History Hound Travels

How many times have you traveled and had a snafu with your ground transportation? I don;t get to go places very often, but when I do, the part of the trip most likely to give me heartburn is the period between the flight arriving and walking in the hotel door. After all, I don’t always have a friend picking me up, and I don’t always choose to stay in hotels that offer shuttle service, because they frequently also offer higher prices, though in a pinch I have picked hotels based solely on that amenity. And cabs are also spendy.

Enter Newark Airport Shuttle. Though this service is only helpful around “JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports and hotels, residences and businesses between Battery Park and 125th Street” the concept behind it is innovative, and would be welcome anywhere. What if, you could fly into a city, take care of business via shuttle and fly right back out. No rental car hassle, no hotel hook-ins, just what you need: reliable ground transportation. No having to buy apples just to get oranges as I like to say. And you can book online. How easy is that?

I hope this company expands. Specifically, I hope that manage to set up operations in Orlando before I get there in September.

Did you know that the Scots invented the game of golf? Yep. Just imagine the mind that developed a game that consists of whacking a ball and then following it! And then doing it again. And again. Oops! Lost in the heather, penalty strokes. Anyway, now you know. Next time you pick up those Callaway golf clubs and head out to the links, give a nod to Scot ingenuity, because they also invented the raincoat and pavement.