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ROAD WARRIOR: WOW TRAVEL’S MARY GOSTELOW
Another in our series of travel tips from executives who are often on the road.
November 18, 2010
Mary Gostelow, editor-at-large, Wow Travel
Up in the air: 40 return trips a year
Areas of travel: World-wide
Best airport in the region: Hong Kong
Best check-in process: Virgin
Best taxis: Tokyo
Best journey from airport to city: Vancouver
Best frequent-flier lounge: Qantas First Class, Sydney (living walls, restaurant food, great design)
Best frequent-flier program: British Airways
Preferred carrier: British Airways
Favorite business hotel: Depends on the city
Favorite family/leisure hotel: Depends on location
Best luggage: Rimowa (stay at Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne, Germany, and a Rimowa technician comes to look at your luggage, takes it away to repair overnight, and it comes back in a silver Audi, all for free!)
Best airline food: Qantas, thanks to Neil Perry, [a well-known chef in Australia]
Most comfortable airline seats: [Any airline seat] when there is no one sitting next to you and the guy in front does not push his seat back
Best coffee in Asia: Starbucks (in a mug or paper cup, definitely not a glass or elegant china tea-cup)
Best tip for staying fit on the road: Exercise twice a day, wherever
How to beat jetlag: Don’t think about it
How to get an upgrade: Dress well
Essential travel gadgets: A selection of adaptors, a spare plastic bag
Travel tip 101: Always have a Plan B in case something untoward comes up
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