Mobile devices are threatening inflight entertainment revenues. Airlines are raising the checked baggage fees. Mexico is grounding airlines.
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Mexico
The Mexican government is launching a massive campaign to lure tourists back to the country after the outbreak of swine flu or more correctly, the H1N1 virus. But some people wonder whether or not government officials and the media went too far in dramatizing its seriousness and crippling a sector of the country’s economy.
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Here’s a swine flu story with a happy ending. Back in March, I booked a trip for three women who wanted an inexpensive girls mini-break: three nights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta.
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When Jessica Santangelo and her husband check in at the Hertz rental counter in Zagreb, they’re told they have to buy insurance. But Santangelo had been told she was fully covered before her trip. Should Hertz refund her insurance now that she’s home?
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In a report released Monday, the Department of Transportation Inspector General stated that Southern California’s Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility (TRACON) relies heavily on inexperienced trainees as well as Northern California’s TRACON near Sacramento.
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Midwife-delivered Latino Americans born in the Southwest continued to be unable to obtain a passport even after supplying countless extra documentation. Ned Levi has heard from those who have been affected, and updates us on this serious problem.
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Do I need a passport to cruise? It’s the biggest question from readers and travel agents say there’s plenty of confusion regarding the U.S. State Department’s guidelines. Here’s the real deal with cruising and the new passport rules launching June 1, 2009.
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Donald Dinsmore’s daughter and son-in-law cancel their Mexico trip and are promised a refund by Apple Vacations. But even though they bought cancellation insurance, they’re only being offered a fraction of the price they paid. What can they do?
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Volaris, a low cost carrier airline based in Toluca, Mexico, is expecting to break into the US market by the fourth quarter of 2009.
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The State Department has issued a strongly-worded Travel Alert for US citizens traveling and living in Mexico. Bottom line: next time you go south of the border, you have to be street smart.
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