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We're going to give you some great travel tips.

When should you book a flight?

Helpful packing tips and how to stay limber while traveling.

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So Leslie Fella is joining us now from Evansville Regional Airport, and she's going to offer us a few travel tips.

So thank you for being here.

Yeah, thank you for having me Tell me about you know, when you when we start thinking about traveling, when's the best time to start thinking about your trip?

So sooner the better.

We always say the sooner the better.

You know, it's supply and demand.

So you're more likely to get the best fares.

the earlier you book out.

And however, sometimes we can't book as far out as we'd like.

So really, it's just whatever works for your schedule.

So I hear sometimes things like, it's better to do it on a Tuesday or Thursday or something like that.

Is there any truth tonight at all?

Yeah, You used to hear Tuesday or Wednesdays.

We find most often That's somewhat a myth.

However, there are times where you might check one morning and then check again that evening or maybe even a few days later, and the fares are going to vary.

So we just ask, you know, suggests that everyone checks it often, and frequently, and leading up to the time they're ready to book.

What about, you know, it seems like every airport is different.

But I notice that Evansville Regional Airport in particular, they do have the conveyor things where you can just lay your stuff on there and you don't have to worry about it, but you still have to use the the baggies and all that.

Right.

I mean, just kind of refresh me.

Yeah.

So you're referring to security, I'm assuming.

Yeah.

The screening process.

Yeah, absolutely.

So TSA, we also have TSA precheck.

We encourage everyone if they're not signed up for precheck, it's a really great perk.

Whenever you're flying and help save time, you may not have to take your shoes off or your jacket off.

However, if you're not pre-check, they still make it very easy, very efficient, at EVV The key is knowing what to pack or how to pack and before you get to the airport.

So we always encourage everyone to visit TSA dot gov.

Very user friendly website.

It's just chock full of amazing tips and tricks of the trade and all your questions will be answered.

And if not, they have wonderful ways.

TSA is very responsive and engaging on social media.

You can reach out to them via email.

There's even an 800 number you can call in.

All of that can be found at TSA.gov or at flyevv.com on our website.

Well, let's go back to the TSA PreCheck.

How does somebody go about doing that?

Sure.

So we have a local office on Hitch Peter's Road that's very close to the office or to the airport rather, and you can visit TSA.gov to find that location and then to preregister We also have two booking events every year for TSA PreCheck enrollment of that.

So that be coming up twice next year.

So once you get that, then how does that enable you to have a better check in experience?

Yeah.

So you have a number, you have a TSA PreCheck number that's tied to your yourself and you enter that into your airline booking whenever you reserve your ticket or turn in your SkyMiles account or your American Airlines AAdvantage account.

And that number is always tied to you.

So as long as you have that in the system, whenever you check in to board your flight, your boarding pass will already be noted as a TSA precheck.

And it just expedites your your screening process.

Well, and I know you get to go in a different lane.

You do Yeah.

It's I'm always looking at those people enviously.

But we always say that, you know, TSA at EVV is always efficient, always easy, pretty quick.

They keep you moving in the lines.

Typically don't get very long, but some of the bigger airports when you're coming back home and you might have to arrive at that airport 3 hours ahead of time.

And this ensures you know, I just came back from Atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the country a few days ago as a TSA prechecker it was a breeze.

Wow.

Yeah, well, and that's the thing.

Another thing to keep in mind, every airport is different.

So do you check with each airport's website to know how early you should get there or what do you.

Right.

So at EVV, we normally say about an hour and a half for domestic flights, if you're traveling out of the country about 2 hours.

And other airports, you know, just like I said, I was just at Atlanta a few weeks or a few days ago, rather, and they were telling us 3 hours.

But I did I looked at their social media just because they were ramping up for the holiday at this time for Thanksgiving.

And it said arrive 3 hours early.

So, yes, normally I think you should just probably plan 2 to 3 hours at the busier airports, one or two at EVV okay.

But if you have that pre-check, it wouldn't take 3 hours.

Yeah.

So I definitely overshot it.

