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Care of risqué Medieval sculpture, Canada and her Olympics, Stratton, Vermont, revels in deep snow

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This collection of ads, the Continental ones above and the old PanAm and United Air Lines ads below focus on something that we seem to have lost in the airline business — customer service. When we look back at these ads below or even watch contemporary ads made for Continental, the last remaining airline to serve meals in coach on domestic routes, there is certainly a sense of once upon a time.

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And now an update on an interview I published last week with United Airlines regarding the viral video controversy, United Breaks Guitars.

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When something goes wrong on a United Airlines flight, Barbara Higgins hears about it. And as the company’s vice president of customer contact centers, she heard — or rather saw — trouble when she opened her mailbox a few weeks ago and watched the viral video United Breaks Guitars. But no one could have anticipated [...]

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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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You get this: Video uploads to YouTube from mobile phones jumped 1,700 percent in a week. The mobile video revolution has begun. And no one will be more affected than travelers.

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Good thing YouTube isn’t losing as much money as everyone thought, because when it comes to posting your vacation videos online, you probably don’t want to waste your time anywhere else. But I’m getting a little ahead of myself.

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One of the most popular cameras on the number one photo-sharing site isn’t a camera at all. It’s the Apple iPhone. I mention this for two reasons. First, because a new iPhone is being released June 19. And second, because it now includes a feature that promises to change the way we travel: a video camera.

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I wanted to like the Canon Vixia HFS10. I really did. I own two Canon cameras — the mercurial Canon 1D Mark III and the forgiving Canon EOS 40D — but when it comes to video, I’ve always shot Sony. Still, the HFS10 looked like the ideal travel companion. It was compact, light, had a terrific lens and most important of all, it seemed easy to use. But looks can be a little deceiving.

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Like so many things in life, the latest Flip Ultra is two steps forward and one step back. At $199, this compact HD video camera is less expensive than the sleek Flip Mino. But it’s also bulkier than its little brother in several ways.

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