You have been issued a cruise credit! Now what? A week before Carolynne James’s Rhine river cruise last spring, she got some bad news: Uniworld had canceled her sailing and issued a future cruise credit. But James, a retired office administrator from Columbia,...
These cruise travel safety tips must be linked with commonsense. Cruising is one of the safer forms of travel. Most cruise travelers have great journeys without incident. Even though cruise ships are relatively safe, just like on any form of travel, each cruiser must...
Check any cruise ship upgrade carefully. It may be what you really want. Recently, during lunch with a friend, he received a call from his travel agent telling him his cruise line was offering him the opportunity to buy a heavily discounted cabin upgrade to a...
When planning a Caribbean adventure, here are six hurricane cruise considerations. On September 29, tropical storm Matthew, then in the eastern Caribbean, was declared a hurricane. Matthew hit Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas before slamming into Florida, Georgia, South...
I enjoy cruising. During the last two decades I’ve been to every continent, save Australia, by cruise ship. While cruising isn’t the optimal way to travel everywhere, it can be lots of fun, and a marvelous way to travel to many locales. Often, cruisers...
We became empty nesters when our twins left for college, and for the first time in 19 years we were back to living as a couple (at least until fall break). We certainly missed our kids and, frankly, we were a little jealous of the new lives they were off to enjoy....
These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.
– Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
– Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
– Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
– Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
– Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
– Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
– Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
– Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
– Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.
