Jaunted

Jaunted Tested / Cruises / San Diego Travel / Boats / → All Tags

San Diego's Harbor Cruises Cater to Couples and Sea Lion Lovers

Hitting the beach isn't the only way to enjoy San Diego's waters. Take a harbor cruise around San Diego Bay to get a different perspective of the city's seas. We tried out two different options through Hornblower Cruises, the romantic dinner cruise and the kid-friendly harbor cruise, to see if they floated our boat.

Dinner Cruise
The Lord Hornblower, a replica of a turn-of-the-century steamship, is usually the vessel that handles the dinner cruises. Unfortunately, it's the most worn-looking member of Hornblower's fleet, with paint chipping in places and dated decor. About 150 people—mostly couples—boarded our cruise, which leisurely circled the North and South Bays. It's best for lovebirds, as the best thing to do is to cuddle out on deck with your sweetie pie to keep warm.

more ›

Luggage / Travel Gadgets / Jaunted Tested / → All Tags

Wide Load: Briggs & Riley Baseline Holds A Lot But At a Hefty Price

We didn't head home alone this 4th of July weekend; Briggs & Riley Travelware sent us a sample of their new 20" Carry-On Expandable Wide-Body Upright from the Baseline collection "for serious travelers," which we promptly abused for 1,800 miles. How did it come out? Not bad!

First impression: Straight out of the box we recognized it was slightly larger than our usual carry-on (a Delsey roller with laptop pocket) but smaller than the Samsonite we use for weeklong trips. In the check-in line, it looked about average height compared to other rolling carry-ons, but as promised, slightly wider.

more ›

Aromatherapy / Febreze / Destinations Collection / Scents / Jaunted Tested / → All Tags

Febreze's 'Destinations Collection' Takes You Around The World

This "travel gadget" isn't easily adaptable to life on the road, but it may remind you of places you've been or places you want to go. Febreze's new Destinations Collection includes three scents designed to mimic "exotic" (their words) locales. Perfect for vacation nostalgia or if the economy has you forced into a "staycation."

Since the good people at Febreze were nice enough to send us some samples, we were dying to test them on some stinky old planes -- but our fake flight attendant's uniform didn't pass muster with TSA, so we settled for re-scenting our apartment instead. Begone, lingering smell of green onion pancakes:

more ›

Airport Spas / Massage Bar / EWR / Jaunted Tested / → All Tags

Jaunted Tested: Massage Bars at the Airport

Whenever we gots time to kill in an airport, we like to troll up and down the gates checking out the retail offerings. Part of this stems from a necessity like "We need to buy a pack of gum" or "We want a bottle of water before take-off" or "We really need a big bag of trashy tabloid magazines to keep us occupied on the flight."

More often than we like, this airport-trolling stems from sheer boredom. And because we're airport geeks and travel a lot, we're always keeping mental tabs on which airports have what and where.

One of the things that always perks us up is a mini-spa, a place that offers quickie massages or mani/pedis or even facials and haircuts. Yet hitting up the mini-spa is not always practical because who has the time?

But yesterday, we had three whole hours to kill in the American terminal at Newark Liberty International and guess what we did? We tested the Massage Bar near Gates 30-39.

more ›