Can you believe I was on “The Today Show” not once, but twice this week?! I don’t think too many people can say that, and I never thought I would be one of them. My first segment aired last Thursday during Kathie Lee & Hoda’s hour, and was about last minute Valentine’s Day and President’s [...]
Is Colombia safe for travelers? If you’ve ever heard the name Escobar, or FARC, or seen Blow, this question might give you pause. And that’s okay. Your safety is always worth your time when travel and unfamiliarity collide—especially when the world around you keeps rolling out reasons to worry, as it has with Colombia. The Republic [...]
Thanks to NBC Los Angeles for uncovering this new scam and alerting renters. A rental car customer describes how he was scammed by an auto thief dressed as a rental car agent outside of Dollar Rent A Car near LAX. The victim was returning the rented van to the lot when a man dressed as [...]
This CBS 11 (Fort Worth) investigation will make you think twice about putting your belongings in the seatback pocket of an airplane. Eww! If you need proof that airplanes are breeding grounds for all kinds of nasty bacteria then watch this four-minute video. I think it might be time to buy stock in those antibacterial [...]
In case you missed the storm coverage here’s a page with the 10 most incredible Hurricane Sandy videos on YouTube. My favorite one (not on the top ten page) is the one below. Richard Shepherd created this time lapse video of Hurricane Sandy hitting midtown Manhattan. He captured it by writing a script to grab a copy [...]
Here’s an investigation by a local Indiana news station that shows the risks of new RFID credit cards. It’s worth the few minutes to see how you can protect yourself from electronic pickpocketing when you are traveling the world or at home. It’s received over three million views so it’s doing more than its job [...]
Most passengers don’t ever watch the in-flight safety video except when they are flying Air New Zealand. Every six months or so they create a video that people watch even when they are not in a captured environment! This time around they used animation and it features voiceovers by Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half [...]
I don’t have any kids so I don’t know firsthand how this works, but it sounds good as it’s the first and only harness-type Aviation Child Safety Device to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an alternative to a car seat. It’s designed specifically for aviation use for children age 1 and [...]
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