Trip Reports
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Even on a Short Flight, Delta Just Feels a Little Different (Trip Report)
There are certain events that really make you step back and realize just how quickly time passes. My recent 20th grad school…
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A Spring Training Day Trip on Southwest (Trip Report)
It was time for my annual baseball spring training trip with friends and former colleagues. I missed it last year, so I…
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Heading to Phoenix for the World Series (Trip Report)
Game 5 of the NLCS may have been awful, but games 6 and 7 were incredible and the Diamondbacks moved on to…
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Heading to Phoenix for the NLCS (Trip Report)
It was twenty five years ago when I fell in love with baseball. I had started to show interest during college when…
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Beyond West Maui: Five Nights in Wailea
After waving goodbye to Hāna, we made the pleasant drive back toward the airport. I dropped off the BMW and then moved…
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Beyond West Maui: Spending 2 Nights in Hāna
As you know from my recent trip report, I took my Cranky Concierge team to Maui. We had planned this long before…
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When Hawaiian Falters, Southwest Gets Me Home (Trip Report)
I left off last week with Hawaiian canceling my flight home from Kahului, and the reaccommodation options weren’t good. Fortunately for me,…
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Hawaiian Takes Me to Maui But Can’t Get Me Home (Trip Report)
Back in 2019, Cranky Concierge had a very good year. We hit our stretch goal, and that meant I would follow through…
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Alaska Airlines Gets Us to Oregon… and Back (Trip Report)
We try to do a summer vacation with my parents along with my brother and his family once a year if we…
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A Semi-Breezy Experience from San Bernardino (Trip Report)
It finally happened. Though I flew Avelo almost immediately after the airline launched, I still hadn’t had the chance to fly Breeze…
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26 Miles Across the Sea by Helicopter to Catalina (Trip Report)
My daughter wasn’t the only one to get a “Dad Adventure” this summer. My son opted to go visit Catalina Island which…
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Annoying Delays and Other Fun on United Express to Monterey (Trip Report)
I try to do a “Dad Adventure” with each of my kids every year. The last one I wrote up here was…
 
