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You're minutes away from confirming your dream vacation. You've selected a flight, hotel and rental car. And then you see the question: "Add travel insurance to protect your trip for just $89?

Should you buy travel insurance at checkout — or skip it?

I sold my house, so why am I still getting trash bills?

Marcy Schackne is mad. She recently waited 2½ hours at LAX just to talk to a car rental agent. After completing her paperwork, she inspected three vehicles that were "beyond dirty" before finding one suitable to drive

Car rental rage: Why everyone’s losing it at the counter right now

As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown enters its seventh week, the administration has pivoted to a controversial fix: It's deploying hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to 14 major airports to plug the gaps left by unpaid TSA officers who are calling out or quitting.

Is ICE the answer to our airport security problems?

Vaughn Warriner's Apple computer gets damaged in transit when he sends it his granddaughter. Now UPS is refusing his $400 claim. Can it do that?

UPS kept my $400 after damaging my computer — can it do that?

Watercolor editorial illustration of a father in a white shirt and red tie standing with his young son who carries a backpack at an American Airlines departure gate, with an American Airlines plane visible through the window beyond the closed gate door, illustrating how families get separated when airlines pull passengers from boarding lines and document involuntary bumping as voluntary

American Airlines claims I voluntarily gave up my seat, but that’s a lie

Charles Shearer was traveling from Cleveland to Japan for his mother-in-law’s funeral when American Airlines pulled him and his young son from the boarding line. His grieving wife boarded alone while gate agents offered $500 vouchers, with one even verbally acknowledging the bumping was involuntary. American later documented the incident as voluntary in its system, denying him the federal compensation of up to $2,150 per passenger that involuntary bumping triggers when passengers arrive over two hours late. Federal law mandates 400 percent of one-way fare in cash compensation, paid at the airport on the day of the flight.