Vote to see who will win the flip camera!

by Gareth CrewOctober 19, 2009 Competition

Have you enjoyed our lovely competition? Doesn’t it make you feel happy to be alive with these lovely, life affirming stories?

Me too. Now, it’s your chance to vote on which one you thought was the best. To refresh your memory, the original story and comments are here:
You have a month to vote, and the person [...]

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Why Male Travellers Need a Manbag

by Mike CJOctober 12, 2009 Advice

Have you ever watched people struggling to unload the overhead locker so they can get something out of their cabin baggage? Or have to stand up, and bash their heads doing it, so they can get some money out of their pockets to pay for a drink?

If we all used manbags we’d solve this problem [...]

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The competition so far…

by Gareth CrewOctober 2, 2009 Competition

Thank you all so much for the entries into our competition to win a flip camera. It’s really nice to read these lovely stories and go aaaaaaaah.

Here are some absolute lovely ones that have been written so far:
Dan Thornton and Mike CJ wrote lovely stories about how they met their soul mates on a long [...]

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Travel Experiences: Jonathan Fields

by chrisSeptember 30, 2009 Travelling

Five AM Traveller is all about the experience of travel and everyone has a story to tell. I decided to ask some of my buddies to share some of their experiences, provide some entertainment or perhaps give us some tips along the way.
I am really pleased that the first comes from Career Renegade himself, Jonathan [...]

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How to get a flight upgrade?

by Mike CJSeptember 28, 2009 Travelling

As a fellow 5AM traveller, I’m sure you’ve always wanted that holy grail of the business flyer – an upgrade to the land of free champagne and legroom!
This post will provide you with some tips on how to do just that. This is based on my own, successful experiences at European airports. I assume the [...]

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Why Five Am is so good!

by Mike CJSeptember 23, 2009 Airports

It’s five AM and the alarm I have been lying in bed waiting for has finally gone off. Thank God! At last I can  get going – I never sleep before a trip, it’s the excitement! We’re off to Madrid – we go there at least five times a year for shopping and to enjoy [...]

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Things to never say to airport security

by Gareth CrewSeptember 22, 2009 Airports

Find the post here. I wish they were a bit more friendly now and then….

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PDF Tricks for iPhone Travel Reading

by adminSeptember 22, 2009 Technology

I have a fair amount of solo travel coming up. We are talking around 100 hours of sitting in waiting areas or in the air. This is a lot of time to kill and there is only so much mobile working one person can take.
So I will be looking to educate and entertain myself with [...]

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Win a Flip Camera in Our Travel Inspiration Competition

by Gareth CrewSeptember 8, 2009 Competition

I once flew to Barcelona. Alone (well, not alone that is, in a plane with lots of other people), it was for a writing job and very spur of the moment. The plan was to land at Barcelona Airport then drive in a hire car from the airport the 35 miles to the place I [...]

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Some good stories from around our webisphere

by Gareth CrewSeptember 2, 2009 Advice

As you know by now – this blog isn’t just about us writing entertaining travel tip-bits. It’s also about us finding the best of the web out there and giving it to you in lovely, easy to digest pieces. And here are two rather good ones:
1 – from Fly’s blog, the mile high club
2 – [...]

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