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Sure, the latest customer surveys suggest customer satisfaction scores have plummeted to their lowest levels in years. (How bad is it? In one notable case, the industry celebrated a customer-approval grade of C-.) And if you read this column, you can try to count the many times the travel industry has let its customers down.
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The worst part of travel is actually coming home. One day you are in Peru, gaping at Machu Picchu or in Quebec City, learning about why the English and the French both coveted the area. Maybe you’ve been cycling in Italy, trekking in Nepal, cruising down the Nile in Egypt, or sauna hopping in Finland. The next day, you open the door to your digs and…chaos.
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If you are one of those lucky people whose family gets along superbly, who looks forward to flying or driving to visit family on holidays or special occasions, who can’t wait until the family gets together again, who slid out of the birth canal into a functional family, then stop reading–this article is definitely not for you.
If, on the other hand, you start popping Valium, drinking vodka or meditating obsessively two weeks before you have to go home (or wherever your family convenes), then, by all means, read on.
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These are hard times for clothing-optional travelers.
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Pop quiz: When Americans go on vacation, how do they travel?
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Summer is in full swing and despite the recession, some of us are still managing to get away for a little R&R. We have worked real hard all winter to shed those winter pounds to get into holiday shape. Some of us are still working at it. So now it’s time to be on vacation, looking good. Why gain back the pounds we worked so hard to lose?
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Had a bad trip? No you didn’t. It wasn’t as terrible as these vacations, which come to us courtesy of the Titanic Awards.
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Bad news: Business travel is flatlining, and will continue to flatline for the next four years, according to a new projection from Egencia and the National Business Travel Association. More bad news: It’s probably going to affect your next vacation.
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If you’re on vacation, chances are you’re checking email. Repeatedly. Obsessively. So says a new survey by Sprint.
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Vacations are getting shorter and staying closer to home, new data from the Web site NileGuide.com suggests.
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