Travel Week in Review: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

In selecting this week’s feature pieces, I settled on three articles. Looking for a way to unite them thematically, I felt like Rod Roddy animatedly introducing a showcase showdown on The Price is Right:   “Debbie, your showcase is an amazing mix of….Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!!!”

Of course, this week’s travel content column has nothing to do with game shows – or with Steve Martin, John Candy, shower rings, and the F-word.

Without further ado, I present the Travel Features for the week ending June 12:

Planes

Luke Knipe, in his first submission to AC, tells us about the possible amenities on board the new Airbus A380: Five Things to Do Aboard the World’s Largest Airliner. Balancing detail with brevity - and tightness with turn of phrase – Luke gives us a glimpse of which amenities travelers might see as the jet makes its commercial debut later this year. From showers and beds to gambling and bars, he whets our appetite for more information and tips us off with some quotes from airline execs. Luke’s content is a shining (or perhaps soaring?) example of what I like to call “popular reference”: fact-based content that is well-written, neatly organized, informative, and easy-to-read without being elementary. When I scour the links of AC looking for my favorite content producers, articles like Luke’s are right up my runway.

Trains