When their child got sick only hours before a big trip, this family not only had travel insurance, they had something that turned out to be a trip saver, the tour operator’s travel waiver-insurance package.
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Hawaii
On this Memorial Day, Ned Levi discusses visiting three war memorials, The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, Pearl Harbor, and Omaha Beach, and gives thanks to our service men and women for their sacrifices.
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Are opaque deals a good deal? Besides issues like the fact that star ratings don’t allow for a preference for modern or traditional, small or large, and many other differences between hotels, there are also other even more important and dramatic differences between hotels with the same star ratings.
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The Christmas pantybomber has sent the Transportation Security Adminstration into hysterics. A overseas lapse in our intelligence gathering operations has resulted in a series of hard-to-explain TSA actions making local and national headlines.
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Yes, the after-Christmas sales are in full swing. With particularly good deals on candy, cards, and decorations. But no, this post is not a joke. Travelers planning a vacation for next year’s Christmas break, especially the week between Christmas and New Year, should consider making plans soon, because this year is going to be especially tough.
Here’s the 2010 calendar wrinkle. December 25, 2010 is on a Saturday.
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In a press release announcing the filing, headlined “Business Will Continue Unaffected”, Mesa claimed that, “Customers can be assured that tickets will continue to be sold and honored, all terms and conditions governing tickets purchased remain the same, and our frequent flyer program remains intact.” That’s a lie.
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Ned Levi discusses the problems of using the digital zoom in today’s point and shoot digital camera’s. He explains how using a digital zoom can result in your travel photos being both noisy and blurry. Ned suggests you generally turn off digital zoom.
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A Holland America Line ship was turned away at a Limón, Costa Rica port because of a dockworkers strike.
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Even though Kim Ryan’s airline just went out of business, her online travel agent assures her she’ll still be able to fly to Hawaii for her honeymoon. But that doesn’t happen. She’s forced to buy a new ticket and spend an extra night on the island, and now the travel agency is dragging its feet on a refund. Can this honeymoon be saved?
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Hawaii is a dream destination for many people. And it can be even more of a dream when friends have extra space in their condo, or you have enough hotel points for a free stay. Or any of a number of other situations where you have free or highly discounted accommodations. Sometimes you don’t even have to rent a car.
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