by Janice Hough | Oct 29, 2010
Long before Al Qaeda even existed, Great Britain had become unfortunately all too familiar with modern terrorism. Besides the IRA’s regular attacks, there was the horrible Lockerbie Pan Am bombing, so it’s not as if the country is naive about the potential...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 28, 2010
Readers Digest published a story about “50 secrets your pilot won’t tell you.” Now the flight attendants have their turn. Here are some insights from the same magazine letting passengers know what flight attendants have to say about them and some...
by Janice Hough | Oct 27, 2010
Much is made this time of year of the dangers of procrastinating in booking holiday travel. Admittedly, it’s definitely easier and almost always cheaper to start early. But that doesn’t mean early bookers avoid all reservation issues. Schedule changes The...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 26, 2010
Just as United and Continental Airlines can begin settling down into their new corporate nuptials, they get blindsided by the blind for not providing accessible check-in kiosks. Here is the story from the National Federation of the Blind’s point of view. The...
by Janice Hough | Oct 26, 2010
Even those of us who take Tripadvisor with a grain (or more) of salt, still tend to look at it from time to time. Not only is the review site the largest in the business, Tripadvisor is often the only site that provides any reviews many smaller hotel properties, which...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 25, 2010
If airline passengers are feeling hassled by the never-ending stream of airline hidden fees that are driving up their travel costs for the holidays and planes that are more crowded than ever, they now have another boogieman, the Transportation Security Administration...
by Janice Hough | Oct 25, 2010
It’s pretty much a given that airline customer service isn’t what it used to be and the whole flying experience has become increasingly arduous and unpleasant. On the other hand, some issues just really aren’t the airlines’ fault. One of the...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 25, 2010
One of the most asked questions I’m emailed is, “My close-up photos are sharp, but the ones taken from 25 feet away or longer aren’t. Should I take my camera to the repair shop to have its focusing fixed?” Many photographers expect that if a camera has...
