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How bad is the fear of travel right now? So bad that even people in the travel industry are staying home. Annie Gofus, a Washington, D.C., travel agent who founded the site Wunderbird, isn’t going...
DATE: June 19, 2020 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
Marriott, Hilton and other big hotel companies are used to competing on price or perks. Now they are competing on cleanliness. From masked clerks at the front desk to shuttered buffets, hotels are...
DATE: June 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Can you be too sick to fly? In light of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s a question consumer advocates are raising with new urgency. They’re fighting for regulations that would require airlines to...
DATE: June 8, 2020 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
DENPASAR, Indonesia – A Ukrainian man who fell into an abandoned well and broke his leg while being chased by a wild dog on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was rescued after being trapped for...
DATE: June 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
NEW ORLEANS – For Jack Greenwood, New Orleans’ COVID-19 lockdowns brought sadness, but also a revelation: He was making more acquaintances with fellow residents – people he might not have noticed...
DATE: June 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure-seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water. Visitors to Yellowstone National Park...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Sheree Davis was one of hundreds of thousands of air travelers eager to know how loyalty programs would treat them after the pandemic. So she was excited when American Airlines recently announced...
DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. One of the nation’s...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Last year, supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines when she shared a video of herself very thoroughly sanitizing her Qatar Airlines seat. There were disinfecting wipes involved, plastic gloves and...
DATE: May 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
VENICE, Italy – In Venice, a city famous for being visited by too many and home to too few, children’s play now fills neighborhood squares, fishermen sell their catch to home cooks and water buses...
DATE: May 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
LAS VEGAS – Free parking, but no valet service. Bartenders, blackjack dealers and waiters wearing masks. Hand sanitizer everywhere. Yes, dice will roll, cards will be dealt and slot machines will...
DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Celeste Gray used to travel without a plan, which allowed her “plenty of room for spontaneity.” But when she found herself stranded in Spain on Sept. 12, 2001, she discovered the importance of...
DATE: May 22, 2020 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
