How To Be The World’s Smartest Traveler
I’m excited to announce my next book project, How To Be The World’s Smartest Traveler: And Save Time, Money & Hassle.
Christopher Elliott
Is your complaint being “form lettered”? Here are three ways to tell
It was just a matter of time before corporations created the perfect form letter, capable of fooling a veteran consumer advocate. Or you.
Hey United, there are two Charlestons — learn to tell ’em apart
Don’t get your Charlestons confused. United Airlines did, and look at where it got Mo Shah and his family.
Privacy? There’s no such thing on the road
Recent revelations of the National Security Agency’s sweeping domestic surveillance programs may have angered many Americans, but for most travelers, it was nothing new.
My mother is terminally ill — why won’t Princess refund her cruise?
Shannon Tait’s mother is terminally ill and will miss that Alaska cruise with her sister. Can she get a refund from Princess? Read the surprising answer.
Help, my Hotwire hotel was a construction zone
To say Michael Weaver was unhappy about the hotel he booked through Hotwire recently might be an understatement. He paid for a 4.5-star hotel in South Beach, but instead checked into a construction site.
The Livingsocial offer that wasn’t social at all
After he buys four tickets for the Indy 500 through a coupon site, he learns he may not be sitting with his friends. Can he undo the purchase?
What makes you happiest? Your TV — and here’s why
Jessica Beeman paid $779 for her 50-inch TV, a purchase she was pleased with, until one day “it just stopped” working. And then she wasn’t.
Any hope of saving a “vacation from hell” to Cuba?
If you were less than impressed with your last vacation, you’re in good company. Say “hello” to Colette Blanchette, who recently traveled to Cuba for what was supposed to be a relaxing tropical getaway.
Can you trust the cruise lines’ new passenger “bill of rights”?
Maybe it was the string of customer-service disasters, starting with the Costa Concordia tragedy last year and leading up to the recent Carnival Triumph “poop” cruise, on which passengers were left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for five days without working toilets.