Remember swine flu? Image from Flickr user eelssej_ Is it safe to board a plane? Should I avoid Dallas at all costs? Go Girls around the world are worried about…
Knocked Up? Tips for the Pregnant Traveler
Being pregnant doesn’t mean being confined. Image by Flickr user Montse PB. Getting pregnant, in some ways, is a lot like getting married. The second that you admit that a…
Fat Girl Travels: 10 FAQs for Fat Flyers
Flying fat is not an insurmountable challenge. Image from Wikipedia. Last month I dug into how and why fat travelers experience anxiety while flying. This time I’m here with a…
5 Tips for Traveling sans Flying (Part 3)
The final part in a three part series about how to travel without flying. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 In the previous two posts, we discussed the alternate…
6 Tips for Traveling Sans Flying (Part 2)
Here is the second in a three-part series exploring alternatives to traveling on planes. Photo credit: Boccaccio1 What Go Girl doesn’t love traveling overland, getting up close and personal with the…
4 Ways to Avoid being “That Passenger”
We frequent flyers have stories to tell. Even though we never board the flight thinking we’ll drink the overpriced bar dry, sometimes no amount of plastic cup rosés can get…
Fancy a Flight? How to Leave Town for Less
For all the bad press that airports and airlines receive, I’m still the girl who gets butterflies of excitement when I fly. I love the smell of disinfectant, fast food…
You Snooze, You Lose: 5 Tips to Conquer the Infamous Jet Lag
I’m a big believer in the power of the mind. It’s amazing what we can make ourselves believe if we put our minds to it, both what we are capable…
Top 5 In-Flight Frustrations
We can’t all have perfect flights. This photo from http://conversation.which.co.uk. Go Girls love to travel and explore. We know how to pack light and adjust to the ups and downs…
Haggling with Airlines
When Delta changed my flight by four hours, it created a major inconvenience. It was my departing flight for the end of a two-day job interview, and I absolutely could…
A Plane, Six Trains…and an Upgrade.
In what was beginning to sound and feel like the 12 days of Christmas, I recently embarked on an epic marathon journey home. It’s funny the extent people go to…
Are You Ready to Fly?
One of my favorite ways of traveling is by air carrier. I don’t know why, but I just love being on a plane as we gradually move upwards in reach…