Tagged: movies

Travel Troubleshooter: A Married Name, A Singular Headache

Shaun Francis' daughter has the wrong name on her airline ticket. It's her married name, and her passport still has her maiden name. The airline is happy to fix the ticket -- for a…

Mad at the Airlines? 4 Ways to Get Even

Are you ready for the airline passenger uprising of 2008?Get ready. It's coming. You can hear it in conversations with other travelers: the whispers of imminent action. You can…

Five Things You Shouldn't Wear on a Plane

Shorts. High heels. Cologne. Even if you're just an occasional air traveler, you probably know better than to wear any of those on board. Heavy perfumes can fog up the cramped…

Travel Health & Safety: Safest Airlines & Planes

Just what is going on with airline safety these days? With the grounding of thousands of flights by American Airlines and a couple of hundred by other companies, is something…

Dinosaur Digging and Fossil Finding Trips

If you've ever seen the face of a three year old running through New York's Museum of Natural History's fourth floor, then you will know just how fascinated children are by dinosaurs…

Travel Troubleshooter: AirTran, Where's My Refund?

When AirTran cancels Daniel Richards' flight from Savannah, Ga., to Atlanta, a supervisor offers him two options: Either get rebooked on a flight tomorrow, or rent a car at the…

Travel Troubleshooter: When the Check's Not in the Mail

A Days Inn property offers a Roman Catholic priest a tax refund. No, that's not the opening line of a joke -- unless playing phone tag and hearing excuses is funny to you. It isn't to…

Greek Island Prices Go Down After the Summer Sun Sets

Cast you mind back to that schmaltzy 1980's chick flick Summer Lovers (www.summer-lovers.net) -- you know the one -- set in idyllic Santorini, in the heat of a passionate summer with…

Must-Have Summer Spa Treatments

Rapper Nelly was probably not talking about the stresses of summer heat when he said, "It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes." But, there's no denying that when…

Summer is Looking Extra Green (and White) in Greenland

Until last month, flying to Greenland from the U.S. was a complicated exercise and involved a series of connections in Denmark, Sweden or Iceland. But fortunately Air Greenland (tel.…

Paradise Not Lost: Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam

Months ago my boyfriend and I decided to embark on a two week jaunt around Vietnam without either of us knowing much about the region. What we gathered from friends and colleagues was…

Love Beyond Valentine's Day: Cruise Line Romance, Wedding & Honeymoon Packages

Maybe love can't be bought, but the goods we use to express that love sure can. Some people say it with diamonds, others with 60-inch plasma televisions, and others with big plates…