by Janice Hough | Apr 25, 2024
Sometimes an important event is impossible to get to by air. First, due to work, finances, family, or other issues, getting to a really important event early isn’t possible, I get it. But often as a travel agent, I will have clients try to cut it close. Maybe...
by Christopher Elliott | Apr 24, 2024
Would you break a rule for a cheaper airline ticket? Susan Stevens did when she booked a hacker fare from Vienna to Frankfurt. A round-trip ticket costs hundreds of dollars less than a one-way ticket. So she bought a round-trip fare.“After I landed, I threw the return...
by Janice Hough | Apr 23, 2024
Online booking mistakes can happen easily and are hard to undo Thanks to technology, travel can be booked with a few quick swipes and clicks. For most people, it means the process is much faster. It also means more online booking mistakes. Any reader of this site will...
by Janice Hough | Apr 9, 2024
Foreign carriers are insulting consumers worse than US carriers. For all that Americans in the travel industry and frequent travelers regularly complain about US carriers, the fact remains that sometimes foreign carriers are insulting consumers with everything from...
by Ned S. Levi | Apr 8, 2024
Don’t shrug when hotels have room problems and resort fees that are upsetting. Complain, write an online review and don’t return unless the hotel fixes their problems. I wrote about my hotel pet peeves last fall, but with recent hotel stays being the...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 5, 2024
Major airlines and airline unions have protested the establishment of airline safety rules of semi-private airlines that skirt training and security rules followed by scheduled airlines. Travel Weekly published a recent article about the largest semi-private airline...
