Take 2 iPhones, 3 pillows and fly Air France: hotel designer Kelly Wearstler’s top travel hacks

Wearstler’s latest project is the Substack-based newsletter Wearstlerworld, in which she plans to share behind-the-scenes looks at her life as well as tips and tricks for travel and decorating. Here are her best travel hacks (besides fly private, of course). For the last 10 years, I have had two drivers pick me up when I land at LAX.

I get off the plane and greet one driver and give him my luggage ticket. I leave, and he then waits to pick up my luggage at the carousel and drives it home. I get right out of there, and he shows up 45 minutes later.



Wherever you go regularly and know a driver, you can do that – like in Austin, where I know my driver too..