Travelers United membership now provides a Swiss global data vault. Membership in Travelers United now includes one of the country’s best cybersecurity packages. For $49 a year Travelers United members receive a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that provides WiFi...
These places are where what TSA confiscates and you lose on flights ends up. I have often wondered what happens to lost and confiscated belongings left by passengers on planes and checkpoint lines. The TSA confiscates thousands of small pen knives, AirPods, iPads,...
Washington, DC, recently has seen a surge in restaurants charging a junk fee. These Washington, DC, junk fees are similar to a resort fee on their menus. Sometimes, the fee is not even on the menu. Like hotels, once one restaurant starts to add these fees and seems to...
Here are three reasons why a weather delay makes schedules @#%*!+$# A client emailed me in a cranky mood. His plane to San Francisco was stuck in a weather delay for two hours, and then was sitting on the tarmac in Newark for over an hour. He was a victim of...
With a more active hurricane season than normal, many travelers want to know if cruising during the hurricane season in hurricane belts across the globe is safe. I’ve got the answers for you here. It is hurricane season. Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on my...
It’s time for pets to stop flying. There, I said it: Let’s ground Fido and Fluffy for good. There have been too many animal incidents on aircraft this summer, including the Delta Air Lines passenger who lost her dog while traveling from Santo Domingo to...
Airfares can be compared across airlines on computers, but not the extra fees. After 9/11, COVID issues, and the recession downturns, the airlines seem to face another financial pummeling being doled out by the economy. And at the same time, as airlines are...
Travelers United is fighting the plague of unchecked social media influencers. Are they ads or legitimate editorials? Travel social media influencers continue to rake in large amounts of money to promote certain companies to their followers. Despite the Federal Trade...
Don’t get TOO comfortable before boarding. Yes, there are many ways to miss flights. Missing a flight is a recurring nightmare for frequent fliers. In some cases, it is a literal nightmare, as friends have told me. Don’t forget your departure time. These...
I’ve debunked ten of the most common travel security myths and have solutions for each to keep your digital devices safe and secure while on the go. Technology fact and fiction of travel security are often intertwined. Unfortunately, too often, fiction guides...
