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2000 Travel Critic Archive

This column first appeared online in 1997 as The Crabby Traveler on ABCNews.com. After Disney's takeover of ABC, it moved to CNN.com and was called Going Off. It ended its four-year run in October 2000.

No More Kids Fly Free?
Ending the longest fare sale

Airline Reform Takes Off
Time to re-regulate carriers?

If Inexpensive is Your Theme ...
Getting a bargain on an amusement park

How's the Food Up There?
It's not as bad as it seems ... or is it?

Alternates Get Alternate
Coming soon: International Airport

Continental Ends Squeeze?
Policy could spell relief

Hidden Cities
It's no Shangri-La

Time for a Vacation
Now that summer's over ...

Taxi Tales
Is hiring a cab dangerous?

B&B Backlash
Why inns are "out"

Seat Kickers
Passengers take to punting

Bad Trips
What to do when something awful happens

High-Altitude 'News'
The lowdown on buying media

Tangled Web
Getting online fares not so easy

Traveler Lies
We can take it and dish it out

Truth Impaired?
The travel industry's lies and half-truths

Ban Airline Miles?
Time to can the miles racket

Lose the Chocolates
What hotels ought to scrap

Spring Cleaning
What to lose on the plane

Carryon Wars
The baggage crisis is far from over

Hotel Doublespeak
What a property says - and what it means

Egalitarian Seating
Are all passengers created equal?

Shipboard Safecracker
How safe is the safe in your room?

Ruining Our Music?
Commercials for travel destroy the classics

Joys of the Red-Eye
Why night flights are becoming popular

Third-Class Turbulence
Airlines send kids and parents to the back

Airlines Punish Passengers
Cracking down on 'back to back' tickets

Travel's Not All Bad
What's so good about the biz?

Strapped in and Suffering
Potty break denied

Dial A Rant
Res agents get snippy

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