The Consumer Travel Alliance Thanksgiving travel survey just closed. Thanks to everyone who participated. The picture of our readers and whether they were traveling and how they made their reservations are revealing.
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After examining the airlines’ and airports’ adoption of new technologies, Ned has some suggestions for improvements which would help passengers, reduce lost luggage, and the increase the bottom line.
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While America’s passenger railroads listen to passengers and add “quiet cars,” US airlines are considering permitting inflight Internet phone use. Ned explores the problems of inflight phone communication.
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AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s top budget carrier, is giving away 100,000 “free” tickets to Thailand to support the nation’s tourist industry that was badly impacted last year when the Bangkok airport was closed because of political demonstrations.
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It wasn’t so long ago that when you went on a business trip you could tell your boss that you will be unreachable for a few hours. Now that wireless Internet service is spreading among US airlines, you can’t use that excuse anymore.
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When Internet users think “travel” they think maps. As in MapQuest and Google Maps. Both sites together account for nearly 20 percent of travel-related Internet traffic, according to Hitwise.
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How do you plan your travel itinerary? Options range from using travel agents to exclusively booking online. Study after study confirms that the majority of travelers are likely to view between three and five websites, including social sites, before making a final purchase decision.
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Remember all those years when you wished your hotel would get with the times and have a nice desk for working with an Internet hookup? Lots of them do now. But not all of them.
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Unlike Rush Limbaugh, my big problem with pornography is when it’s pushed on someone who doesn’t want it. On an airplane it’s virtually impossible to read a pornographic magazine, watch a XXX movie, or scroll through photos on a “porn” website without imposing the pornography on other passengers.
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After this week’s stock market plunge, some people think they’ll never be able to retire — much less afford another vacation. Maybe not.
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