How To Book Your Flight Using A Major Airline
What is it? Like a lot of things, the internet has made it much easier to book plane tickets online. You can use sites such as Expedia to find tickets across multiple airlines, or use specific airline sites if you prefer. Booking a flight can be a difficult task, however, if you are not sure what you are looking for. Choose the wrong layover or book on the wrong day, and you may spend hundreds of dollars more than you need to. If you know when and where to look however, you will get a great price on the dates you want with the seat you prefer. How to If you know you will be flying somewhere,...
Read MoreHow To Check Your Flight Status
What is it? Thanks to the internet and the developments in flight technology, it is now possible to not only check the status of your flight and reservation online, but you can actually track any flight in real time over the internet. Before leaving for the airport, it is strongly recommended that you check your flight status. You don’t want to end up sitting at the airport for hours and hours because your flight has been delayed. The status of your flight can change even when you are at the airport, so be sure to keep checking, either on status boards located throughout the airport, or on...
Read MoreHow To Look Up Bus Routes
What is it? For many people, the bus is a primary mode of transportation. This may be because they cannot afford a car or because they live in a major city where it is difficult to get around by car due to traffic, and the bus is simply easier. The success of catching a bus however, depends on a number of things, including knowing the bus schedule and bus routes. Luckily, it is incredibly easy to look up bus schedules and routes online, which should make it easy to catch the right bus on time! How to There are many different ways to find a bus route online. The best and perhaps easiest...
Read MoreHow To Look Up The Local Weather
What is it? People have been trying to figure out the weather for thousands of years. Today, it is easier than ever to find out the current and future weather conditions. There are many different news channels that often have a weather forecast, while channels such as The Weather Network constantly show the current temperature and whether it is sunny out, or raining, or snowing, and so on. Many people use their mobile phones to check the weather. There are multiple weather apps that offer similar features, such as the current weather, an hourly forecast, a daily forecast, and a weekly...
Read MoreHow To Look Up Train Schedules
What is it? While not as popular as it once was, people still use the train as a means of public transport. Most trains take people from the suburbs into large cities and metropolitan areas, but there are still cross-country trains available. The Amtrak, for example, is one of the biggest intercity passenger train services in the country. It operates more than 300 trains a day and connects to more than 500 destinations in 46 states, and even three Canadian provinces. In order to catch the correct Amtrak train however, you need to find a mass schedule, which is easy to find online. How to The...
Read MoreHow To Print Your Boarding Pass
What is it? A boarding pass is a document that is used by passengers to check-in at an airline, giving them permission to board the plane. It usually identifies the departure time, the date, the flight number, and the passenger’s name. Boarding passes can be printed out at the airport or from your home, and some can even be downloaded to your mobile device. These may just be electronic tickets however, and you will be required to print a boarding pass at the airport. Most airports have an automatic reader that scans the barcode on the boarding pass just before the boarding gate. How to To...
Read MoreHow To Use Google Earth
What is it? Google earth is a geographical information program that maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from GIS, aerial photography, and satellite imagery. There are two different versions: Google Earth, which is a free version albeit with limited function, and Google Earth Pro, which costs $400 annually. It is intended for commercial use. It is available for use on personal computers running Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above and Windows 2000 and above. It is also available to iPhone and Android smartphone users as a free app. As of October 2011, Google Earth has been...
Read MoreHow To Use Mapquest
What is it? Mapquest is a free online web mapping service, originally founded in 1967. It has become one of the best places to get directions from, because it provides detailed, turn-by-turn driving instructions to any destination in North America. While most people use Mapquest to figure out how to get to a certain point, you can also use it to locate points of interest, such as restaurants, print out maps of most areas in North America, and find cheap gas prices. Mapquest also offers a free mobile app on iOS and Android, which features real-time traffic and a voice-guided navigation system...
Read MoreHow To Get Directions Online
What is it? In the age of the internet, laptops, and smartphones, there really is no excuse for getting lost. Gone are the days where you need to have a book of maps in the backseat of your car, or pulling over to look at a road map on the side of the road. It is incredibly easy to get proper directions online or on your phone. There are multiple sites, such as Google or Mapquest, which provide road maps and step-by-step driving directions. You can then print these directions out, write them down on a piece of paper, or access them on your mobile phone. How to To get driving directions...
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