*** SHOW NOTES *** Recorded February 25, 2020 in the beautiful Fairfield Inn & Suites Duluth, GA. Stayed in state last week with a quick two-day trip down to South Florida and then back up to O’Town for the weekend. Ended up spending Saturday morning at Wekiva Island,Read More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** Recorded January 21, 2020, in the beautiful Hampton and Suites, Sarasota, FL. That’s a clip from one of the funniest skits of all time – Substitute Teacher from Key & Peele. And Southwest flight 653 from Baltimore to Orlando on Jan 16th gave that skitRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** Each year on New Year’s Day we do a purge, we’ve done it for the last 10 years. In recent years folks call it KonMari’d after Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. While we don’t go to the extent of foldingRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** Recorded in the beautiful home office Chateau Relaxo’, Florida. Due to popular demand, we’ve once again brought the CEO back for another round of questions. Best of 2019 Chateau Relaxo Travel How many nights do you think you spent in hotels in 2019? 50+, a babyRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** In case you were wondering there are 2 airports in Buffalo. Buffalo Niagara International Airport – BUF Niagara Falls International Airport – IAG Choose the right airport when booking your rental car, just saying. No one wants a brand new rental car, especially with sixRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** I recently listened to the Little Twigbird episode of the Mike O’Meara show where they showcased a travel bit by comedian Nate Bargatze. It seems that Nate’s wife had no idea how traveling and catching flights worked. This made me think about how fortunate IRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** No good deed goes on punished. Originally had a flight out of Cleveland at 5:30 PM that connected in Baltimore and then landed in Orlando right around midnight. Ended up getting to the airport at 11:30 AM and asked Southwest if there were any earlierRead More →
With summer coming this is a podcast re-post mixed with new blog content. Last years rafting trip down the Gauley River really got me thinking about self-imposed bodily harm and death while on vacation. At the 19 second mark, you’ll notice a drone in the upper right cornerRead More →
*** SHOW NOTES *** Last week was a fairly easy travel week. It involved a single trip and a single destination, Westlake, Ohio. I normally have no idea what model plane I’m flying on, and normally don’t care. As I took my seat in Row 9, that’s oneRead More →
**** Show Notes***** Originally recorded the week of September 10th at the beautiful Nashville, TN Gaylord Opryland hotel …. that was until someone, me, forgot to the hit the record button. If you’ve never visited Nashville, it’s worth the trip. The week of September 17 the plan was fly intoRead More →
For almost two decades I was a dedicated Delta customer, and why not I lived in Atlanta, GA, their home base. In 2016 I switched my airline choice from Delta to Southwest, I talked about it here. In the past 18 months, I may have flown a dozen flights onRead More →
Show Notes Hello yet again! Coming to HypeAmerica from HypeOrlando. I’ve been hanging around the Blogosphere since 2004. First with Fricksworld then Still Working On Me next HypeSouthFlorida then after relocating to Orlando I posted on HypeOrlando.Read More →
I’m all for keeping things “local”. I prefer local restaurants to franchises, farmers markets over the regional chains and typically I’ll grab a local cold one before some mass-produced brew. The advantage of traveling is you get plenty of chances to #DrinkLocal. Here’s a tip, if you let your friends know that you’ll have noRead More →
October, the smell of fall, as well as the smell of craziness, is in the air. This time of year the road warrior looks forward to the holidays and a less hectic travel schedule. Yet the nutjobs trudge forward full-force. Right out the gate, we’re hitting you where it hurts.Read More →