Bus travel is making a comeback

There is a breaking dawn for a new age of bus travel. With airfares too high for a spur-of-the-minute trip, airline schedules too dicey to make close plans, Amtrak costing about the same as the plane and gas, tolls and downtown parking making auto travel less than...

Pee before boarding — you could save the planet

In case anyone missed this interesting story that was published last week, here it comes again: We can look at this as “strange news,” “funny stuff,” or as an example of how asking each person to do something small can actually add up to making...

Consumer Travel Alliance: Why swine flu shouldn’t fly

No one likes to sit near someone with the sniffles or a cough on the plane, but what about the very real prospect of your seatmate having swine flu? If current airline policies continue, those who have flu-like symptoms and heed the Centers for Disease Control warning...