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Holiday Packing Tips – Part II

Holiday Packing Tips – Part II

As a follow-up to our November roundup of top holiday packing tips, we started a discussion thread on FlyerTalk, asking the expert travelers on the forum, “What are your tips for packing during the holiday season?”
Here are some of their responses, more tips from some of the luggage execs we heard from the first time around, one from Jonathan Spira, Frequent Business Traveler’s editorial director, and one of my own.
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Luggage Gurus From Heys, Rimowa, Titan, and Tumi Share Top Holiday Packing Tips

Luggage Gurus From Heys, Rimowa, Titan, and Tumi Share Top Holiday Packing Tips

Who better to give advice on smart holiday packing than luggage industry execs who spend much of their lives traveling?  We asked these seasoned road warriors how to get the most out of bags during the holidays, when space is at a premium, both onboard and in your luggage.
They naturally had lots of tips and, as we prepared this list (the first of several), we discovered many fresh ideas and …

Tumi T-Pass Business Class Brief Pack Review and Report

Tumi T-Pass Business Class Brief Pack Review and Report

When I first received my Tumi T-Pass Business Class Brief Pack, I was sure I was going to hate it.  It was big and somewhat ungainly.  Why would I replace my elegant, svelte Tumi T-Pass brief with this, uh, backpack?
The answer, I was to discover, was simple.  After my first trip with the bag (I’ve had it for several months now and taken it on a dozen or so trips), …

Photo Contest Winners: View From Hotel Room

Photo Contest Winners: View From Hotel Room

 
Remember that amazing view or something outside your window that caught your eye?  Hundreds of Executive Road Warrior readers apparently did and three of the photos caught our judges’ eye in particular.
The First Prize winner is Nate Rex, who took his photo from the balcony of his room at the Grand Hotel National, in Lucerne, Switzerland in 2006.  Nate wins a Tumi Alpha T-Pass Medium Capacity Expandable Laptop Brief.
Second …

High-Tech Holiday Gift Guide

High-Tech Holiday Gift Guide

Shopping for the holiday season is now in full swing and business travelers across the globe are contemplating the purchase of high-tech gifts both for themselves as well as for others.
What do you buy the business traveler who has everything?  The Executive Road Warrior editorial staff  tested dozens of interesting potential gifts in varying price ranges in order to bring you our top picks.
Here are eight items that the road …

Tumi Alpha Flap Zip Leather Crossbody Review

Tumi Alpha Flap Zip Leather Crossbody Review

2011 may very well be the year of the tablet computer and that presents the business traveler with a problem: how to best carry one’s iPad or similar device.
With its screen size of 9.7”, the iPad is clearly not a pocketable device.  This is actually creating a dilemma for many people in terms of how to safely carry a tablet.  I noticed many people carrying their iPads around in slipcases …