by Janice Hough | Feb 10, 2010
So how big a lie would you tell for a discount on travel? Americans love a bargain. And the vagaries of travel pricing certainly don’t discourage anyone from doing what they can to save money. Many discount hunting strategies are legal, others are gray areas and...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 10, 2010
Punxsutawney Phil had it right this year. His prediction on Groundhogs Day of six more weeks of winter, seems to have been prescient. Heck, I’m sitting in the midst of 20+ inches of snow in Springfield, Va., outside of Washington DC. The airlines were paying...
by Jason Barger | Feb 9, 2010
In all my travels, I had never seen an author signing books in an airport book store. That’s why the idea seemed so perfect when the opportunity arose to hit the road for an “Airport Book Tour” for my book Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 9, 2010
With all of the privacy concerns being registered regarding the whole-body scanners, we don’t even know if the machines work … we’re just taking the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA’s) word. And TSA doesn’t really know...
by Janice Hough | Feb 9, 2010
Although almost all travel agents sell travel insurance, most agents will also tell you that they hate doing so. Because, quite frankly, even though travel insurance can help protect an expensive travel investment, often it seems as if insurers do everything possible...
by Karen Fawcett | Feb 8, 2010
Savvy travelers are supposed to know what to do, and what not to do, in order to avoid being ripped off. But even the most sophisticated ones have been victims of nefarious characters and acts that have turned their trips into ones from hell. You’ve read the...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 8, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is having its share of problems. Their intricate systems failed to uncover the Christmas panty bomber. Passengers are rebelling against being virtually stripped naked in order to get through security. GAO note they have not...