A New England Fall Foliage Sukkot

It must be getting boring reading this blog, or at least depressing. Service is getting worse,  everything costs extra and prices have not come down to reflect the economy. The airlines have re-written the law of supply and demand. “Don’t supply anything and charge to the hilt when customers demand what they deserve”. All of [...]

SmartPark JFK Parking – Every 7th day free

We decided to give our readers a promo for JFK long term parking. Try it out, post your feedback and tell them we sent you! Here is what SmartPark JFK has to say about JFK parking to the TLV2JFK community: How smart are you? Pay less for JFK Airport Parking and get more. June 9, [...]

Europe Family Vacation in 4 Hours

Readers complained that I got political with my gaza post. Sorry, but we did have a war. Back to the spirit of this blog – tips for the frequent flyer to the US. Looking around for the best airfare to the States often results in a stopover in Europe. If the stopover is more than [...]

Off Topic – Gaza

Our readers are frequent flyers, living in New York and Israel whose daily lives are impacted by terrorism, so I am taking the liberty of addressing the war in Gaza. Just a few non-original thoughts for our readers and friends and enemies or just those confused and troubled: Given the choice of targeting soldiers or [...]

ElAl Great Fares – $199 RT This Weekend (Jan 16)

I am definitely a fan of the ElAl Spontani and they have some very good fares to Europe for this weekend. Flights leave Thursday night or Friday morning and return Monday or Tuesday. Great idea for people working with the US. Monday is Martin Luther King Day Day and Tuesday is Inauguration Day, so it [...]

“3 Day” Hotel Layover in New York

Contributed by one of our readers (like most of our posts): I fly the redeye Thursday night from SFO. 6 AM in NY. I fly Saturday night to TLV. Order hotel online and you will find out that its a 3 day event: Day 1 is previous day for early check in Day 2 is [...]

Kids are in School, Airfare is Down – Fly to US for Fall Foliage

After 50+ posts about how to fly to the States and back, focusing on preserving your sanity and getting a good deal, I decided (based on reader demand) to write a blog post on what to do in the States. Today is Labor Day and the fall season officially kicks off, at least in the [...]

Zipcar – More Convenient and Greener than Avis, etc.

Recently tried Zipcar as an alternative to traditional car rental. It is worth it in cities that have good public transportation, expensive car rental and hard to find (expensive) parking. New York, Boston and Washington DC, definitely qualify. LA , San Jose and Dallas do not. The idea is that most of your meetings and [...]

California – Got old relatives on the lower east side?

Did you know that a close relative of the Giant Sequoia tree lives on the lower east side??? It is called a metasequoia (aka Dawn Redwood) and is planted all over the city. At 100 feet, the tallest one is in the Liz Christy Community Garden on East Houston and the Bowery. Picture courtesy of [...]

Acela and Amtrak Service Outage New York Boston

There will be very limited service on the New York – Boston route on Saturday June 14 – Tuesday June 17. Anti-semites. Why couldn’t they fix the bridge on Shavuot! Ashley Express to DC runs as scheduled. This post is no longer relevant, but amtrak may be a better choice then flying in the Northeast [...]