News and notes from around the interweb:
- Hotbedding takes Airbnb to the next level, you don’t rent a room in a home by the day you rent a set number of hours, and others do too. Apparently this has become a thing in Australia for students, in the face of high rents.
A little back to the future? There used to be hotels that let you rent rooms by the hour. But that was for an illicit rendezvous or prostitution.
- Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak being sued over unpaid Target credit card bill
- Problems using Linux in aerospace applications
- I mean, I’ve known people that have gotten authorized user cards on their accounts for their dogs when there was a bonus to do so…
@AmericanAir Something quick and silly I had share, your brochure was so enticing that even our outdoor cat wanted to get in on the deal 😆. Thank you for all you do and the servies your team provides pic.twitter.com/rfTsOwt0CC
— Andy Carrera (@Lt_AndyC) July 1, 2023
- The American Airlines personal hygiene amenity kit for customers with lost luggage:
Just want to personally thank @AmericanAir for ruining my mini vacation. Due to limited overhead space, the gate agent made me check my carry on and then left it in Dallas while I traveled to Chicago. Here is @AmericanAir way of making it right. @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/m4pROqR1kz
— Melanie Hawkins (@melaniedhawkins) July 2, 2023
- Rental car company agent says customers who agree to prepay gas get upgraded into bigger vehicles, because they have bigger gas tanks, and the (Enterprise) agents are being paid on commission by the gallon.
@joepehrson Rental car thoughts. #rentalcars #enterpriserentacar #msp #commission ♬ original sound – Joe Pehrson
When traveling these days, always have a lightweight foldable bag to load some of your carry on items in. I prefer nylon for strength and always look at the stitching and zippers to make sure of the quality. Power banks cannot go in checked luggage. Also, fly with a jacket with large zipper pockets so you can carry even more. The stripping passengers of a carryon bag is ridiculous, especially when allowing others to have too many and too large. Remember that anything that goes in the hold may damaged, pilfered or outright lost or stolen.
These greedy Airbnb folks will most likely charge you very close to a full night stay. Another reason not to stay at one of these
I wonder about the size of Melanie Hawkins’ carry-on. Given the information she provides, I must assume it was too large to go underneath the seat in front of her OR she’d already put something else in that place.
She writes “due to limited overhead space”, which one might assume means she expects overhead space to be infinite..
I also wonder when she boarded the plane — among the last passengers? Sounds like it.
Ultimately, of course, I feel sorry for her and hope that the next time she flies she’ll remember what happened this time, pack and board so as to find a place for her carry-on.
DayUse.com lets you rent name-brand hotels by the hour, more or less, at a discount. It’s great when you need it. I’m sure it’s great when sex workers need it, too. Everybody wins.
There is a place in NYC that (unfortunately called the Rest Room, they need a new marketing department) that lets you nap by the hour. There is a strict one person per room policy.
There was a notorious by-the-hour hotel on the west side of NYC that was exactly what you’d think it was, and they made no bones about it, but it shut its doors recently. I don’t know if they had a loyalty program.
No tell motels. Very popular in the pre-Interstate highway days.
MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland used to be US 50 heading to the Bay Bridge to San Francisco, before I-580 was built. As such it was lined with tourist motels. One night in the mid-1980s I was driving back from the Piedmont area on this street, heading to the bridge. Outside the motels were women on the sidewalk who must not have gotten paid much since they could not afford clothes. High boots, short tight shorts, tight tank top, and this was January. I did not stop to ask them in what profession they were employed.
@ Carletonm. Those were probably AirCal or Poor Sailor’s Airline stewardesses on a layover . . . and I miss them. The good ol’ days that is.