by Lauren Wolfe | Mar 6, 2026
Travelers United is fully committed to truth in travel advertising. As a consumer protection organization focused on travel, an increasing concern we have heard over the last few years is that people are confused about the travel content they see on social media. Big...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 7, 2024
Small claims court may make sense — but only if your losses are between $2,500 and $25,000, depending on where you file your claims. When something goes wrong on an airline trip, the normal course of action is to petition the Department of Transportation (DOT) for...
by Ned S. Levi | Apr 18, 2022
To fulfill its promise of equality for all citizens, the U.S. State Department should drop gender altogether from U.S. passports. Last year, the U.S. Department of State announced that it would add a new gender specification, “X,” for U.S. passports. The “X” is a...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 7, 2022
With revenue from one full year of cruising at almost $21 billion, $60 million in fines hasn’t forced Carnival Corporation to stop violating environmental law. More effective penalties, such as blocking Carnival from U.S. ports, are needed. While COVID-19...
by Ned S. Levi | Aug 20, 2018
Protect coral reefs by the sunscreen choices you make. Earlier this year, Hawaii’s Governor David Ige signed a bill into law that will ban sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate beginning on January 1, 2021. This first in the U.S. ban on sunscreens was...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 1, 2018
DOT abandons the public interest and embraces the airlines’ interests Sadly, this article written in 2018 is still true. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has been captured by the airlines. It abandons the public interest. The very industry that the DOT was...
