What are your favorite summer vacation memories? Riding horses in Wyoming? Browsing the farmers market in Montreal? Running through the ocean surf in Sarasota?
This week, I want to share some of my favorite memories from 17 years on the road with my family.
Sondra Wolf fractures her patella on a trip to the Canadian Rockies. Although she files a valid travel insurance Trip Mate claim, the company is stalling on her payment. But why?
Emanuel Bryant hires TMShipping to transport his car to Las Vegas. But when the company fails to show up on time, it triggers a cascade of unfortunate events. Can we fix this?
Basic economy class airfares are getting complicated. And that’s leaving many travelers wondering if they should completely avoid basic economy airfares.
Sue Elwell is one of those travelers. She’s planning to visit her mother in Albany, N.Y., and is unhappy with the restrictions on the lowest-priced basic economy class tickets. On American Airlines, passengers with these tickets are allowed no upgrades or schedule changes, they’re the last to board and they’re not assigned seats until they check in.
Hackers are trying to steal your vacation. They’re coming after your personal data, your credit card information and your loyalty points.
Worst of all, they might already have them.
It’s summer. Whether you’re staying home or traveling a long distance for vacation, there’s no better time for an adventure. And, although my children will be embarrassed by my show-and-tell, I’m here to encourage you to do it.
Sorry, kids.
The quilts Jerry Dowdy ordered online from Emma Cottons never show up. He tries to uncover answers — and a refund. Find out what he discovers.
Al Tulone’s Razer laptop problem is common. He returned the new computer, and then the company lost it. Instead of trying to find Tulone’s device, Razer apparently decided that was his problem — and kept his $3,252.
Caught in the middle of this debacle: PayPal, with its sometimes customer-unfriendly policies. This made this Razer laptop problem practically unsolvable. But then our advocacy team got involved.
I’m as averse to unsolicited parenting advice as the next dad. But when the advice comes from the road — which is to say, the lessons learned from more than two years of nonstop travel — it feels a little different.
The road, an inanimate thing, won’t get its feelings hurt if I reject its lessons. Instead, I’ll just have to learn them for myself each time I travel.
Getting into a timeshare is easy. Getting out of a timeshare isn’t.
