I've been on the road a lot this past year and with all the time spent at airports, it seems the food I have eaten is greatly improved over the first 35 years I traveled.
- Is it better quality restaurants?
- Needing to improve since it is so expensive?
- Am I just immune to shitty food and tolerate it?
- I have poor taste?
- I'm so hungry I would eat dog shit if they served it?
- I know some secret high class places for special people I go to?
- I think Airline Lounges serve good food for free?
- I drink too much and have no idea what the hell I am eating?
I'm currently sitting on an American Airlines flight from Norfolk to Charlotte and will be drinking soon, very soon. :-)
So who is the travel food expert that can set the record straight? :-) [Reply]
Would not recommend but had an oh crap moment earlier this month
Back in April I took a road trip to Mexico and grabbed a handful of airplane bottles of bourbon to take with me as there's no decent whiskey in the town we stay in
Fast forward to earlier this month and I'm unpacking at an airbnb and there are these airplane bottles still in my backpack that I guess I forgot about
So I guess not taking fluids out going through TSA-pre gets them through or maybe an oversight at the airport?
Either way completely unintentional but was like finding a $20 bill in your winter coat pocket thats been sitting in the closet all summer [Reply]
Hell, if someone saved $10/month in movie theater junk per month (much less movie theater tickets) and $100/month of airport junk per month, after 40 years you'd have $53k... and get a 5% return on that over that span and you'd have $168k.
Doubtful many people would regret not spending more on airport food or $12 popcorn in exchange for retiring a couple years sooner. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Would not recommend but had an oh crap moment earlier this month
Back in April I took a road trip to Mexico and grabbed a handful of airplane bottles of bourbon to take with me as there's no decent whiskey in the town we stay in
Fast forward to earlier this month and I'm unpacking at an airbnb and there are these airplane bottles still in my backpack that I guess I forgot about
So I guess not taking fluids out going through TSA-pre gets them through or maybe an oversight at the airport?
Either way completely unintentional but was like finding a $20 bill in your winter coat pocket that's been sitting in the closet all summer
You can carry as many as will fit in a 1qt Ziploc bag.
Originally Posted by :
Mini bottles of alcohol in carry-on must be able to comfortably fit into a single quart-sized bag.
I think for value the closest to civilian prices is a sit down meal. The grab n go stuff is ridiculous. and even at the Hudson, a bag of mini Reese's and a water will be more than 12 bucks. Restaurant meals might be 1.5x normal prices, grab n go is like 3x and Hudson is 3x.
I used to do ads for TGI Friday's and they told me the best TGI Friday's are in Airports -- because it's a stripped down menu to stuff they can cook in five minutes, and simpler dishes because the footprint is smaller, so the cooks are better at making things because they don't have to make 50 different things. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Yes, I will spend days driving across country so I can spend all my dollar bills over days!!!
And I do! I prefer to have control anyway since most of our trips are between 5 and 6 hundred miles. Wife's sister passed away this year so we don't have to drive to Virginia Beach anymore.
If I was still working and had to travel on business, it wouldn't be a choice, but it is a choice I choose to make since being retired.
Using a credit card for a vending machine or $5 purchase is something I just won't do. It says right on our money, legal tender for all debts public and private. [Reply]
