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Tom Mason gets locked out of his vacation rental in Italy. Why is Booking.com ignoring his requests for help?

Locked out of my rental in Italy. Why won’t Booking.com help me?

April 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Tom Mason gets locked out of his vacation rental in Italy. Why is Booking.com ignoring his requests for help?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Tourists are hated now more than ever. Maybe it's because they did not behave last summer. Here's what to do about hating tourists.

Everyone hates tourists. Here’s how to be a better traveler next summer.

July 7, 2025January 18, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Tourists are hated now more than ever. Maybe it’s because they did not behave last summer. Here’s what to do about hating tourists.

Categories On Travel
Alan Grinnell is having phone trouble with Verizon. Why can't he get the credit he deserves? Now what should he do?

Verizon won’t correct a billing error – now what?

January 27, 2024July 31, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Problem Solved
Nancy's been fighting with her credit card over a tax refund after a recent trip to Italy, and she wants me to help.

I couldn’t get a customs stamp — is a refund out of the question?

January 22, 2024October 1, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

What’s an immigration stamp worth? If you said $61.55, you must know Nancy Bestor. She’s been fighting with her credit card over a tax refund after a recent trip to Italy, and she wants me to help.

Categories Commentary
Abramson's western Mediterranean cruise on the Oceania Marina last April did not end well. After a sudden illness.

My cruise line left me stranded in Naples — is this voucher the best they can do?

January 22, 2024July 24, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Judith Abramson’s western Mediterranean cruise on the Oceania Marina last April did not end well. After a sudden illness, the ship’s doctor decided she needed to go to the hospital, and she was unceremoniously disembarked in Naples, Italy, under less than ideal circumstances, she says.

Categories Commentary
The Hotel Universo in Florence, Italy, describes itself as a “hyper-modern” property where you can be surrounded by bright colors.

Do I deserve a refund for a hotel shower that didn’t work?

January 22, 2024June 18, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

The Hotel Universo in Florence, Italy, describes itself as a “hyper-modern” property where you can be surrounded by “bright colors and pop art-inspired prints.”

Categories Commentary
Noah Markewich's Alitalia lost-luggage case had "lost cause" written all over it when he contacted me last week.

Three years later, Alitalia still owes me $528 for my lost baggage and ruined Italian vacation

January 19, 2024November 2, 2010 by Christopher Elliott

Noah Markewich’s lost-luggage case had “lost cause” written all over it when he contacted me last week.

Categories Commentary

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