Save the world’s first motel
San Luis Obispo’s Mo-Tel Inn, out of business for over a decade, is a dilapidated heap today. It’s the first motor-hotel in the world, built in 1925. But there are talks to make the building a shrine to roadside lodging. Bring it on.

Save Antarctica from over-tourism
(Is “over-tourism” a word? It is now!) 26,000 people visited the continent last year, and plans are afoot to better manage their environmental impact.

Save the children
A 12 year old boy who ran away from a “care home” got onboard a Monarch Airlines flight from London-Gatwick to Lisbon without a passport or boarding pass. How’s that for tightened security?

Save me from overreaction
United flight 923 from London to Washington was diverted to Boston due to a claustrophobic passenger who started freaking out. Early reports of screwdriver-wielding passengers bearing al Qaeda literature and Vaseline — all were hyperventilating bunk, like a game of “telephone” with real-world effects. Will every flight diversion, due to medical or other non-terrorist reason, be bold-faced breaking news on every news site now? Probably for the next few weeks. Sigh.

Save time, but not money
Unsurprising news: Private jet services that charge by the hour are doing brisk business since last week.

Save your bag check receipts
Over 20,000 checked bags have been lost at London’s Heathrow Airport in the past week. Most will turn up eventually, but still… 20,000 !!?

Save the music
Losers in the security ruckus: Orchestras. Musicians are nervous, since they tend to carry-on their instruments, or in the case of cellos, buy the instrument its own (miles-earning) seat. Hopefully the recently-relaxed rules will make orchestras’ travel possible again.

Saved! Skycaps
Winners in the luggage carnival, as predicted: Skycaps.

(image: beachcalifornia.com)