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Southwest Airlines Boots Family Over a Complaint Tweet About Gate Agent: Businesses Strike Back Over Online Reviews

Last Sunday, a man was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because, he claims, he left a bad review of a gate agent on Twitter.The man, Duff Watson, was upset because he…

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Evil Twins: The Two Worst New Developments in Travel

I’m mad as hell and I don’t want to vacation anymore!Scratch that.  I still want to vacation.But relaxing is going to be more difficult, thanks to a pair of ugly…

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Use It Or Lose It: Will "Dead" Electronics Be Confiscated At Airport Security?

That's the question many travelers were asking themselves after the TSA posted a notice, on Sunday night, that those entering the United States would be asked to turn on…

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Those New Car Services With Funny Names, Performing In-City Transportation, Are a Mystery to Many Americans. We'll Clear Matters Up

Because their policies are constantly changing, with new approaches, new methods of pricing and new prices introduced on a frequent basis, the in-city transportation companies…

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Are You Under the Age of 30? Are You Over the Age of 60? If So, There's a Cheap Way to Vacation in Some of the World's Costliest Cities

The very young and the very old enjoy special privileges in travel.  I'm not suggesting that the in-betweens are denied the same privileges, but I am referring to organizations…

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Those New Car Services With Funny Names, Performing In-City Transportation, Are a Mystery to Many Americans. We'll Try to Clear Matters Up

Because their policies are constantly changing, with new approaches, new methods of pricing and new prices introduced on a frequent basis, the in-city transportation companies…

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Its Hotels Already Full to Bursting, New York May be Unable to Further Increase Its Tourism Unless Residents are Able to Rent Out Their Apartments to Transient Visitors

Fifty-five million guests in 2014.  That's the current end-of-year projection for tourism to the Big Apple, a figure that is five million more than was predicted for 2017 by its…

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Vacation Savings That Will Float Your Boat: How to Find a Boat Rental Anywhere

The internet is all wet. And that’s a good thing. In the last 2 years, or so, a number of companies have brought digital order to the fractured world of boat rentals, allowing…

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It's Deal Season! These Cruises Are Less than $100 a night—Plus Some Summer Booking Promotions

The Grand Princess. Credit: Princess CruisesEvery month, we ask our friends at AllThingsCruise.com to tell us about the best bargains in cruises at the moment. Here's what…

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Don't Look Now, But I'm Again Venting My Spleen About the Harry Potter Theme Parks in Orlando

On a recent visit to Orlando, Florida, I finally went to the much-publicized, much-acclaimed Harry Potter exhibit at Universal Studios' "Islands of Adventure", and was…

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Heading to the Beach? Park Yourself Under a Shady Palm Tree with One of These Three Engrossing, New Travel Memoirs and Histories

Sometimes the only thing more delightful than lying on a beach and reading a book is, well, lying on a beach and reading a book about travel. This summer, happily, a slew of…

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When Traveling by Air, You Can Do Yourself a World of Good by Performing Certain Exercises Either in Your Seat or at the Back of the Plane

One of the joys of my life is an exercise class I take twice a week, at which people my age engage in rhythmic stretching, light weight-lifting, balancing, leg strengthening, and…

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"Road Scholar" is Operating the Same Praiseworthy Trips That its Predecessor, "Elderhostel", Had Offered for Nearly 40 Years

Although it widely publicized and explained its change of name several years ago, when it went from "Elderhostel" to "Road Scholar", the resulting organization is not always fully…

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When Travel Vendors Demand Your Home Address, Do You Have to Give it?

How much do they have the right to know about you?Because I travel so much, I use a post office box. It's a simple security trick that I recommend to everyone who…

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More Visitors to New York City Are Spending a Considerable Amount of Time in Brooklyn, Not Only for Their Lodgings But For Their Cultural Entertainment

Would-be visitors to New York City face a dreadful paradox.  On the one hand, they yearn to experience The Big Apple.  But when they call for a hotel reservation, they encounter…

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Foreign River Cruises Are the Big Travel Hit of 2014, But Whether They're For You is an Open Question

River cruises are the big success of the current travel season:  as amazing as it may seem, no fewer than 53 new river cruiseships will bejoining an already-large number this year…

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The Questions Put to our Weekly Radio Program Reveal Broadly-Held Travel Concerns--As Witness the Following

Although some of the questions put to us on our weekly radio program may seem rather ordinary at first, they nevertheless reflect widespread concerns about problems in travel.…

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Nickel and Diming at Sea: Extra Charges for On-Board Entertainment

There have been times I've felt that someone should be paying me for sitting through the shows that pass for entertainment onboard some cruise lines. That being said, cruise ship…

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A Website Called Wanderu is Now Able to Advise You About Nearly All the Low-Cost Bus Services for Travel in the U.S.A

With the recent expansion of a major internet site for booking bus transportation, the bus has come into its own as a major method for travel within the United States.  None other…

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Tourism to Machu Picchu Has Virtually Exploded in Recent Years, Despite the Refutation of Its Most Popular Explanation

In the world of travel, Machu PIcchu, the famed "Lost City of the Andes", occupies an increasingly-high position.  Currently, more than 1,000,000 tourists a year are visiting…

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A New App for Your Cellphone or Tablet Lets You Read Magazines for Free, But only at an Airport or in the Plane!

If an entrepreneur were to create a cellphone app that permitted you to read various magazines free of charge, that wouldn't be a news event suitable for…

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A Number of the Questions Recently Posed to Our Weekly Radio Program Reveal Strong Concerns About Problems in Travel

Although some of the questions put to our Sunday radio program may seem rather ordinary at first, they nevertheless reflect widespread concerns about problems in travel.  Here…

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Frequent Changes for Frequent Flyer Programs: Another Consumer Unfriendly Switcheroo Is on the Horizon

Lassie may be loyal. But flyers—at least those who aren’t business travelers—may want to ditch that strategy.That’s the only conclusion to come to after the latest announcement…

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These Upcoming Cruises are Selling from $65 a Night

Periodically, we ask our friends at AllThingsCruise.com to fill us in on the best bargains in cruises at the moment. Here's what they suggested, where to book them, and…

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Tourism to Machu Picchu Has Virtually Exploded in Recent Years, Despite the Refutation of Bingham's Theory About It

In the world of travel, Machu PIcchu, the famed "Lost City of the Andes", occupies an increasingly-high position.  Currently, more than 1,000,000 tourists a year are visiting this…