Vancouver

Qantas flight forced to make an emergency landing and deplane by forklift, use an iPad as your personal tour guide, Olympics could be bad for London tourism

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Victor Block takes us to Vancouver where the city sits nestled between the wavelets of the Pacific and the rising mountains. It is model of yin and yang from nature to its population.

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We all race through airports to Jetways and we all have passed by scores of airport concessions. Sometimes, we end up spending more time than we want to at these concessions biding our time for pending flights. A real fact of post-9/11 travel life is that airport concessions behind the TSA security wall are now more important than ever to passengers.

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Contributor Lynn Rosen set out on a walk and ride through Vancouver last week to experience the Olympic spirit coursing through the city’s streets. Vancouver seemed to be one long frat party and street celebration during the Olympics. Her video shows another side of the Olympics, a gathering of the world’s citizens. The competition provided an excuse to party.

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A video look at too fat to fly, lessons from an aircraft carrier and a look at ski resorts in British Columbia.

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Here are a few short videos to whet your appetite for the Winter Olympics. These are commercials for the Olympics seen in Canada, Britain, Germany and Austria most Americans won’t see. The mountains surrounding Vancouver and the city itself will be showcased to the world. May the weather gods shine favorably. We start off with [...]

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Here is an interview with a pickpocket done in Pamplona, Spain, during the Running of the Bulls. Many of us have been pickpocketed, but few have had the opportunity to meet a pickpocket face to face and speak with the likable fellow. Watch and learn how easy it is to lose what you don’t take care of. The rest of these videos focus on Canada with the Winter Olympics coming up in Vancouver on the Pacific side of the country, and Quebec’s Winter Carnival and skiing going full blast on the other side of the country.

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Linda Kirby prepays for a rental car through Priceline, but when she tries to pick up the car, she’s denied. The reason? She doesn’t have a credit card. Now Priceline is balking at a refund. Is there any hope for her?

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