely city of Sydney after a fourteen and a half hour flight from Los Angeles. It was a long day. I’d just said goodbye to friends and family in Canada that I likely won’t see... -
Eat, Pray, Love – Why It Makes Us Crazy
Posted on August 12, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe My Dog Ate My Blog recently published a great piece called Eat, Pray, Love and our Perpetual Pursuit of Happiness where they raised the interesting and polarizing phenomenon that is the Elizabeth Gilbert book – they emailed me and invited me to comment on... -
Tension in the Skies: Towards A New Inflight Etiquette
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsBy now most of you have probably read about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who had a meltdown after a passenger disrespected him following a landing at Kennedy Airport. Basically, the plane landed and a passenger prematurely stood up to remove luggage from the... -
Eat, Pray, Love and Safety in Women’s Solo Travel
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 6 CommentsAs the cinematic release of the Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling travel memoir Eat, Pray, Love draws nearer it is inevitable that people will become engaged in debating not just the artistic merit of the book and movie, but also the phenomenon of women undertaking travel...
