by Charlie Leocha | May 8, 2020
Airline pilots report shows failures of federal airline health rules The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) issued a report detailing airlines’ lack of compliance with federal public health guidelines. This report came out as Travelers United called for federal...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 24, 2014
Cruising has been in the news recently, and it hasn’t been good. Since the beginning of the year, four ships have had a norovirus outbreak. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), 1,059 passengers on those ships contracted norovirus, but that’s...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 10, 2014
So far this year, three cruise ships had significant norovirus outbreaks, infecting 1,023 passengers and crew. That may seem extraordinarily high to many. However, while it’s of little solace to passengers and crew who were sick, 94.1 percent of the passengers...
by Ned S. Levi | Oct 11, 2010
Do you remember the film, Coming to America? In it, King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones) comes to New York City to bring his son back home. What hotel has King Joffer’s reservation, the Waldorf Astoria, of course. After all, the Waldorf is the choice of...
by dunhampotter | Jan 9, 2009
Adventurous senior citizens Fred and Willa Kubasta were excited when they booked their South American dream cruise on Holland America Line’s Amsterdam. The 38-day voyage leaving in March would sail from Buenos Aires to Seattle and visit numerous exotic ports of call...