Tagged: politics

Travel Troubleshooter: Dead Passengers Can't Use a Flight Credit

David Walters' wife passes away before they can fly from Dallas to Midland, Texas. But when he asks his online travel agency for a refund, it refuses, saying the airline will only…

Beyond the Beach: 5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do in Los Cabos

Los Cabos, at the end of the Baja Peninsula, is the district between two former fishing villages -- Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. With the sea and white-sand beaches backed…

Learn Travel Writing in Sunny Key West

With our own Bob Fisher as guide, discover how to shape and market your writing, whether it be for a travel memoir or a book, short articles or material for an app, in the Key West…

Four Secrets for Upgrading Your Next Vacation

Think this is bad? It could get worse. Much worse. Travel is still at the beginning of its long descent into mediocrity. Airlines seem to invent new surcharges and passenger-hostile…

After the Quake: Chile's Tourism is Open for Business

While the aftershocks of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake are expected to continue for up to a month, many in Chile's tourism industry are concerned that they'll feel the rumblings in…

Knockin' on Heaven's Door: Wisconsin's Shore Bet Vacation Destination

The first time I heard someone describe Door County Wisconsin, as "The Cape Cod of the Midwest," I rolled my eyes. I'd spent a week on the Cape nearly every summer of my childhood,…

How to Have a Home Away from Home in Europe

For anyone who has opted for a vacation rental rather than staying at a hotel, I am preaching to the converted -- but novices should begin considering alternate accommodation when…

You Won't Waste Away on Isla Margarita

I was so pleasantly surprised when I visited the beautiful Isla de Margarita -- I had not expected such a diverse vacation destination nor the idyllic beaches, the friendly locals or…