Whether you’re looking for the best way to upgrade your trip or the best site for booking it, here are the must-know travel tips, apps, and more to make the most out of your next getaway.
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How to Score Cooler Hotel Perks A Gear Garage The complimentary gear garage at Denver’s Halcyon Hotel feels like a mini REI, stocked with everything you need in the city (scooters, longboards) and the mountains (snowshoes, backpacks). They even have GoPros. A Record Store At Austin’s Hotel St. Cecilia, rooms are outfitted with Rega turntables, and if you don’t dig the house selection of vinyl, the concierge can arrange a private shopping excursion to indie store Breakaway Records.
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A Costume Closet Jackson Hole’s Caldera House boasts North America’s largest ski lockers, tricked out with phone chargers and boot dryers, plus drawers stocked with candy and champagne. It also has a costume closet, in case you really want to go all-out on the slopes. A Loaner Guitar The Pendry San Diego’s partnership with San Diego–based Taylor Guitars gives guests complimentary access to a koa-wood GS Mini-e guitar. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies
How to Upgrade Your Getaway Air: Emirates Air Business Class The Dubai-based airline has a chauffeur to drive you to the airport, where you’re brought to a VIP lounge. Onboard, your seat comes with its own mini-bar, and meal service feels like fine dining, with multicourse dinners on request. Car: Silvercar This Audi-owned car rental service lets you book an A4, Q5, or A5 for only slightly more than most full-size rentals at a place like Hertz, and picking it up at the airport is a breeze. Credit Card: Capital One Venture Rewards Card It’s cheaper than most rewards cards ($95 annually), and it offers 10x points when booking on Hotels.com, an $89 credit for TSA PreCheck, and $3,000 in lost-luggage reimbursement. How to Hack Your Getaway Flights: skiplagged.com This app finds you wildly cheaper flights by booking less-traveled, less-expensive routes that are preceded by a layover in your desired destination. By skipping the flight’s final leg and staying at your layover, you can save more than 50 percent. Just be prepared: It only works one way and you’re limited to a carry-on. Airport Lounges: Loungebuddy Provide your itinerary, credit card rewards program, and frequent flier status, and the free app spits out a list of the closest eligible lounges in proximity to your gate. You can book day passes for as low as $25. WiFi: Skyroam Solis Global For $9 a day, this creates a mobile hotspot that works with multiple devices in 130-plus countries. It also doubles as a power bank for charging. You can buy it for $150 or rent one as needed. Best Dubious App: BuckleUp There’s no shortage of dating apps these days, and now there’s one for in flight, too: BuckleUp. It uses your phone’s Bluetooth connection to let you match and chat with others nearby—up to a 230-foot radius—without WiFi or cell service, perfect for airplane mode at 30,000 feet. The proximity limit means the pool of candidates is, well, limited. But if you can’t sleep on a long-haul flight or are bored with the airline’s selection of movies, we can’t argue against at least trying it. A “ghost” mode allows your profile to be visible only when you want to, so there’s at least some privacy. Which is more than you’ll get if you do manage a mile-high hookup.
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Whether you’re looking for the best way to upgrade your trip or the best site for booking it, here are the must-know travel tips, apps, and more to make the most out of your next getaway.
2019 Travel Awards: The 33 Best Trips, Guides, and Hotels in the World
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How to Score Cooler Hotel Perks
A Gear Garage
2019 Travel Awards: The 33 Best Trips, Guides, and Hotels in the World
Read article
2019 Travel Awards: The 33 Best Trips, Guides, and Hotels in the World
The complimentary gear garage at Denver’s Halcyon Hotel feels like a mini REI, stocked with everything you need in the city (scooters, longboards) and the mountains (snowshoes, backpacks). They even have GoPros.
A Record Store
At Austin’s Hotel St. Cecilia, rooms are outfitted with Rega turntables, and if you don’t dig the house selection of vinyl, the concierge can arrange a private shopping excursion to indie store Breakaway Records.
The 10 Best Up-and-Coming Travel Destinations of 2019, According to Travel Pros
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A Costume Closet
The 10 Best Up-and-Coming Travel Destinations of 2019, According to Travel Pros
Read article
The 10 Best Up-and-Coming Travel Destinations of 2019, According to Travel Pros
Jackson Hole’s Caldera House boasts North America’s largest ski lockers, tricked out with phone chargers and boot dryers, plus drawers stocked with candy and champagne. It also has a costume closet, in case you really want to go all-out on the slopes.
A Loaner Guitar
The Pendry San Diego’s partnership with San Diego–based Taylor Guitars gives guests complimentary access to a koa-wood GS Mini-e guitar.
In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies
How to Upgrade Your Getaway
Air: Emirates Air Business Class
The Dubai-based airline has a chauffeur to drive you to the airport, where you’re brought to a VIP lounge. Onboard, your seat comes with its own mini-bar, and meal service feels like fine dining, with multicourse dinners on request.
Car: Silvercar
This Audi-owned car rental service lets you book an A4, Q5, or A5 for only slightly more than most full-size rentals at a place like Hertz, and picking it up at the airport is a breeze.
Credit Card: Capital One Venture Rewards Card
It’s cheaper than most rewards cards ($95 annually), and it offers 10x points when booking on Hotels.com, an $89 credit for TSA PreCheck, and $3,000 in lost-luggage reimbursement.
How to Hack Your Getaway
Flights: skiplagged.com
This app finds you wildly cheaper flights by booking less-traveled, less-expensive routes that are preceded by a layover in your desired destination. By skipping the flight’s final leg and staying at your layover, you can save more than 50 percent. Just be prepared: It only works one way and you’re limited to a carry-on.
Airport Lounges: Loungebuddy
Provide your itinerary, credit card rewards program, and frequent flier status, and the free app spits out a list of the closest eligible lounges in proximity to your gate. You can book day passes for as low as $25.
WiFi: Skyroam Solis Global
For $9 a day, this creates a mobile hotspot that works with multiple devices in 130-plus countries. It also doubles as a power bank for charging. You can buy it for $150 or rent one as needed.
Best Dubious App: BuckleUp
There’s no shortage of dating apps these days, and now there’s one for in flight, too: BuckleUp. It uses your phone’s Bluetooth connection to let you match and chat with others nearby—up to a 230-foot radius—without WiFi or cell service, perfect for airplane mode at 30,000 feet. The proximity limit means the pool of candidates is, well, limited. But if you can’t sleep on a long-haul flight or are bored with the airline’s selection of movies, we can’t argue against at least trying it. A “ghost” mode allows your profile to be visible only when you want to, so there’s at least some privacy. Which is more than you’ll get if you do manage a mile-high hookup.
For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube!
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Is a Club Med Ski Vacation Right for You?
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Young Guns and a Supercharged Catamaran: U.S. SailGP Team Takes on New York City
