Category: Travel

  • Southwest seat selection: The art of choosing the right partner

    I recently offered some tips on dealing with annoying airline seatmates—the ones taking up your space or blowing the frigid air on you, for example. The underlying assumption was that you can’t choose your seatmates, and for most airlines (e.g., Reunited), that’s all-too-true. Yet, a couple of recent flights on Southwest have reminded me that…

  • Negotiating with seatmates: Making flights negotiable

    I recently experienced the joy of a 13-hour flight without a functioning video system (thanks “Reunited Airlines“!). On the plus side, those 13 hours afforded ample time to reflect on making life negotiable. What I realized was that flights themselves offer untold opportunities for improving our lot through some simple negotiation strategies, many of which…

  • Driving ourselves crazy: Managing summer traffic through social dilemma research

    It’s the season of the summer vacation! Beaches beckon, elevations entice, cabins call. Unfortunately, a common annoyance tends to block our bliss: summer traffic. “Everyone had the same idea!” we muse, as we endlessly and aimlessly burn fossils. I can offer no cure for traffic. If I could, I’d be rich! But I can offer…