The Luxpats

Category: On the Move

  • Solo Parent Travel Tips and Tricks

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    We survived! In fact, this trip with my son was the easiest solo parent travel I’ve ever done, despite a few delays and setbacks. See below my high level takeaways and a few specific tips on solo parent travel. Read our next installment for the play-by-play, or our first installment for packing and preparation. Solo Parent…

  • Life Lessons from My Time in the Airport Bathroom

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    Title photo credit: Matt Chan @ Flickr.com I had a character defining moment. I never thought it would be in an airport bathroom. I thought when the moment came, I would learn who I really was as I was saving another person’s life, or confronting a robber in my home, or something equally righteous and…

  • Scary Things They Have to Say in Airline Policy

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    Cathay Pacific reserves the right to deal with unruly passengers in several ways, one of which is “making the passenger exit the aircraft while the aircraft is on the ground” [emphasis mine]. I was so glad I’d chosen Cathay Airlines when I read this. THANK YOU Cathay. I hadn’t considered that you might have reserved…

  • TSA, National PTSD, and Prosthetic Breasts

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    Every time we travel to a new country, we pay attention to what’s going on at security to get through quickly without embarrassing ourselves more than usual. As you might expect, the US has the strictest checks we’ve seen. A sample of recent screening points: Philippines: Metal detector, no full-body scan, no electronics removed from…