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Pay To Pee?

When the airlines started charging for everything from pillows to soft drinks and baggage, many of us, facetiously, wondered out loud when the airline would start...

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Banning Kids From Flying

Most Americans aren’t anti-kids. Just the ones that fly it seems. A recent on line chat had a curmudgeonly majority of flyers saying kids don’t belong on planes....

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Six Star Ratings Fraud!

My jaw dropped when an on line travel review site announced that it would add a new tier to its Star Services ratings for hotels: Six Stars. What qualifies as s a...

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Drugging Kids on Planes

When we created a Travel Video PostCard video a year or more ago about the practice of some parents giving their kids Benadryl or a related...

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Lost Luggage Nightmares

Lost Luggage Nightmare [email protected]’s a nightmare. We drag our luggage through security and customs. And break our backs jamming them in the overhead bins.Then there’s the...

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Honeymoons to Familymoons

 Honeymoons to  FamilymoonsChrissy and Herb Strickland from Florida were getting married.But this time, a second marriage for both, it wasn’t just between them.They...

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How Not To Travel Like An “Ugly American”

It's part of travel's enduring mythology: The American tourist, unable to manage even a few sentences in any language other than English, and oblivious to the cutlure and traditions...

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Ten Things To Remember Before You Fly

This past year I've been up in the air on a variety of airlines, and left up in the air -- by air travel, hotel, car rental and computer glitches -- more times than I can ever recall.  I hope my...

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Mt Fuji, Japan: A Climb For the Whole Family

For the adventurous family looking for exhilaration and a summertime-only adventure, plan a hike up Japan's famous cone-shaped Mt. Fuji in Japan. The...

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