I could have probably arrived there an hour and a half with pre-check in Atlanta However, I like to be there and plenty of time.

Sure.

Yeah.

Now, something else we had talked about was accessibility.

If you need special help at the airport, what kind of things do you?

Yeah, absolutely.

So we know at EVV that everyone deserves to travel comfortably and confidently So we've made a lot of big strides in the accessibility space.

And on flyevv.com, we have a page that is dedicated to all things accessibility at the airport or along your travel journey so everyone can visit for everyone.

And that's two Vs like for EVV for everyone.

Dot com and it's a one stop shop for all things accessibility.

The airlines we always encourage everyone to reach out to the airline upon booking or ahead of booking.

Let them know you may just require some special assistance whether it be a wheelchair or just a little extra help getting around.

And that way they're ready to accommodate you.

Same thing with TSA.

They have a wonderful program.

TSA cares.

You can contact TSA ahead of time, give them a little bit of heads up and they'll be waiting for you with an officer that's dedicated to ensuring that your experience is is comfortable and smooth.

And then we also have a lot of tools at EVV.

So we have the new hidden disability Sunflower program.

So at the information booth, you can pick up a sunflower lanyard and that signifies to airline employees, TSA employees, maybe someone at the restaurant.

You may just need a little extra help.

Employees have been trained in the hidden disability sunflower program.

We have served thousands.

We actually just celebrated our one year anniversary of all things accessibility, including the Hidden Disability Sunflower Program.

And it is just been phenomenal.

And we've made a lot of passengers experience so much easier.

So plan ahead.

Ahead.

That's the that's the name of the game.

That's the key.

Well, thank you so much.

We have more travel tips coming up.

So one of the things while you're traveling, it's important to keep in mind that you need to keep moving.

Sitting on the airplane for hours or in the airport can really put a toll on your body.

So Nicole's here to talk to us about that.

Thank you for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

So what Why is it so important to keep moving while you're traveling?

Well, number one, yes, Like you said, our bodies get stiff and but, but movement and exercise is also medicine.

So it helps boost our immunity when we're traveling to protect us from all the things we're exposed to from maybe the poor food we're eating or poor sleep we're getting or whatever.

So this can help to counter all that and just give us a boost.

So I know you were talking about when you were in the airport one time and you just sat down on the floor and started doing some stretches.

I mean, what made you feel like you needed to do that?

That very reason, I just was feeling stiff and tired and like I needed to move my body and I was stuck in the airport for hours.

And so I just went for it.

I found a little quiet corner and sat down on the ground and it was clean.

And at that particular point, I think that was a section that had just been remodeled or something.

But anything that that I do, what can also be done in a chair.

Okay.

So we're going to start off with some stretches that you can do on the floor or in a chair, as you mentioned.

So what do you like to start off doing?

So I would like for you to sit in hero pose instead, okay, I'm going to sit here to show that that we can sit in different ways.

So I'm going to sit in what's called Easy pose.

You're sitting in hero so, you know, breath.

We want to think about our breath.

So I would just inhale arms up and then take a little side stretch over to the right as you exhale.

So we're stretching the spine, stretching the shoulders.

Then inhale back through center and exhale over to the left.

So what should people be feeling when they're doing that?

Well, you're definitely feeling a stretch along your spine, along your waist.

And your shoulders, you're moving your breath.

Right here is a twist.

You're feeling that just opening up the spine, the muscles up and down the back come back to center, twist to the other side.

And I know sometimes people say, Well, it hurts when I do that.

Well, I always say, then don't do it.

Then don't do it or do it just a little, you know?

Right.

Just tweak it and change it until it feels good.

And it's important.

In the twist, keeping your spine long is one thing.

So and I think don't you think sometimes to just doing that lengthening is helping I mean and pulling your your stomach in helps support your low back and give you length there too.

Okay.

All right.

Well, we also wanted to do something standing, so we're going to do a little sun salutation.

So we'll stand up.

And one of the things I like about sun salutations is you can do them anywhere and you can you don't have to have a mat and you can do them in your hotel room.

