lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

The Daily Dot

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Traveler issues warning on common item TSA won’t let you travel with

‘Be careful when you’re packing’: Traveler issues warning on common item TSA won’t let you travel with

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Flight attendant reveals real reason they greet you when you board the plane

‘I always thought they were just very nice’: Flight attendant reveals real reason they greet you when you board the plane

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Customer issues warning on using Royal Caribbean elevators

‘There are no buttons’: Customer issues warning on using Royal Caribbean elevators

raveler discovers hack for getting liquids through TSA

‘I’m doing this for my 13 hour flight’: Traveler discovers hack for getting as many drinks as you want through TSA. Does it work?

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

‘They owe you a full refund’: Woman catches Marriott, Westin hotel in lie. It forced her to stop breastfeeding

Heather Stewart is a freelance reporter. She was previously an executive producer at The Drag, UT&#8217;s award-winning podcast production house as well as a projects intern for KUT Austin. Her work can be found in the Austin Chronicle, the Victoria Advocate and more.

Heather Stewart

Woman issues downtown hotel warning after harrowing Atlanta experience

‘Never stay at a Sonesta or those types of hotels’: Woman issues downtown hotel warning after harrowing Atlanta experience

La Quinta customer says workers filmed her coming out of the shower

‘Let me get dressed’: La Quinta customer says workers filmed her coming out of the shower

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

Woman talking(l+r), American airlines planes(c)

‘I’m at $3,600 and counting’: Woman uses hack to try and get $15,000 in travel vouchers after American Airlines overbooked flight

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Flight attendant puts the rumors about the airplane ice to bed

‘I have avoided ice for years on flights’: Flight attendant puts the rumors about the airplane ice to bed

Mike Hadge

All Nippon Airways just launched a  Pokémon-themed flight safety video inside of their airplanes

Vanessa St-Amand was a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot based in South Florida. She has an extensive background in online marketing and spends her free time discussing intriguing topics for the terminally online.

Vanessa St-Amand

Hotel worker issues 7 things you should never do when visiting a hotel

‘Don’t book Expedia’: Hotel worker issues 8 things you should never do when visiting a hotel

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Disney traveler issues Trader Sam’s warning after ‘nightmare’ visit

‘We had this EXACT experience at Oga’s: Disney traveler issues Trader Sam’s warning after ‘nightmare’ visit

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman books Vrbo without looking at Google street view.

‘It’s a trap girl’: Woman books Vrbo without looking at Google street view. It backfires

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

Mars Ramos

Airport security forces traveler to eat all her snacks before boarding

‘I just know you were fighting for ur life’: Airport security forces traveler to eat all her snacks before boarding. It backfires

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Passenger says American Airlines left them stranded outside of the country without their passports

‘We can’t leave the terminal. …We’re illegally here’: Passenger says American Airlines left them stranded outside of the country without their passports