My flight was canceled. Can I get a refund on the change fees?
When Mary Herring’s Thanksgiving flight was canceled, she assumed the change fee she had to pay was a misunderstanding between her and the airline.
It wasn’t.
Christopher Elliott
Don’t get bored on vacation: Tips to keep the kids engaged
Climbing to the top of Sugarloaf Loop Trail in Sedona, Ariz., for a round of Uno easily ranks as one of the strangest things we’ve done as a family. Then again, there’s almost nothing I wouldn’t do to keep the kids from getting bored on vacation.
Did he just get snagged in a car rental scam?
Did Tom Cunard just get snagged by a car rental scam? He wants to know after he reserved an Audi A4 through Hertz via Expedia. When he picked up the car in Edinburgh, Scotland, he discovered that the price had almost doubled from the original quote.
Help! WOW lost my luggage — and my claim
If I’ve seen Darcy Sansbury’s email once, I’ve seen it a thousand times. It’s a WOW lost luggage case — and by “WOW” I mean WOW Airlines, the discount Icelandic carrier. I also mean “Wow, I can’t believe I’m reading this again!”
Highway 1 is reopened. Here’s how to see it
Michelle Carlen knows about road blocks. She started her job as president of Central Coast Tourism Council at about the same time an enormous landslide closed part of the California Central Coast’s main tourist attraction, the iconic stretch of U.S. Highway 1 that winds along the coastline from Ventura to Santa Cruz.
She relied on the minimum connection times. That was a mistake
If you have a tight flight connection — but one that adheres to the published minimum connection time — will your airline take care of you if you still miss your flight? For Stephanie Mendenhall, the answer was “no.”
Family travel in 2019: Where to go and what to do
Thinking about family travel in 2019? Same here. I haven’t had time to catch my breath from last year, but here I am, ready for more.
My family and I traveled nonstop in 2018, and this year is shaping up to be even busier. We had some ups and downs last year. But my pain is your gain: I have travel tips for you if you’re thinking of taking your family somewhere — and a preview of what to expect from my family in 2019.
She agreed to the flight schedule change. Now she wants a refund
How much is a flight schedule change worth? If you said $440, then maybe you’re familiar with Dineen and Ray Ebert’s case against Affordable Travel, a travel agency they recently used to book flights from Venice, Italy, to Dubrovnik, Croatia.
After a Booking.com price error, am I stuck with this room?
The rate for Carrie Cleveland’s apartment in Brooklyn is $125 a night, not the $46 to which she agreed when she made the reservation. Her online agency gives her one choice: pay the new rate. What can she do about this Booking.com price error?
Want to learn a new language this year? These apps can help
My parents moved from New Jersey to Passau, Germany, when I was a toddler. After a few weeks of playing with the neighborhood kids, I spoke fluent, Bavarian-accented German. That’s probably not an option if you want to learn a new language before your next international trip, but there are some new ways to learn key words and phrases before your departure.