You can do them in the airport, whatever it works for you.

So I’ll have you lead us through a sun salutation.

Sounds good.

So again, we're going to inhale, reach the arms up and exhale.

Take just a little bit of a backbend, opening up your chest and again your spine, and then come back to center and all the way down into a forward fold.

And of course, you can bend your knees and it feels so good doing that forward fold.

I think great stretch on the low back opens up the backs of the leg.

Yeah that's where one again one of the things about sun salutations is you're going to work everything right And that's one thing I like.

Okay, keep your inhale, stretch your spine forward, and then exhale down again.

And I like to add a squat here, and I love the way that it opens up the feet and the ankles.

And then if you push into the floor and start to work your forehead close to your knees, then that's a nice stretch for your back and strong, you know, strengthening for your core.

From here, we're going to take a lunge so the right leg will go back.

This is going to help open the hips now and you can play around a little bit in the lunge, don't you think?

Like pressing your hips forward and back, add the twist yeah.

Yeah.

And just really it's just about a little bit of movement, feeling your own body, being with your breath and and just moving.

Right.

So let's move into plank pose.

One of my favorites.

Yes, of course.

We know knees can go down on the floor and then a little yoga push up.

We call Chaturanga, then back up.

Let's do it again.

Okay, we'll do two.

I'm going to go into Cobra pose.

April.

I'll do a dog in an up dog.

I like to remind you, will really press your shoulders away from your ears.

Yep.

Okay.

And then downward facing dog.

Great.

Stretch for the spine, for the shoulders, for the back to the legs.

Again, strengthening through your hands and wrist.

You can take a little walk here if you like.

I like bending my knees, you know, my first down dog.

Anyway, and we'll step the right foot back up, which creates the lunge on the on the other side, and then the left foot will take another squat doing all of this with breath.

So we inhale to lift the hips again and that forward fold another inhale to lengthen through our spine and down.

And then we come up.

Yay!

Okay, that was lovely.

And we're all stretched out and ready for traveling Okay.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So if you're thinking about traveling, you're also probably thinking about packing, which is one of the things I am so bad at.

Thank goodness.

So Erin and Ande are here with us from Flutter to give us some packing tips.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks for or having us.

So what do you think?

I don't know if we want to look at it as the essentials of packing.

What should we be doing?

Obviously requires planning.

It does require a little bit of planning.

But I think it also comes down to, you know, what you love, you know what's in your closet.

You know, are you going to live without and you don't want to overpack.

So I think that is if you're going with the essentials, that's going to get rid of the over packing.

Okay.

So what would you say is there how to tackle that?

I mean, I hear that sounds good.

I know.

But then when I go to my closet, it's all essential and everybody True, True And I think a big mistake people make is they pack for day one, day two day three.

And then when you get there, you don't feel like wearing an outfit number one, you're in a different mood or the weather's different or something along those lines.

So what I like to do is just have good some good basics and always have a pair of denim in there as well.

Just for you never know if the weather's going to get cold, if it's going to rain.

I'm a soccer mom, so with travel, there's a lot of times I've got to throw that in for dinner.

When you go out after or after the weekend.

So we also we all can't live without a leather jacket.

Just a good leather jacket.

This one has just a little built in pocket, easy for travel.

You don't necessarily need a bag.

We always want to have comfort as well.

So a good jogger and sweatsuit is easy, but this is also easy to dress up by throwing on the denim jacket, going on the leather jacket.

And this is also great pajamas.

Great pajamas.

Yeah, lounge wear.

Yeah.

The lounge wear You can go to bed in kind of a theme, though, is really you can wear all of these things together.

Is that I mean, is that.

So would you even suggest throwing out laying out all these things when you're packing and just see?

Yeah, I go and see and like, lay it on your bed, see what could go with what we, you know, you always probably want to have a graphic tee or a nice easy tank top to go underneath.

Okay.

Just to be able to layer.

So if for instance, you have the tank top, you have the tee, you have the the jacket over the top, it gets super hot.

