Just ask Steve Wolf, who happens to be an expert on photographic evidence. When he recently rented a car in Denver, he instinctively started videotaping his rental from every angle,…
This year, hotels will take in a record $2.25 billion in revenue from fees and surcharges, 6 percent more than in 2013 and nearly double that of a decade ago,…
The Remarkables ski area near Queenstown, New Zealand, is one of several large ski areas that has been making snow at record rates after the warmest start to winter ever…
In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in a…
Most airline tickets are nonrefundable and require a hefty change fee plus any fare differential. And many hotel rooms are totally nonrefundable and nonchangeable, so you could lose the entire…
One day, I asked my boss why it was like this, and she replied, “This is what Americans like to eat.” The funny thing is that’s exactly how it is…
Safety improves as airline industry expands worldwide
After years of putting up with blackout dates, broken promises and bait-and-switch games, American travelers – particularly air travelers – are saying “Enough!” They’re refusing to play the loyalty-program game,…
Matt Guthmiller, 19, completed the more than 29,000-mile journey in a leased single-engine airplane late Monday night when he touched down at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. Guthmiller made…
“Alabama The Beautiful” signs that have stood at the state line since 2003 will be replaced with green and white signs saying “Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama.” The new signs…
In the past few years, some of the biggest car rental companies have added the finest cars money can buy to their fleets. Alongside the practical Toyotas and Fords are…
Seems impossible, right? These strategies can make trips fun for everyone
I am writing to you for advice and help regarding a most frustrating experience with booking award travel and the resulting confusion and lack of help from United Airlines. My…
Q: Last March, I rented a vehicle from Hertz in Los Angeles. When I picked up the car, I noticed that the car had seen better days and had some…
That ancient appeal draws in backpackers eager for adventure as well as divers ready to gawk at its bustling reefs or plunge into its famed Blue Hole. Belize has all…
There’s no need to leave money for a hotel housekeeper. The median hourly pay for U.S. hotel housekeepers is $9.21, a spokeswoman for the UNITE HERE union says. The union’s…
Officials at La Brea Tar Pits are reopening a shuttered exhibition hall and reactivating an excavation site, allowing visitors to watch as workers dig for prehistoric fossils from a pool…
Today, the limos have been decommissioned and repurposed as Havana taxicabs, at the service of tourists who want a little slice of history to go with their ride across town.…
When I motored south from Alsace, France, to the Italian Alps not long ago, I failed to do that. It resulted in one of the scariest moments of my life.…
Clean Commute Week will kick off today at Durango Farmers Market
“Wi-Fi Before You Fly. Now Free,” it announced. Saving a speck of time and trouble, Parker tapped directly into the service offered by the airport, where fliers without their own…
Tourists enjoy the sunset on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. World Cup tourists should prepare to dig deep into their wallets. It’s not just the hotels and flights…
Q: I recently flew from Washington to Chattanooga, Tenn., on US Airways, because my mother was ill. I planned to stay three days, but her condition worsened, and we put…
But simple as that sounds, in practice it’s not always that easy. Let me say right from the outset that I hardly started out as the world’s smartest traveler. But…
