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15 ridesharing tips for travelers to immediately use today

15 ridesharing tips for travelers to immediately use today

by Ned S. Levi | May 6, 2024

These rideshare tips are ultimately each rider’s personal responsibility. It has to be each rider’s top priority. Ridesharing services over the last decade have become more and more popular for travelers for many reasons, not the least of which is that...
Besides airlines how is the rest of the travel world faring?

Besides airlines how is the rest of the travel world faring?

by Charlie Leocha | May 1, 2020

Rental cars, ride-sharing, hotels, and home-sharing are suffering from coronavirus woes The airline sector has been receiving billions of dollars of support from the government, but the other portions of the travel economy face coronavirus woes. Giant rental companies...

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Recent Posts

  • DOT denied boarding (or bumping) compensation rules you should know
  • Etiquette of air travel — boarding, in-flight, deplaning, and waiting for baggage
  • Eliminate lost valuables when you travel. Here are the rules
  • A Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights journey in Georgia and Alabama
  • How you can find on-time statistics on airline websites

Accomplishments

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.

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The mission of Travelers United is to identify and promote ways to improve and enhance travel for consumers across all modes of travel. Travelers United is a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

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