Hidden national parks: Try these out-of-the-way destinations for your next vacation
It happened again. We visited a place, only to discover we were a short drive from a hidden national park. An incredible hidden national park.
Christopher Elliott
How to get the best airline service
Want to get great airline service even from airlines? Use your “pleases” and “thank yous” – and don’t expect too much.
You can score excellent service, even in the worst condition, by understanding your airline, minding your manners and taking care of a few basics.
Is it time for a repeat vacation? Here’s how to tell
Sometimes the best vacation is a repeat vacation. I ought to know. I’m in Los Angeles again after just a nine-month absence. There’s something that keeps pulling me back here, and it’s not just the weather.
Will your travel insurance cover you when you need it?
If you think your travel insurance policy will protect your upcoming trip, you might want to take another look. Travel insurance doesn’t cover everything. Truth be told, it might not cover anything.
How to have a wild time in Provo, Utah
Everywhere we went in Provo, we saw Charlie. There were signs for Charlie on power poles. We saw Charlie — or at least we thought we saw him — zipping between the apple orchards on the sprawling Utah Valley Hospital campus.
No question about it. Charlie was having a wild time in Provo — and so were we.
Warning: Here’s where you’ll find the most fake hotel reviews
More than one-third of online hotel reviews are fake, new research from fraud detection company Fakespot suggests. The troubling study of phony hotel reviews also shows that you’re more likely to be fooled in some American cities than others.
If a hurricane ruins my vacation, will trip insurance cover me?
Norman Fitton and his wife paid $2,615 for a vacation rental in Kitty Hawk, N.C., from Sept. 7 to 14. Unfortunately, they had an unexpected visitor: Hurricane Dorian. The storm made landfall at Cape Hatteras, forcing the Fittons to ask: If your vacation is ruined by a hurricane, will it be covered by trip insurance?
The short answer is: sometimes.
He left his gun in a rental car. Now he’s on the Hertz Do Not Rent list
Niebes Castillo should have known better than to leave a loaded gun in the glove compartment of his rental car. After all, he’s a truck driver and, as a driving professional, should be aware of the rules of the road. But there’s enough gray area to warrant a closer look at a case that landed Castillo on Hertz’s Do Not Rent list.
What is going on with Delta Auto Protect?!
Like many,many other consumers who contact us, Delta Auto Protect owes Lashawn Lyles a refund. So why won’t the company just send the $1,083?
How do I get Sealy to replace my defective mattress?
Don’t look now, but chances are your mattress is covered by a ridiculously long warranty. Or so you might think. But Vijay Khasat recently found out what Sealy meant by “20 years” when he tried to get the company to replace what he claims is a defective mattress.
It turns out 20 years is not 20 years, at least in the traditional, dictionary-definition sense. His odyssey to replace a bad mattress is a reminder for all of us to read the fine print on your warranty. (The mattress police won’t save you, but maybe my advocacy team can help.)