How to avoid hidden hotel fees on your next trip
The only way to escape hidden hotel fees is to get creative about fighting them. Here’s how to do it.
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On Travel is a weekly consumer travel column that offers information and advice for people planning a business or leisure trip. The feature started in USA Today in 2013 and is now nationally syndicated.
Hidden hotel fees are back with a vengeance. Here’s how to avoid them.
Annoying hotel charges were supposed to disappear after the government declared war on junk fees. Instead, hotels fought back.
Expert tips for surviving a long flight in economy class and avoiding jet lag
Sitting in a pressurized aluminum tube for hours at a time takes a heavy toll on your body. So how do the pros survive a long flight in economy class? And how do they avoid jet lag?
Here it is: Your survival guide for the summer of 2023
Travel is officially back this summer — and along with it, all the high prices and headaches that make it unbearable.
This is how to avoid crowds when you travel
If you want to avoid a crowd when you travel, take a number and get in line. There’s a crowd of people who want the same thing.
Hotel fee warning: What “for your convenience” really means
If you’ve ever seen the words “for your convenience” on a hotel bill, you probably suspect it’s not really for your convenience. It’s for their convenience.
How to avoid these really stupid travel mistakes (and keep your dignity intact)
Pay attention.
If you do, you won’t end up like Allan Jordan, who showed up for a recent Virgin Atlantic Airways flight from New York to London, only to discover he’d overlooked a small but important detail.
Don’t become a victim of delay rage this summer. Here’s how.
If the click of the public announcement system in the boarding area is all it takes to make your heart skip a beat, maybe you’re susceptible to this summer’s travel epidemic: delay rage.
Do overweight passengers deserve a bigger seat on a plane?
On a recent flight from Phoenix to London, Gerri Hether found herself seated next to an overweight passenger — so overweight that he couldn’t fit into his seat.
Travel tip: Beware of bad tourists this summer!
My son sat next to the world’s worst tourist on a flight from Sydney to Denpasar, Indonesia. His seatmate nursed a bottle of sizzurp — a potent mix of codeine and Sprite — and the man twitched uncontrollably for the seven-hour flight to Bali.