You're able to take off those layers and still feel cute and put together.

We love to also a sweater or a cardigan to throw in just for when you go to eat and it's cold in the restaurant, you know, it's easier to layer off and on.

So those are also good pieces, a great jumpsuit.

This is so versatile.

You can dress this up with the silver loafers for a night out, or the next day you get up and ready to go get coffee and you have your sneakers.

Then you're ready to do that as well.

This is super stretchy, so it's all about like making sure you, when you go in, you invest in the comfortable pieces that are versatile, that you can take, you know, to a day trip to all the way in tonight.

my favorite piece there I know you're talking about the sneakers and the loafers.

How many pairs of shoes do you think somebody should take?

That's hard for us because we’re shoe girl that I try to stick to, two or three.

I mean, if you could have a pair of sneakers that you can also walk or workout in if it works for you, that's a great bonus because two for one.

But I feel like a heel is sometimes fun to have, but it's hard because they're heavy.

Booty is probably the way you're going to go to dress up and down.

I mean, you're in Nashville and you want to dress up after you've had your sneakers on all day.

You throw on your booties so you're ready to go.

Yeah.

And this little activewear dress activewea dresses are just such a huge staple, right?

Yeah.

So you're going to put that on.

You're gonna wake up in the morning and you go for your walk.

You're going to go grab your coffee and that dress that up, throw a baseball hat on all that fun stuff.

Yeah.

And then daytime, you're going to go into that jumpsuit and wear your sneakers with it.

Super fun.

And then.

And tonight, put your little booty on and you're ready to hit the Nashville scene with the jacket.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So.

Really?

So, yeah, it's just so you could do a whole lot of things, which just with that one piece.

Yeah, that one piece could take you through an entire weekend and you wear it a lot for different.

You’ve worn it to church.

I wear this.

Yeah, I wear this with absolutely a blazer.

I would throw this on over it.

That will definitely invest in a comfortable pair of just basic sneakers and they're going to take you.

There's nothing here that you can't wear these with.

You could even throw the sweater over the little dress.

You have your short skirt.

That would be cute.

I loved that hack of putting a sweater over a dress.

Yeah.

Love it.

Yeah, for sure.

And then the graphic tee over the jumpsuit.

You can tie that up.

So the jacket out him that can dress it up, too?

Yes.

So we're just pulling out all kinds of bags and tricks here.

Yes.

Yes.

Well, I mean, and this is just a bag that you it holds a ton, but it also is close to your body.

So if you are traveling, it's always right here.

Super easy.

um, and then picking a color like silver, it's going to go with everything.

That's your pop.

That's your pop that you throw in there as well.

You got all these basics and the neutrals and you add a little bit of color here and there, especially with the graphic tees, sometimes fun to do as well.

And do you think for traveling across body is one of the best ways to go for.

Absolutely yeah I think a crossbody is the way to go all day long.

You can do you can have cute little night out cross bodies you can have big gigantic you know in place of a weekender almost.

But this one is just we feel like this is a great size because it's not too bulky for a night out but it's also big enough so you can throw in all your daytime stuff.

I mean, this could definitely Do you have any kind of suggestions for I tend to be an over packer or of how to avoid over packing?

I mean, not that that's wrong, but still, I asked her, do you really need it?

Do you really need it?

Do you need two pairs of jeans?

No, probably not.

You can get away with one pair.

Okay.

As long as you picked your favorite.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And you don't need two hoodies.

Like pick your favorite.

Go with that.

And just what could go together.

Okay.

No, that's good to know.

Pick your favorite and want to go with something else.

I like that.

Really?

The same with everything.

Yeah.

You're sneakers.

You're okay.

Yeah.

Okay, great.

Thank you so much.

I feel better.

Call me Thank you for being with us.

Those are great tips.

We'll be right back.

So joining me today is Scott Mauser.

Thank you for being with us to talk about his fitness routine.

I know you do work out.

I mean, tell me a little bit about what you do now.

Well, what I do now is dependent upon the need, so to speak.

So as an example, it can be seasonal.

