by Janice Hough | Jul 27, 2009
Travel warnings mean different things to different people. For some, even the hint of trouble means cancelling a trip. For others, it’s a little added excitement. But now French tourists who decide to risk travel to dangerous places, might find themselves owing...
by Janice Hough | Jul 24, 2009
At this point no one who travels regularly is surprised to hear stories of overbooking, and passengers being bumped. Although in general, business and first class passengers have this problem much less frequently. As more than a few airline people have told me,...
by Janice Hough | Jul 23, 2009
It happened again. A client was attending a conference at a hotel Atlanta, and his travel arranger told me she had to book through the conference arrangers to receive their special rate. No problem, but I asked her, by chance, what was the rate? She told me it was a...
by Janice Hough | Jul 22, 2009
If you’re reading this, then you probably don’t want to have your travel agent cringe every time he or she hears that it’s you, with a question, on the phone, or spies an email with your return email address. So, here are nine tips about how to avoid...
by Janice Hough | Jul 21, 2009
On the very first cruise I took, my husband and I were on a tight budget. And we were actually crazy enough to take a standby flight via Los Angeles to Acapulco the morning our ship was sailing. Proving that sometimes it is better to be lucky than good, we made the...