When it’s time to travel, many of us abandon our healthy habits well before reaching the security check-point. Last-minute packing, negotiating crowded airports, and long flights breathing recycled cabin-air can cause even the most healthy traveler to feel stressed and downright ill. However, by taking a few precautions, you can stay healthy and enjoy your next trip. Before You Board Get some rest: It’s...

Here at tugo we read a lot of travel information, and boy, is there is a lot of travel information out there! “Travel tips” is a common topic, so we combed through them and picked out what we found to be the most useful: Tip Pick for Packing- Find out what amenities the hotel already has, i.e., robes, hairdryers, shampoo, and don’t pack those items. This information is usually listed on the hotel’s...

We recently partnered with Ben from adventureswithben.com and provided him with a tugo to offer as a prize for a contest on his blog (and one for him to try out as well!). The contest is over, but we do have a video to share from our meeting of Megan demonstrating how to attach your tugo to your rolling bag: Ben is a frequent blogger with a great sense of humor and is a contestant in the Ultimate Thailand Explorers...

Photo by Caribb via Flickr We have so much fun finding links to news items, interesting articles and great blog posts to share. Here are some of our recent favorites. New Vigilance Over Traveler IDs This helpful Q&A from the New York Time traveler blog explains the changes required by the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program. For now, most travelers will only notice that they’ll...

Here at tugo we see a lot of information about travel and a lot of headlines/posts/tweets about great places to visit. So when I came across this post from Spot Cool Stuff: Travel, I just had to share because it has some fantastic pictures, and the places (especially those listed under the “Architecture” section) would be truly unique locations to visit. Enjoy! Socotra Island, Yemen “Anyone...

We’ve found (and tweeted) lots of great links and resources over the last couple of weeks. We thought we’d share some of our favorites with you here. 10 Travel Accessories Essential for Any Overseas Trip: Matador Travel offers its suggestions for 10 essential travel accessories. I don’t know that I’d classify them all as “essential,” but some pretty interesting things to consider...

Spending time with your family is important, but traveling with kids can be awfully stressful.We searched the interwebs and found some of the best sites with the best tips for family travel. TravelWithYourKids.com has a ton of great tips and resources for, well… traveling with your kids. Everything from packing to how to pick your seat on a plane and how to pick the most kid-friendly destination and even...

The 2009 Travel Goods Show, presented by the Travel Goods Association at the Las Vegas Convention Center March 3-5, 2009, was the official “launch” of the tugo! We were located in the New Exhibitors Pavilion so all the folks in the surrounding booths were also newbies, although many had been to other shows before. We had no idea what to expect and were a bit nervous, but quickly felt like a part...

Celebrate National Park Week: April 18 – 26 is National Park Week. National Park Week is an annual Presidentially-proclaimed week for celebration and recognition of your National Parks. This year, take a moment, an hour, a day to visit the national parks near you. Want to find out about events near  you? You can find the schedule of events on the National Park Service Web site. At ATL, Pro-Airport Messages...