As a country the United States is sometimes hard to understand. On one hand, we claim to want to have foreign tourists visit us for both the interpersonal interactions and for the positive balance of trade that tourism produces. On the other hand, we treat incoming airline passengers like criminals and charge everyone who wants to visit.
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Ned Levi explores the problems US travelers are having using their magnetic stripe technology based US credit cards in Europe, which uses “chip and pin” technology, and what plans, if any, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have to mitigate their US cardholders’ problems who travel internationally.
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Ryanair has long had a credit card surcharge on their tickets. Of course, Ryanair is also the airline whose CEO seriously talked about pay toilets, so it’s hardly a mainstream carrier.
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Looking to getaway this winter? What could be more fun than sailing to an exotic port while the folks back home are shoveling snow? More cruise ships are afloat and more departure ports exist than ever before. Even better, all this extra capacity means better deals. How do you get the best one? Here are five tips.
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With less than a month to go on a month-long trip, it’s crunch time for Nick Hawkins as he hops on the Trans-Siberian Railway for a solo adventure. But in true 2009 style, the adventure will be tracked by GPS, Twittered, blogged and Facebooked the entire way.
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The UK Foreign Office is warning thousands of tourists that they could be turned away at US Airports and ports as a new online entry system comes into effect.
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If you’ve flown out of Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport recently and you’ve used one of their check in-kiosks, you may want to check your credit card statement and your credit report. An investigation is underway on the security of its 150 self-service check-in kiosks.
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