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Hertz to Pay $168 Million to Falsely Arrested Customers—From Its Insurance

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 12/08/2022, 12:30 PM

We have an update to the ongoing scandal involving the Hertz Corporation, which was accused by hundreds of customers of reporting them to police for stealing cars that were lawfully rented. The lawsuits by onetime customers have been mounting for several years. In one typical incident that was caught on video, a Pennsylvania customer was hauled into police custody when she was accused of stealing ...

The End of Tourism in Bali? Indonesia Outlaws Sex Outside Marriage—For Visitors Too

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 12/06/2022, 6:30 AM

The slow creep of religious supremacism in world government has claimed a new victim: one of the planet's most beloved tropical destinations. On Tuesday the parliament of Indonesia, the third-largest democracy on the planet, passed a raft of some 600 new laws, and under one of them, unmarried couples who have sexual relations can be jailed for up to a year. The new rules, if signed by the preside...

Auf Wiedersehen, Airplane Mode! Europe Allows Smartphone Use on Flights

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 12/02/2022, 5:00 PM

Passengers on flights within the European Union will soon be able to use their cell phones with no restrictions, thanks to a decision by the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's governing body. "Airlines will be able to provide the latest 5G technology on their planes, alongside previous mobile technology generations," a press release from the Commission states. That would mean no more hav...

In Spain, Cheap High-Speed Rail Is Now the Norm

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/29/2022, 6:00 PM

Spain's golden age of affordable high-speed rail has arrived. Last week a new company called Iryo launched fast train service between Madrid and Barcelona, with routes to Valencia, Seville, Málaga, Córdoba, and other Spanish cities scheduled to open in the coming months. Traveling at speeds up to 360kph (224 mph), Iryo's trains can cover the roughly 600km (373 miles) between Spain's two most po...

Hilton to Evict Global Tiki Icon Trader Vic's London on Dec. 31

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 11/27/2022, 7:00 PM

The London Hilton on Park Lane has reportedly notified the management of Trader Vic's, a historic icon of tiki bar culture, that its last day in business will be December 31, 2022, a few months shy of its 60th anniversary.Trader Vic's opened along with the hotel in 1963, when worldwide enthusiasm for Polynesian-inflected tiki style was at its midcentury peak. At the time, the London Hilton on Park ...

Bar Harbor, Maine, Votes to Limit Cruise Passengers, Setting Stage for a Fight

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/21/2022, 12:45 PM

Amid all the U.S. election news earlier this month, you might have missed a development that could have a significant impact on travelers. Voters in the picturesque town of Bar Harbor, Maine, the gateway to Acadia National Park, approved a measure to cap the number of cruise passengers who can come ashore to no more than 1,000 per day. Given that, as The Points Guy observes, some ships that sto...

The Year's Best and Worst U.S. Airports Named in New Ranking

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/18/2022, 1:30 PM

Northern California has the best airports in the United States and the New York City area has the worst, according to a new ranking from the Wall Street Journal. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) topped the newspaper's 2022 list of the best large U.S. airports, while Sacramento International Airport (SMF; pictured above) came in first in the ranking of midsize airports. Rating the countr...

Disney Prices Are Climbing Again: Strategies for Making the Parks Cheaper

By Pauline Frommer

Posted on 11/15/2022, 3:00 PM

If you’ve ever read anything about D-Day, you know about the intense planning, subterfuge, and calculation that went into pulling off that epic World War II landing. With Walt Disney World’s recent announcement that ticket prices are rising to their highest levels ever, families attempting to create an affordable Disney vacation in Florida will have to strategize just as carefully as Eisenhower and...

A Rare Fee Reduction! The TSA Trims the Cost of PreCheck

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 11/07/2022, 4:00 PM

You don't see this very often these days: prices going down. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration and its enrollment partner IDEMIA, eager to get more travelers signed up for the queue-cutting TSA PreCheck program, have marked down the price of membership. The enrollment fee is now $78, down from $85.Members of TSA PreCheck are issued a special Known Traveler Number (KTN) valid for 5 y...

Times Are Changing: Why You Should Use Your Loyalty Points As Soon As Possible

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 11/04/2022, 7:30 AM

The corporations that dominate the world responded to the aftermath of the pandemic downturn in their own ways, but there's a common impulse among most of them: recover as much lost income as possible. Since the world opened back up, businesses have been hell-bent on making back the money they missed, even if doing so puts the squeeze on consumers. That has meant flagrant price increases (contribu...

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