What’s missing from your hotel room?
If you’ve stayed in a hotel recently, you’ve probably noticed some missing amenities from your room. For me, it was bathroom doors.
Christopher Elliott
Screen addiction is destroying travel. Here’s how to stop it
Have you noticed the travel zombies suffering from screen addiction yet? They’ve overrun the Orlando theme park where Lisa Ann Schreier works. “I’ve seen entire families walking around completely oblivious to their surroundings, which is pretty sad,” she says. “To say nothing of people literally walking into other people.”
You don’t need this: How to say “no” to a sales pitch — and mean it
You can do it. You can say no to that sales pitch. We live in a world of “yes” men and women programmed to accept almost every offer in front of us.
These front-seat selfies reveal Utah’s winter splendor
There’s a reason Utah’s claims to have the “Greatest Snow on Earth.” Spend a month here, as I just did, an you’ll see this state’s winter splendor for yourself.
This contrarian travel advice could save your next vacation
Here’s a little contrarian travel advice: Zig when everyone else zags. That’s my secret to a great vacation.
Banned from eBay! (and no one will tell me why)
Wynn Medinger is banned from eBay and he doesn’t know why. Can our advocates get him some answers from the e-commerce giant?
Hertz charged me an extra $72. Can I get a refund?
Nancy Caruso’s AAA travel agent quotes her a $386 rate for a rental car. So why does Hertz charge her an extra $72? And why won’t AAA refund the extra money she had to pay?
Does this cancellation confirmation contain contradictory information?
When Joane Perry cancels her Canadian vacation, her online agency leads her to believe she’ll have a year to use her flight credit. Her cancellation confirmation says otherwise. Is there a way to clear up this misunderstanding — and save her airline tickets?
Can you help me find my lost photos?
Neil Katz’s once-in-a-lifetime photo is lost and neither his cruise line nor the professional photographers on board can help him find it. Can this advocate help locate these lost photos?
What you don’t know about billing cycles will blow your mind
Billing cycles can really mess with your head.
Don’t take my word for it. Consider what happened to Michael Dearing, a registered nurse from Chicago, when Comcast adjusted — or in his words “played with” — his billing cycles recently.