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This weekend’s snowstorm in the eastern United States shut down several major airports and stranded tens of thousands of airline passengers. Most flights are operating normally this morning, but there’s always the trip home. I asked Howard Altschule, a meteorologist with Forensic Weather Consultants, what to do when weather threatens to ground your next flight.
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If your immediate travel itinerary includes a train trip on the Eurostar, you’d better make alternative reservations and hope. Eurostar has announced it’s suspending service indefinitely until the company is able to rectify the most recent problems that caused trains to break down and passengers to be stranded. With Christmas only days away, more than [...]
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WeatherUnderground.com has just launched a new mashup of Goggle Maps with their weather information. The directions will now include weather-related information as well as directions.
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Heavy snow last Monday forced Air France to cancel 150 out of 400 scheduled flights from Roissy. Three thousand passengers had to stay at nearby hotels while another 2000 people camped out in the airport’s terminals. Paris simply isn’t prepared for snow or frigid temperatures.
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Karen Fawcett’s last leg of her Asian trip ends with chaos and misinformation in the good old USA. Yes, the weather gods were not cooperating with the airlines. She asks, “Is that any reason to give passengers misinformation?”
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How to survive a travel day from hell? Karen Fawcett says, “Think spa, massage and relaxation before embarking on a long-haul trip.”
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After your plane has landed on Baltra Island, while waiting for the zodiac to take you to your boat, you see sea lions lounging on the dock. You pull out your camera, press the “on” button, and nothing happens. You forgot to charge the battery. Ned Levi has a great list of tips to do before you leave on your trip, so you’re prepared to take great travel photos.
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Why is it 50 degrees in Orlando this morning, which may be a record low? Global climate change? A fluke? No. One Orlando resort is taking the blame for the cold snap.
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You’ve just arrived at Reagan National Airport in time to catch a flight to Boston Logan airport. You then find out that your flight has been delayed because of thunderstorms. But the storms aren’t in Washington or in Boston — they’re in New York, where your plane is parked.
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