All Posts Tagged With: "air travel"
Travel During The Holidays and Pay Double for Your Stuff
With the holiday season already being touted in stores playing Christmas songs, it may be that time to start checking into the travel costs for gathering with family and friends. As travel costs continue to steadily increase, travelers this holiday season can expect to pay double or more just to take their luggage with them. [...]
Airlines Extend Surcharges
Remember the days when you would board an aircraft, nestle into your economy seat and rock back to take in a movie, have a complimentary light meal and non-alcoholic beverage? Once upon a time, flight attendants would shake you awake to have a cup of coffee or juice if you happened to doze off when [...]
One Last Summer Travel Getaway
Today, many are packing up their cars or preparing to board aircraft for a last summer getaway. Already, the cooler temperatures across the Midwest and eastern shore are previewing the change of seasons. AAA predicts that 39.1 million are taking a Labor Day vacation, which represents a 13.3 percent decrease compared to last year’s record [...]
Got Passport? Will Travel
A tightening of the belt for passport requirements went into effect on June 1st, 2009 for U.S. travelers. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) now requires valid passports for land and sea travel with the continued exception for “closed-loop” cruises. These are cruises that originate and terminate at the same U.S. port. This leniency applies [...]
USAirways Hijacks Bags: Increased Carry-On Luggage Crowding Planes
The imposed fees for checking bags on most airlines (Southwest Airlines excluded) have caused an increase of carry-on baggage on flights and crowded overhead compartments. Not to mention very little leg room under the seats as the aircrafts seem to be stuffed to capacity! However, during recent flights I have seen carry-on bags that make [...]
Air Travel Safety Awareness Heightened Resulting from US Airways Miracle Landing
The miraculous outcome of the recent US Airways emergency landing in the Hudson River provides the opportunity to reflect on safety issues when flying. When flying, have travelers become complacent? It appears that the first major airline incident of 2009 has heightened awareness of the importance of airline and travel safety. TripAdvisor® just announced the [...]
Airline Travel: Scoring Flying Deals
Traveling often for business in December and January, there is one distinct change I have noticed with airline travel and that is the abundance of great ticket prices, even on short notice. These flying deals are being offered amongst many airlines and even a few such as AirTran have announced New Year’s deals starting as [...]
Twas a Few Nights Before Traveling…
Travelers everywhere are checking their list and checking it twice to ensure not a gift or accessory is missed in the hustle and bustle of holiday travel. When preparing to spend the holidays away or even just departing to grandma’s house on Christmas Day, there are some perfect holiday gifts not to be missed. These [...]
A Holiday Travel Gift: More Americans Traveling this Season
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales surged, the travel industry is experiencing a predicted increase this holiday season with 42 percent traveling for the holidays, an increase compared to last year. Stemming from its holiday travel survey, TripAdvisor® reports of those traveling for the holidays, 66 percent plan to drive and 52 percent will [...]
Thanksgiving Travel: Americans Preparing for Busy Holiday Trips
In less than one week, travelers will be packing up the cars, turkeys and suitcases on the way to “grandma’s house” for a Thanksgiving holiday. Or perhaps a travel destination this holiday might be to the beach or a shopping mall. TripAdvisor® and AAA have announced the results of its Thanksgiving travel survey and forecasts and [...]
Holiday Travel Tips: Thanksgiving Kicks Off Travel Traditions
Holiday traditions? Every Thanksgiving, a tradition for many travelers is making the trek to New York City to experience the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (airs live on November 27th, 2008 at 9am EST on NBC). For those who do not make the trip, they can still witness this amazing event from the comfort of their [...]
Purchasing Airline Tickets? It’s the a la carte line…
In 2008 the friendly skies have not been so friendly. Travelers have been hit with outrageous fees on top of fees for everything ranging from traveling with luggage to reserving a seat. Capacity has been reduced and routes eliminated. It is surprising the airlines have not started charging a reservation fee for oxygen in case of [...]
No Free in Flying
The airlines are not showing any signs of slowdown with continuing to hit travelers with additional fees for items that were once free. Even for those frequent fliers who have earned miles and the benefits of free tickets, this advantage is becoming no more. This week alone, JetBlue announced with much criticism its new charge [...]
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