New trends knock on the door, and new opportunities to boost employee-morale walk in. Bleisure. Learn it, know it, love it. It’s business plus leisure. A business trip that lasts a day brings the employee home quicker, sooner, and without much grasp or knowledge of where he or she came from. Those days, in employees’ eyes, are hopefully fading. More folks now are trying bleisure travel. In fact, more than one-third (37%) of business travelers are taking those trips and extend

Here's our first installment of Desk Stories, diving a little deeper into what we do here at MSW Travel. A meeting-planner friend of mine called me on Friday needing some urgent help. He had 24 customers going from New York to Romania on Sunday, stopping in Munich, Germany. There was one problem. The connecting time from landing in Munich to taking off for Romania was 12 hours. That’s a long time to sit in the airport. It’s half a day. So, when folks get in a bind, they call

Don't miss out on any key information when you get to that resort. Before throwing your suitcase in the room and running out the door, there are certain questions to ask the front desk. 1. What's the schedule? Oh, there's a comedian? A magician? A campfire? These are key questions to make sure you and your family don't miss anything. Work smarter, not harder. Instead of grabbing those brochures from the lobby, ask the front desk attendant about the schedule. There's sure to b

Let’s talk about flying… So you’re looking for a simple flight from point A to point B. Let’s just get the cheapest flight, right? Wrong. Hidden Problems with Booking the Cheapest Option (aptly named “Basic Economy” fares) 1. No Flexibility With a flight booked in Basic Economy, you, my frugal friend, are only allowed to choose a seat 24 hours prior to your flight. By this time, there are either no seats left or you get stuck in the middle seat in the last row on top of the b

One of the most memorable trips I’ve ever taken came through the beautiful green country of Ireland. For more than a week, my wife Patte and I discovered the land of the Irish. The monstrous Ashford Castle, a castle built in 1228 and once home to the Guinness Family, lies in the western portion of the country. We flew into Dublin and bused over into a wonderland… How about this for intimidating? The trip included an opportunity to do falconry with trained professionals. It wa