Tired of high hotel rates and airfares this summer? Just wait. Travel prices may be about to go into a tailspin — again.
The Travel Critic
When Linda Foy checks in for her flight, she’s told she has no airline tickets. But wait! Didn’t her online travel agent, Expedia, just confirm her flights? And will Expedia now refund the new tickets she must buy?
This isn’t a political column, but when I heard the next president of the United States, Sarah Palin, announce she belongs to the party of “no” — actually, make that the party of “hell no” — I thought for a moment she was talking about the travel industry.
If you don’t have the time or the money for vacation this summer, maybe you can spare a few hours for a daycation.
As a lawyer, Sam Wyrick is no stranger to fine print. So when Spirit Airlines canceled his flight during its recent strike, he did what any respectable attorney would do: He read Spirit’s contract of carriage, the legal agreement between the airline and its passengers.
Connie Langdon is a pack rat. Especially when she’s on vacation.
EU 261. Mention the word to an airline employee, and you’re likely to get one of the following responses.
If you thought airlines had wacky rules, try renting a car. Like airlines, car rental companies don’t think twice about changing your rate. Except that they sometimes raise the price after you’ve driven off the lot. Like airlines, car rental companies are astonishingly creative with their fees, from additional driver add-on costs to premiums for [...]
There’s something for everyone on a cruise. And I don’t mean that the same way your travel agent or cruise line does.
If you think hotels will never stoop to the level of airlines — charging extra for anything that isn’t bolted down — maybe you’ve never heard of easyHotel.
The Transportation Security Administration’s unpopular restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-on luggage — better known as the 3-1-1 rule — are history.
Renting a reliable vacation home isn’t easy.
Forgetting to read the fine print. Not packing a change of clothes. Confusing a.m. and p.m.
Do you remember your first time?
Want to hear the latest stupid-passenger joke? Just hang out near the galley on your next flight, and you might catch the attendants poking fun of our gullibility — and geographic illiteracy.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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