I’ll be writing a book soon - something like, “Travel Smarter by not making the same mistakes I did.” I have travel rules. Maybe the book should just be, “Sean’s Rules for Travel.” I’ll keep working on that title. One of my early rules was “Don’t make a connection between two different airlines, especially on an international flight.” As there are many problems that can arise from the airlines being in different terminals. It seems like a simple rule, but schedule and frequent flyer miles, and the reputation of an airline can ca [View Full Entry]

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As usual, I am here in an exotic location on Business and on the last day of work, I decided I should go do tourist stuff. I actually decided to do the tourist stuff long ago, I just never made any plans. On the way from the airport I discuss my tourist desires with my driver, Yanal Bikmerza, and he suggests that I should spend the night in the Wadi Rum when I visit Petra on Friday. He fills my head with visions of the Bedouins and their camp, sleeping in a tent and enjoying an evening of Arab desert hospitality. [View Full Entry]

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It’s 7:15a now and I just got back from breakfast. As I approached my room I noticed that the carpet in front of my door was darker in that circular pattern that can only mean one thing - flooding. But wait - I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start with my arrival in Jordan 36 hours ago where I watched the carousel go ‘round and ‘round until it stopped without producing my cherished luggage. I filled out my “lost luggage” form like a good boy (along with 20 other people) and was assured that my bag would be on the next [View Full Entry]

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So the first thing you need to understand is that this trip was unexpected. My original schedule had me flying to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a 4 day engagement. The gig was schedule to end on Tuesday and I was due to fly from Saudi to my next engagement on Wednesday - a 7am flight that would put me in Budapest at 4pm with a short layover in Cairo, Egypt. Well, when I got to Riyadh, I found out that the people were only expecting me to train for 3 days and that the first day was a “Setup” day. I [View Full Entry]

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