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Why Doesn’t American Airlines Care About Its Passengers: Be Careful What Time You Check In for a Flight

I read an article of View From The Wing describing how a passenger who arrived 50 minutes before his flight time was denied check in privileges and then had his ticket cancelled.  The quick story was this passenger at Orlando Melbourne Airport arrived for an American Airlines Flight 50 minutes before his flight’s scheduled departure.  […]

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Don’t Let Appearances Fool You: The Surprising Truth About the Dirtiest Spots in Your Hotel Room

I found an article on Travel and Leisure in which they describe the dirtiest parts of a hotel room.  Their list includes: This list pretty includes all aspects of a hotel room.  The items they do not include are all the handles on the furniture, keypads on safes, doorknobs and faucets.  I would also include

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Hotels Adding Junk Fees: How to Avoid Paying for Parking in Non-Urban Areas

I saw an article on Reddit regarding the trend for Marriotts charging for parking in non-urban locations.  I had the same experience with a Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut.  It appears to be an evolving trend that’s frustrating travelers nationwide, hotels in suburban and non-urban areas are increasingly implementing parking fees—a charge once almost exclusively

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The Yelp Illusion: Why Top-Rated Restaurants Are Often Overrated Tourist Traps Rather Than Good Restaurants

When you are traveling and want to find a good restaurant, one of the first stops is Yelp.  They curate multiple reviews (in excess of 287 million) from various sources to generate over 178 million unique visitors a month.  But the question is are the reviews reliable? Let’s look at New York City. I picked

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