Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to the weight scale and get ready to board your flight.
It may sound, um, heavy-handed, but Air New Zealand is planning to ask passengers to weigh themselves before climbing onto the plane.
Now, before you get your knickers in a knot, please understand that the airline says this is a once every five years measure that would be purely voluntary.
My friends at Open Jaw Network report the weigh-ins would not be a permanent policy, and that the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority is requiring the move so it can properly determine airplane weight and balance issues for safe flight.
The survey apparently will help New Zealand authorities determine what the average passenger weight is in this day of readily available, fattening, over-sized bags of Fritos and gargantuan bottles of fizzy soft drinks.
NATIONAL DONUT DAY: JUST IN TIME FOR WEIGHING PASSENGERS
An array of donuts. Najla Cam/Unsplash Photo
Plans to weigh passengers in New Zealand comes just as we’re about to celebrate National Donut Day, and isn’t that great timing?
Speaking of Tim Hortons, the 80-mile Butler County Donut Trail in Ohio encompasses 13 mom-and-pop donut shops and features unique donuts like fried cream cheese, s’mores, jalapeno cheddar fritters, key lime, raspberry cheesecake, fruity pebbles, banana pudding, pineapple fritter, almond joy and even vegan donuts. Visitors can collect stamps via an official passport and once fully complete, each passport can be redeemed for a complimentary official Donut Trail T-shirt. To date over 35,000 people have completed the trail from all 50 states and 22 countries.
Big brands like Dunkin Donuts have tried to join the trail, but the trail wants to stay true to support local mom and pop donut shops. Together the shops on the trail have over 430 years of donut making experience.
Fans can win a night at a Hilton Hotel room at the RBC Canadian Open in Toronto this year.
SLEEP AT A HILTON AT THE CANADIAN OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
After last year’s success, Hilton on the Green is popping up again on the RBC Canadian Open course where lucky fans will get to experience the stay of a lifetime – sleeping right beside the fifth hole of a major tournament golf course!
This 160 square foot room features all the luxury travel essentials one can need – robes, towels, Frette linens, a cocktail kit, and more from the Hilton brands.
Two lucky fans will be enjoying a stay, along with media personality Adam Stanley and Team Canada athlete, Nicole Gal.
This year’s tournament is being held at Oakdale Golf Club in Toronto next week (June 6-11).
THAT AND THIS: NIAGARA BOATS, FAIRMONT VICTORIA RENOVATIONS AND MORE
A voyage to the base of Horseshoe Falls in Ontario. JIM BYERS PHOTO
Fairmont Empress has officially unveiled its highly anticipated renovation of the luxury Fairmont Gold experience, ushering in a new era of luxury at Victoria’s iconic Castle on the Coast. The extensive makeover includes the transformation of an expansive state-of-the-art Fairmont Gold lounge, boasting over 4,000 square feet of opulence, along with the addition of 22 new Fairmont Gold guest rooms … Niagara City Cruises on Thursday announced a record milestone, officially welcoming 15 million guests onboard the boat tour to Niagara Falls since assuming ferry operations to the iconic falls in 2014. This season marked the earliest opening in the history of any boat tour to Niagara Falls, due to favorable weather through the spring. With a strong start and rebound of tourism to the Niagara region, the attraction listed as one of Canada’s most unique visitor experiences, officially crossed the milestone threshold on June 1st … Outdoorsy, the leading outdoor travel marketplace, this week surpassed 1 million trips – or 7 million booked travel days – spent outdoors since the company was founded in 2015. The milestone comes on the heels of being recognized as one of Fast Company’s ‘Most Innovative Companies in Travel and Hospitality’ for 2023.
