by Christopher Elliott | Sep 12, 2025
Everything seemed fine when Josie Daigle rented a car in Boston from a national chain. A quick look was all she gave the car rental safety check. The cursory glance at the vehicle before she drove off with her two young kids suggested the car was safe. It wasn’t...
by Ned S. Levi | Jul 5, 2022
While aircraft vs. lightning strikes may produce a light show and bang, it’s highly unlikely they will damage the airplanes or cause injuries. Passengers on a May, 2022, flight from Tirana, Albania, to Abu Dhabi were reportedly extremely scared. Some screamed...
by Ned S. Levi | Jul 8, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been inspecting U.S. citizens and international travelers’ laptops and smartphones at U.S. border entry points for years, sometimes confiscating them for days, weeks or even months to perform detailed inspections....
by Ned S. Levi | Apr 16, 2018
Don’t be ASLEEP to prevent bed bugs While most people say the worst problem bed bugs can cause for travelers is suffering the itching and soreness from their bites, some of my readers have set me straight recently. I agree with them. Prevent bed bugs from...
by Ned S. Levi | Feb 20, 2017
Earlier this month, I wrote about the Trump administration’s expansion of the Obama administration’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) examination of U.S. visitor social media information and cellphone contents at the U.S. border. Now it appears that the...
