Here’s a little “trip tip” for you: don’t put your keys in luggage you check. It seems like a good idea, of course. But the key assumption that your baggage will arrive home at the same time you will — instead of 9 hours later…you know, around 2:30AM — may not pan out.
In short: my bag got lost at the airport, my keys were in the bag, I spent a loooong time at Mojo’s, “shark’s in the salsa,” and I’m back from Virginia.
[…] One of my RedMonk colleagues, Steve O’Grady is known for his travel horror stories. He particularly hates United. Every frequent traveler has shit happens while traveling. I’ve had to stay overnight in Cincinnati, paying for it myself due to weather (though meeting a fellow, rabid HST fan was an awesome benefit). I’ve missed flights on the way to client visits. I’ve lost luggage and been locked out of my house. I’ve even had my plane diverted from New York to Alabama when, in the words of the pilot, “the computer that tells us how far from the ground we are just went out.” And I’ve heard loud booms during take off that required us to go back to the airport and switch planes (but I got 10,000 bonus miles!) […]
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