Did Princess ship ignore a vessel asking for help?
It sounds like something straight out of a nightmare: You’re on a small fishing vessel, adrift in the Pacific. You see a ship in the distance, and you signal for help. But it keeps going.
Commentary
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A failed case from the Twilight Zone of travel
If there’s a Twilight Zone of travel cases, then Rochelle Dean has surely discovered it. And although I’ve done my best to help her, it looks like her recent vacation is still stuck someone between “solved” and “unsolved.”
Do taxi drivers prey on tourists?
It happened again to Peter Lawton last week. He got scammed by another cab driver, he says.
Is this a scam? “US Airlines” is offering me two roundtrip airline tickets
The offer looked legit to Richard Clarke — well, almost.
I had a panic attack and it ruined my honeymoon
Here’s another one for my “honeymoon from hell” file. It comes to us by way of Christine Vianello, who was all set to fly to Jamaica after getting married last October when something went terribly wrong.
Is the TSA coming for your iPad?
It happened again last week: A TSA agent was formally charged with swiping yet another iPad from a passenger.
New confidentiality clauses can influence vacation rental reviews
Tom and Terri Dorow didn’t like their recent vacation rental in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Help! Code-sharing confusion grounded my vacation
Jay Middour’s flight to the Bahamas never happens because of a code-sharing disaster. His vacation is ruined and the airline still has his money. Can this trip be saved?
Was this Grand Canyon vacation rental a grand scam?
The rental cabin in Williams, Ariz., she found through VRBO.com had three bedrooms — the perfect size for her family. So last year, Trudi Wood sent the owner a $839 check for a deposit.
Are fees for carry-on luggage just the beginning?
Since Allegiant Air’s decision to start charging passengers for carry-on luggage last week, you’d think that everything needed to be said about this outrageous new fee had already been said.