How to pack a travel toiletry bag to carry on an airplane

Carry on luggage means following TSA rules on liquids. Packing a travel toiletry bag to carry on is essential to breeze through security and to a successful trip. In this post, I’ll show you how to make the most of travel toiletries in a quart size bag.

How to choose carry on luggage

Checked luggage fees are getting expensive. Carry on luggage is a way to avoid those fees. What’s the best luggage that meets TSA rules? To choose your perfect carry on luggage, consider these factors: bag construction, styling, your packing strategy and carry on reality.

Travel Planning: Rio de Janeiro and Honolulu

Plan your trip to Rio like you are going to Hawaii, just leave your valuable stuff at home. Remember it’s easier to find a crowd than escape it (why we stayed in Ipanema over Copa), but the trade-off is convenience and sometimes price.

Fasten your seat belt, across your forehead

Each red eye flight, I hope for a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. My ritual goes like this: I settle (contort) into my cramped coach seat, inflate my lumbar and neck pillows, stuff in ear plugs, pop a pill, lower my eye mask, pull up the flannel blanket and hope to catch a few hours [...]

Best burgers in Hawaii

Wondering where to get a really great burger in Hawaii? Here are the results of the various readers’ polls and reviews for tops, island by island.