So, like, I'll have a golf training season because I'll have golf to play in the summertime.

So my regimen would be different in the wintertime.

But everything that I do has to do with the purpose that I want to achieve.

So when we talk about routines, I've got set routines that are they come in three sets, so to speak, and I just keep rotating those through pretty much every day of the week.

And so it just kind of cycles through.

So I've got obviously upper body and back, you know, like chest and back.

And then I would have the legs and shoulders and then I would have arms, you know, biceps, triceps and lats, things like that.

So that would be the primary.

But when it gets into preparation for a golf season, I do a lot more stretching or a lot more movements to develop the muscle for that particular golf swing.

So are you working out every day or some in some sort?

Yeah, I'm usually at the gym probably at least five days a week, usually six, you know, for you know, because all go.

It just depends on how I feel.

I mean, sometimes I'll work out really hard, you know, because I feel good.

Other days, you know, it's not so much, but I'm there because I need to get through the routine because really what happened to me, I've always been active in very busy with my kids.

And then as they've gotten older, I kind of got less active.

And then about, you know, it'll be two and a half, two and a half years now where I got back into the gym and it was hard.

So I told myself, I've got to make myself go on a regular basis, even if I'm not doing a whole lot.

Just to be consistent with it.

So, I mean, to your point, in a way, it is harder as we age, but it's not impossible.

absolutely not.

No, actually, to me it is such a benefit because in in my job, I'm in sales and it's very, very stressful.

So I go to the gym as much for my mind as I do for my body, because it really does take you in a place where at your own time you can really focus on yourself and it does clear the mind.

It makes everything less stressful.

When I say it's been proven that exercise helps relieve depression and and everything, and I know sometimes it's hard for people to make themselves go, but they want you make yourself.

yeah.

So worth it.

Yeah.

You know, I believe in that.

It's like 21 days.

You got it.

You got to do something for 21 days for it to become a habit.

And I actually look forward to going to the gym.

I'll even change it up where I go 5 a.m., you know, like I did this morning, 5 am this morning, you know, based on my my schedule at work.

And I'll have a period of three weeks where I'm there at 5 a.m. and then other times I'll be going after work.

Yeah.

It just depends on what works for you.

Okay, well, we're going to do a plank.

Got it.

One of my very favorite things to do.

So everybody who's watching at home, you can get down off the couch, get on the floor.

We're going to give everybody time to get on the floor.

We're going to get moving.

We're going to plank on our hands starting off.

So we like to start in table.

This is how I like to start my plank.

Pull your shoulders down your back, then lift your upper back.

Lift your chest, pull on your belly, Come up on your toes.

Shift your weight forward slightly.

The timer has begun.

Here we go.

So do you usually plank in...

In your routine?

Every, you know, every day I'm doing something with my core in plank to start off my workout.

Really?

Absolutely.

That's what I do.

And, you know, typically I'll go for a longer period of periods of time, like maybe up to 5 minutes.

But usually what I do is I'll listen to a song in its entirety that does make it go a lot faster.

And then I'll, you know, within within my timeframe, I'll move my hands up and I really compress my core and I'll just try to I'll try to, you know, mix it up a little bit.

And I just really try to engage everything in my mind.

I try to focus on everything that I'm trying to accomplish with the plank.

Well, good.

And that's the thing right now, even like I like to think again, pull my belly again, present to the floor again.

We're already down to we have ten more seconds.

We can go more well.

We run out of time Yeah, I like to do five, but we're going to.

All right, here we go.

We're almost.

There we go.

We're one minute, see?

And that's just one minute out of your day.

And you're working out everything.

Yeah, that's not to say anybody that's out here.

Listen to this girl right here, because I didn't start planking until I saw her videos.

And that was about a year and a half ago.

And I think I run into you said, Hey, I'm planking now because of you.

It really does help.

There really is something to it isn't.

Absolutely.

I'm not just making it up.

Stability.

That's what we need when we when we age.

Well, thank you so much for joining us.

I really appreciate it.

Absolutely.

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