by Janice Hough | Nov 15, 2010
While I don’t live in San Francisco, I must admit I found the whole idea of banning “Happy Meals” ludicrous. I am hardly a proponent of the nanny state. In general, my sense is that parents should be allowed to monitor their children’s eating,...
by Ned S. Levi | Nov 15, 2010
Last week unions representing US Airways and American Airlines pilots began to urge their members to “opt-out” of full-body scanning at airport security checkpoints. They cited health risks and privacy concerns. I applaud Captain Cleary and both the US Airways and...
by Charlie Leocha | Nov 13, 2010
To get a different taste of Thanksgiving, plan a visit to one of these four wonderful recreated and restored early-American venues to see how the holiday started and changed over the centuries from the Pilgrims’ original feast until the Industrial Revolution....
by Janice Hough | Nov 12, 2010
While many travelers are still planning last-minute holiday vacations, others are already working on next summer. They figure that planning seven or eight months in advance should put them ahead of the game, right? Well, if the object is to fly in business class to...
by Charlie Leocha | Nov 12, 2010
We all know that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year. But before the days of computers and online travel agents, it was hit and miss determining which airports were going to be the most congested with passengers and flights. Orbitz,...
by Charlie Leocha | Nov 11, 2010
In these days where airlines are squeezing more and more passengers into their airplanes and juggling their schedules to extract more and more “efficiencies” from their route structure, seat reservations are becoming less and less reliable. Seats for...
by Janice Hough | Nov 11, 2010
For most travelers, so far the engine room fire aboard the Carnival Splendor has merely been an interesting news story. And fortunately, it appears as if no one has been injured. A larger question now looms. How might this incident affect cruising in future. Although...
by Charlie Leocha | Nov 10, 2010
Now here’s a subject that families don’t discuss with each other very much, but that they certainly discuss with their best friends. According to a recent Choice Hotels survey more than a third of American adults (36 percent) admit that holidays would be...
by Janice Hough | Nov 10, 2010
Passengers on the Carnival Splendor may not think the current situation is very funny. And yeah, being adrift in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico while you’re supposed to be on a vacation isn’t probably anyone’s idea of a good time. In short, for...
