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Airline Experiences Travel Smarter  Honest airline reviews, seasonal travel tips, and destination insights — written to help you plan with clarity and confidence.

Airline Experiences Travel Smarter  Honest airline reviews, seasonal travel tips, and destination insights — written to help you plan with clarity and confidence.

Airline Experiences Travel Smarter  Honest airline reviews, seasonal travel tips, and destination insights — written to help you plan with clarity and confidence.

In 2025, an earthquake caused a rock slide that caused major damage to Tracy Arm Fjord and forever changed the landscape around South Sawyer Glacier.

ne of the hardest things for travelers is buying an airline ticket.   Airfares have become so complex with algorithms & AI that its no longer browsing a site (or calling a travel agent like us), picking out a time, airline, and going with the fare.  Now its a meticulous dance…

  MSC is making some changes to the MSC Poesia before she heads to Alaska... As Alaska's newest cruise line, MSC is making waves by adding our state to their portfolio, however they're not quite giving us their best.    Instead of Dvinia or one of the Seas(Seascape/Seashore/Seaside), we're getting…

Things are changing all around us.    Customer service isn’t what it used to be.   Companies are gutting staff where they can, using automation and AI to perform tasks that a human once did.    And its showing. To start, I’m expecting the next few days to be pretty

2025 US Government Shutdown Tips 6 November 2025 So here we are again. Congress is fighting and the government is technically shut down, meaning lots of folks aren’t getting their paychecks. This includes TSA Agents and Air Traffic Control and it has a direct affects on us here in

Travel Agents save your sanity, not just money! One of the biggest questions we get is: why should you book my flights when I’m fully capable and know how to do it?   True – airlines and online agencies have made it remarkably easy to book travel.  But what

How is Alaska going to handle partner earning in 2026? Starting January 1st, Alaska Airlines will undertake its largest change to its frequent flyer plan in its history.    As the company continues to absorb Hawaiian Airlines into the mix, the airline is changing how we will earn miles

21 August Update:  We have confirmation from Alaska that the new system requires you to chose only ONE earning method towards calculating your EQM/Elite Qualifying Miles each year.   Dollars based points will be based on the whole dollar, base fare, and rounded down (eg: a $309.25 base fare will

Oct 31 Update: SeatGuru is *poof* gone. One of the most painful things a traveler can experience is when you select a window seat on a long flight, board the plane, stow your bags, and then notice that your window seat – does not, in fact, have a window.

Princess Ultimate Package: Is it really the Ultimate? As a travel agent, we normally get access to the same deals most of you can find online, with the exceptions of a few ‘mass’ reseller sites that either rebate part of the commission (against travel agent ethics) or have amenities

One of our favorite cruise lines, MSC Cruises, will be sailing to Alaska starting in 2026 with weeklong sailings from Seattle. We’re super impressed with the pricing, and we’ve even worked out some great deals on these cruises (click here). MSC’s Alaska sailings are very-much budget driven for customers

As I get older, I really do NOT like sharing rooms with friends – including that special someone in my life, when traveling. I love sprawling out on my bed (until I feel that stupid divot/break in the cruise ship beds that have been pushed together) – and just

We’re back from a few trips on MSC – we sailed on the MSC Magnifica and MSC Seascape out of Miami and pleased to report that there’s been some very significant improvements on MSC’s America products. MSC gets beat up over its food offerings. The European-based cruise line hasn’t

May 1st has arrived in Juneau and the weather so far is looking great for all our early season cruisers! We’ve updated our Holland America Alaska Resident Deals and also have a list of all the other Alaska resident deals with other cruise lines. We’ve found a few gems