Anyone who flies these days knows that the experience can often be as enjoyable as root-canal surgery.

Such annoyances are becoming increasingly common. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, this year has had more flight delays than any other year in the past decade. But you don’t have to abandon air travel altogether. You’ll be relieved to know that with a little savvy and some help from technology, you can avoid problems before you head for the airport and get rebooked quickly if your flight is delayed or canceled..

Times have changed and most of us, including kids, have become pretty demanding. If you are a frequent traveler, you’ll probably be fed up with watching the same movie for the third time (or Beethoven’s Third for the first time).

So, in this list of gadgets, here are some high-tech ways to pass the time.

It used to be all about the bling. But these days, you don’t have to be a high roller to score Cirque tix. Frank Scoblete, author of Beat the Craps Out of the Casinos, explains how to game the system.

Confused about baggage rules? Or just hopelessly disorganised? Maggie O’Sullivan helps to get you started.

Here’s the first: Note the number of bags you can check in. In most cases it is one piece per person. You can check up to eight on easyJet but don’t get caught out: their combinied weight still must not exceed 20kg (44lb).

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It’s the universal symbol of Americana abroad: the camera-slinging, fanny-pack-sporting tourist, clad in shorts, sneakers, unrolled socks and complaining loudly in English.

Ever since the Pilgrims crashed the Wampanoag tribe’s Thanksgiving dinner, Americans have been earning a reputation as boorish international travelers.

Ever just feel like getting away to that amazing mountain in North Korea?  Or how about Baracoa in Cuba?

Think again folks.  These destinations are close to impossible to get into.

Earlier the people used to engage individual to arrange their personal or professional tours but things have changed with the coming of the best online travel agents.

Nowadays, tour managers have to reduce their charges to contend with the online travel agencies.

Many of those who could pay for holidays or business tours can also use the Internet. Several websites help us to get access to agencies making tour arrangements.

Ricky Kwon tells us, “My foreign friends keep complaining that things are expensive in Seoul. College students pay five bucks for a cup of Starbucks coffee every morning. Oops! That’s 150 bucks a month! Just for coffee?

I always reassure them that there are lots of “best-buy” items in Seoul and now, I’ve given this a lot of careful thought. What are the best items out there for my foreign friends?”

A different kind of traveling if you will.

You can always tell the difference between an experienced traveler and a new one… by the size of their luggage.  Dr. John C. Maxwell mentioned that too many people travel through life with a lot of emotional baggage, which they’ve not yet learned to let go.

Traveling light is about finding your priorities… carrying only the essential stuff… Oh yes… and asking for forgiveness along the way.

See the rest of John’s tips

You reach into your wallet to pay for your hostel bed for the night, and come up empty. You dig deeper, finding only receipts and pocket lint.

You realize you’re out of money.  All you have left are some smelly socks, an overdrawn bank account and an unquenchable thirst for adventure.

What do you do?