Traveling to Miami next week and staying in south beach. Do I need a car rental or should I be able to walk or take public transit to most places?

Got a promotional offer for Maui 5 nights at Westin any dates within next 12 months for $700. Is it a good buy? Any catch in such offers. It costs almost 500$ per night at that westin.

Staying at the Marriott Marquis in SF tonight. What a mess... definitely don’t come here during covid. It may just be Valentine’s Day but it’s been rough

Boycott Hilton over construction on Uyghur Mosque site.

Need info about Bangalore Metro. How is the availability? What is it about the purple line? Do we need metro card? Is it crowded a lot?

Opinions on moving to a place near 66th and west end Avenue? Problems getting to LGA? Has anyone lived near there? Thanks !!

Uber driver picks me up to drop me to the airport, and tells me he has to pick his kid up and drop him off somewhere which would take around 20 minutes. He already started the trip.

Anyone (women) staying at Amanora? We can plan some outing over weekend or probably an evening walk

Does anyone get any benefit from priority pass? I'm never in the terminal where I can use their lounges.

Do you guys do two a days when traveling? I.e. AM cardio and PM lift?

United Airlines or American - what’s your preferred flight choice and why?

Probably a stupid question but can I travel to Puerto Rico without a passport? Have an expired visa but a valid EAD

Had a question- I pulled up my I-94 form and saw that my entry date was valid till 2020 which was my old petition. After that I had applied for extension and got an approval till December 2022. Never travel back to home county during this time. Should I get the I-94 updated with latest dates or is it fine. Please let me know.

Thanks for all the consulting travel pre covid. Used 120 miles for business class from sf to Japan for next fall. Now praying it’s open and things back to normal

My goal since early 2020 was to hit $100k NW by Dec 2021. It’s going to be March 2022 and I’m at $86k 😔 It’s mostly due to healthcare-related bills I didn’t anticipate.
Trying to decide if I should still go through with a 1 week trip to Spain in May that I’ve been wanting to do for years :/

I need job portal in Dubai to apply for IT jobs. Also am traveling to dubai next week. I need ur comments.

Best way to go to Australia and upgrade with points? Reserve Card Points, amex Points, delta status from dfw. I’ll pay 1k range if I can use Points to upgrade..

Anyone have an extra 60k Bonvoy points to sell?

That post about pronouns is such a shitshow

When you take a conference call in your taxi to the hotel and you see a chick-fil-a on the way and ask the taxi driver to turn the car around so you can go get your waffle fries. But u forgot to mute

So I recently got engaged (yay!) and have spent this fiscal year distracted and billing just enough to get tasks with due dates off my plate. Wedding planning is taking up a lot of my time and energy right now (even with a planner). I’m also planning to take a personal leave for 3-4 months leading up to the wedding/honeymoon. I would like to come back to this job but care more about enjoying this big life event. Has anyone found firms forgiving in similar circumstances?

Received RFE ON EXTENSION related to speciality occupation. Please share thoughts and responses

My mom will be coming to the U.S. soon. Can someone provide me guidance on what insurance plan to get and how much it might cost?

Curious if you all include your experience in your home country in your total years of experience? I spent 2 years at a WITCH firm in India before coming for a masters here, should I include that in my total YOE or do the companies only care about US experience?

Hi, is it easy to move to the US, I’m French and currently living in the UK and if you know what it is the procedure to follow and what you think of working in the US compared to UK, please

How much does a firm like BAL or Fragomen charge for GC application? Trying to get my company to apply and make a case for myself. For EB2 ROW

Planning a trip back to Costa Rica and want to explore some new places. Last trip, we visited Arenal/La Fortuna, Monteverde, and Playa Conchal/Tamarindo. Flying into and out of San Jose and traveling in January. TIA!

Anyone here into rowing? I’m trying to get into rowing but I can’t seem to find any social clubs/teams that row in NYC. Would appreciate any recs!

How do companies get categorized when it comes to CC companies (i.e. shopping, dining, travel, etc)? For example, I made a few payments to a travel company but Chase isn’t marking it as travel and therefore I’m receiving less points than I thought I would. Anyone have insight on this?

Hi everyone, couldn’t find much Canadian content in other bowls so I figured this would be a good place to start for some real comparables!

Hello Infoscians/Ex-Infoscians!

I will be joining Infosys this Thursday as a 7+ YOE Tech Lead. I am an avid trekker and every year I go on a trek at least once which requires me to take a 5-7 working days off. Its actually my passion.

Just wanted to know how difficult it is to get leaves approved and officially before how many days do i need to inform my manager?

Is there any SOP for applying leaves at Infy?

Thank you in advance!

I’m coming back from leave this week. I’ve always been someone that takes on a lot of work and pleases people even though it kills me. Any tips for pushing back more and looking out for me?

In honour of Veteran's Day, here's a mind-blowing fact I learned this week.

Russian soldiers yell, "Oorah!" before going into battle, because , the word is indeed Russian.

That's right, every time a Marine yells, Oorah! they are speaking Russian
🤯

How often do you check your emails while working and how do you keep them from distracting you from the current matter you’re working on?

Privacy fish - Anyone taken the CIPM and can share what the exam is like?

Content outline seems like application of standard consulting approach, so how do they test it on an exam?

Can I obtain a foreign passport or dual citizenship as a secret clearance holder?

People in LA… why does everyone want to live there? It’s a literal hell on earth in a zombie apocalypse

Where is a good place to head within the states for Thanksgiving week? The Smokies? NW Arkansas. Thinking of getting away from the family and driving somewhere out of Chicago.

Hi there, I qualify for a sabbatical soon and want to travel somewhere where I can submerge myself into a whole new culture, do something completely new. For example living in Italy for a month learning how speak Italian and working at a pizzeria.
Any recommendations or fulfilling experiences like that out there?

Bella grace residence inn or renaissance Charleston? Titanium Marriott member. Breakfast good at either? Won’t have a car so looking to stay near everything to do in Charleston. TIA

Best spots to go out in Dallas?

NORCAL trip: flying into SJC using pats for hertz. Going to Santa Cruz seeing redwoods on way. Then Monterey/ big sur. Yosemite for 2 nights then Tahoe for 2 nights. Need recommendations for all!

Anyone here traveled to Arizona? Confused between Scottsdale and Sedona! Going in September. Suggestions please and if you can share an itenary!

First time international solo traveler, going to Paris & Amsterdam at the end of the month! Need this to be amazing and looking for recommendations on must do in both countries...Thanks!

Any advice on how to best use AA 500-mile upgrades? Thanks!

Has anyone flown recently? Which airlines did the best with maintaining cleanliness, boarding procedures, etc? I flew United and they had ppl with seats in the back board first which I thought was smart. What have been people’s other observations?

Best marriotts to stay in in London? Will be going in the summertime but day dreaming a bit here and hoping to crowdsource some insight.

Can I bring 2-3 months worth of contact lenses in my carry-on? Does this count towards the “quart-sized bag” limit?

looking to book a cabin in Vermont (Airbnb most likely) sometime this fall/winter. Any towns anyone can recommend that have stuff to do other than skiing?

Favorite hotel or BnB in Nice, France ...?

Have St. Barts booked for NYE. Any recommendations things to do, places to eat, tips etc?