{"id":44628,"date":"2025-08-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44628"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:09:27","slug":"ryanair-bag-spies-kuhl-sun-hoody-bike-route-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/ryanair-bag-spies-kuhl-sun-hoody-bike-route-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"RyanAir Bag Spies\/Kuhl Sun Hoody\/Bike Route Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>Incentives for Hitting You With Extra Bag Charges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you didn\u2019t have enough reasons to hate Ryanair, the Irish budget carrier added a big one this month. It turns out they\u2019ve been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ftnnews.com\/travel-news\/aviation\/ryanair-confirms-bonus-scheme-for-staff-who-flag-oversized-cabin-bags\/\">handing out bonuses to their employees<\/a>&nbsp;for flagging your bag that doesn\u2019t slide right into the sizers. The employees who are definitely not \u201cat your service\u201d aren\u2019t getting much for ratting you out at the gate\u2014\u20ac1.50 per oversized bag. That seems like a stingy commission on gate fees that start at \u20ac75. Another report said that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerseyeveningpost.com\/news\/2024\/12\/26\/swissport-staff-receive-1-for-every-oversized-cabin-bag-they-take-from-passengers-at-gates-for-easyjet-flights\/\">EasyJet is doing the same<\/a>&nbsp;but paying the employees even less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Sun Hoody for Skin Protection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I never enjoy slathering my whole body with sunscreen and the goop comes with a lot of baggage, like water contamination, questionable chemicals, nanoparticles, and high prices in foreign vacation destinations. It fills a need, especially at the pool or beach, but often swim shirts and sun hoodies can accomplish the same thing. I\u2019m especially liking the one I packed for California and Florida this summer: the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/khl.sjv.io\/MAVx6P\">Kuhl Engineered Hoody<\/a>. It\u2019s lightweight, cool, and odor-resistant. Plus it\u2019s flattering on my non-gym-rat body so if you\u2019re more pumped up, it\u2019ll look fantastic. Get it direct at that link or at REI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Veloplanner for European Bike Routes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re planning a road cycling trip in Europe, you might want to check in on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/veloplanner.com\/\">Veloplanner<\/a>&nbsp;to see what the routes and distances are like. Although more limited in scope than hiking sites\/apps like AllTrails and Wikiloc, there\u2019s a helpful depth of information on established rides, from a one-day circle around Lake Balaton in Hungary to the 1,101km Ciclovia del Sole where \u201ccyclists will climb 9,275 meters and descend 10,103 meters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Paying Tolls in a Rental Car<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this age of virtual toll scanners you drive right past or under, it\u2019s easy to miss a toll you\u2019re supposed to pay when you\u2019re in a rental car in the USA. Mark F. from sister newsletter Recomendo highlighted a hack via&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thetollroads.com\/\">The Toll Roads<\/a>&nbsp;website that works for southern California, but unfortunately there\u2019s no universal solution for other geographies. The best I\u2019ve seen is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfxway.com\/uni\/\">this Uni device<\/a>&nbsp;that works in 19 states and will cover you up the entire East Coast except for South Carolina, which doesn\u2019t have many toll roads to work around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44629,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44628\/revisions\/44629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}