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Jane recently read an article detailing the woes of the single female traveler. Jane can relate, as she is one of said demographic. The article focused mainly on the single supplements charged by cruise and tour companies, which make traveling nearly twice as expensive for the unattached traveler. What the article did not discuss was the dilemma of dining alone on the road. But to Jane, this is a big thorn in the single traveler's side.
Now ladies, whether you are married, partnered, or on your own, when it comes to business travel, you are a single female. Granted, solo female business travelers don't often have to worry about lodging costs (even though room rates are based on double occupancy), because the company is picking up the tab. And while it's picking up the restaurant tab as well, it's not supplying Tab, your dining companion. Continue reading
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Jane's head is spinning. It seems that every day, American airline companies are adding fees, cutting flights, firing staff, and generally making things unpleasant for their employees and for the innocent traveler. You've probably all heard about the baggage fee that nearly every airline (except Southwest) is now charging. But did you hear the one about the frequent flyer fee? Yep, on Delta and US Airways, there's no such thing as a free ticket, anymore. Use your frequent flyer miles on Delta and you'll pay $25 for domestic flights and $50 for international journeys. Delta is calling the fee a fuel surcharge, but whatever. Jane notes that the airline seems a bit geographically challenged when it comes to defining domestic and international. Domestic includes Canada. Oh, the Canucks going to be thrilled with that, eh? Delta's "international" destinations includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Last time Jane checked, both are U.S. territories. They even get to vote for president. But Delta, clearly, sees the map differently. Continue reading
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It's 95 degrees in the shade. You have an important business meeting that will take you from office to off-site by foot, requiring significant time outside. Do you:
A) Don the stockings or
B) Bag the hose?
The issue appears to be a non-starter among those under 35 and women of any age from southern California (the latter, perhaps, due to the syndrome of chronically tan legs). But in most other parts of the country, the decision to hose the nylons seems to be somewhat controversial. In fact, Jane found several discussion forums online which started with the query, "Are bare legs at work trashy?" Continue reading
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It's back. Wyndham Worldwide has relaunched its ground-breaking WOMEN ON THEIR WAY® program. An integral part of that program, www.womenontheirway.com, serves up travel and safety tips, articles on destinations, a booking widget, and social networking features such as blogs and message boards. There is also a section dedicated to special deals.
Jane is proud to have been one of the founding mothers of www.womenontheirway.com. Okay, Jane wasn't there birthing the website design and dreaming up its wide-ranging content back in the day. But the fact is, when the program was launched in 1995, Jane was WOTW's first on-line columnist, providing pithy commentary and witty words of wisdom for women. Continue reading
