I was wondering why most of the tips were for business travelers and why the "what to wear for work"

Go away soon! Via " Travel Tips From the Pros ," courtesy the Wall Street Journal . (Some are a little more practical than others.) This reminds me of the slogan at the travel agency near where I grew up "Go away, often" which I didn't understand for 23 years.
I was wondering why most of the tips were for business travelers and why the "what to wear for work" piece it linked to suggested investing in a pair of $500 shoes and a good tailor, and then realized that it was from the WSJ.
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@cd I'm pretty sure the advice is to travel during those time periods. The past two winters, I've gotten the best prices on flights leaving on December 26 one year and another on December 31. Most people want to stay in and celebrate on these days, not spend 20 hours in the air (I live in Asia, family americas best value inn in the States).
Ah, timely! I know that Tuesday is a good day to buy tickets AND a good day to fly out, generally, but I didn't know about times of year. I want to go visit my best friend for Thanksgiving again in Chicago, but...I also only have four vacation days and I knowwww I'll want moooooore. I am glad I get vacation days at all, but I wish we got them more quickly. I think by November I'll have six?
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@meetapossum I think flights have gotten lots more expensive. There were CRAZY sales and promos in 2009. We just booked tickets to Dublin for next month and I think wound up paying around $1100 pp. it sucks. Also who the hell connects through Helsinki?
@meetapossum Whaaa? Where are you looking? I paid $300 for my one-way to Paris for September. That was on an under-26 site, but sites like cheapoair had round-trips to Paris for about $700. Some people in my program are flying into London and taking Eurostar because it made an even cheaper round-trip. Then again, May's probably way more expensive than mid-September...
@Faintly Macabre I use Kayak, usually. I might change it to April, if flights are cheaper. I just like to have an extra free vacation day (Memorial Day, in this case, but in 2009 I did the beginning of September for Labor Day). Looking at that site I get the same prices, though at least it's a non-stop for $900.
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I like Kayak because I can tag flights and get price alerts, and they compare the price from week to week and say, "Wait a bit, it can get cheaper" or "You should buy now! It's going to go up!" and are usually right. I got a cheap-o ticket to Denver in May that way.
I'm hiding this article from my boyfriend though. He's in HARDCORE "Meet my mom" mode. (We've only been dating for a month and his mom has NEVER liked any of his girlfriends. So I'm not exactly all gung-ho for that particular trip.)
For real? Just swallow the dread and do it. But insist on staying in a hotel. Also try to plan 'activities' so that you aren't actually just staring at each other. Zoo? Play? medieval times? I dunno.
@The Kendragon Any point is a good time to meet the parents as long as you yourself actually want to meet them. People tend to be able to feel when you don't want to meet them (for understandable reasons!). So waiting until you feel ready makes sense.
I've had a lot of good luck with meeting moms in the past. Mostly it helps to think of them as a potential fellow adult friend, and to remember that while you may or may not have other things in common, the big thing you do have in common is that you both love [the boy]. The fact that you both love him means you have something to relate to one another americas best value inn about -- to share. (not compete!). Framing it that way in my mind usually brings out a similar response in the mom.
@Jade People are terrible sometimes! Those moms sound awful. I think my worst story is the time my then-boyfriend's mom came to town, and he lived in my apartment building on the floor above me, but he wouldn't introduce me to her. It turned out that it was because I'm not Indian and therefore not acceptable. Fun times! I had no idea until she came that it was like that.
My boyfriend's sister just moved to Australia for a year, and has promised us free food and lodging if we can dig up the money to afford the plane tickets to Sydney. The problem is that they are all at least $2000 during the holiday season, which is the only time my boyfriend can go because he's in grad school and that's his winter break. So half of me is like take advantage of an all-expenses-paid-except-plane trip to Australia when it's summer there in January, and half of me is like we're broke and in our twenties americas best value inn and about to spend $4000 on a vacation NOPE. What do I do??
Any thoughts on whether the late August/early September guideline remains true if you want to travel in, say, mid-September? Should I wait 10 days in the hopes that fares go down, or buy now in case it gets more expensive americas best value inn the closer I get to the day I need to travel? Help meeee.