by Janice Hough | Jul 18, 2018 | *Consumer Tips
Changing terminals can add difficulty to airline connections Travelers can experience real hassles with problems of changing terminals for connecting flights. Connecting on flights that arrive in one terminal with another that departs in a different terminal can be a...
by Christopher Elliott | Jul 17, 2018 | *Consumer Tips, Commentary
A vacation rental disaster can come from depending on others to do your research To say that Alan Muskat’s accommodations in Costa Rica were a vacation rental disaster would be an understatement. “It was horrid,” Muskat says. Mosquitoes buzzed...
by Ned Levi | Jul 16, 2018 | *Consumer Tips, Getting there
Airline water is often polluted. I don’t know about you, but while flying, I like to stay hydrated with cold bottled water plus, occasionally, tomato juice. If I eat on a flight, usually food brought from home or prepared at my hotel, while I’d love to...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 15, 2018 | *Sunday musings
This week we take time to ponder the new relationship between rocket launches and airplane travel. As space keeps developing, the aviation industry will have more and more conflicts. Next, we take a look at an ingenious new convertible wheel invented by Defense...
by Victor Block | Jul 14, 2018 | *Traveler, Rooms to explore
Where the Du Pont family resided and today visitors take a step back in time Three intersecting roads which are near what today is the eastern border of Delaware appeared on 18th century maps, and are believed to have followed Native American trails. The Inn at...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 13, 2018 | *Policy, hotels, resort fees
Hotels that do not include resort fees in the advertised room rate are dishonest Since 2012, Travelers United has been working to eliminate the misleading and deceptive practice of hotel resort fees. These fees have taken over the hotel market in places like Las Vegas...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 12, 2018 | *Policy
The FAA is working without a UAV plan for the future Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are coming.They are already here. The only problem is that your government seems to be surprised by them. It has no UAV plan. The industry has been growing exponentially, but the...
by Janice Hough | Jul 11, 2018 | *Consumer Tips
Competition creates small airport ticket pricing wildness. Anyone who only flies between large airports can stop reading this post now. But, small airport ticket pricing chaos seems to make no sense, until one looks behind the competition curtain. Airline passengers...
by Christopher Elliott | Jul 10, 2018 | *Consumer Tips, hotels
After a long drive from Buffalo to Gananoque, Ontario, Adam Cole’s hotel delivered some bad news for him: a lost hotel reservation. “I had a confirmation from my travel agent,” says Cole, director of a music school in Atlanta, “but there was no...
by Ned Levi | Jul 9, 2018 | *Policy, Getting there
Can a sunscreen ban save the coral reefs? Last week, Hawaii governor David Ige (D) signed legislation banning companies from selling and distributing sunscreens in Hawaii that contain oxybenzone or octinoxate. They’ve been identified as products that cause...
