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Why you’re stealing from your travel company

February 6, 2024October 2, 2016 by Christopher Elliott

When you think of stealing from a travel company, swiping a towel or bathrobe from a hotel probably comes to mind.

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We headed to the Apple Store to pick up three brand-new MacBook Air computers for school, but we were followed by criminals.

Attention, holiday shoppers! The criminals are following you

January 29, 2024November 4, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

We headed to the Apple Store to pick up three brand-new MacBook Air computers for school, but we were followed by criminals.

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Maybe it was the Bloody Mary that got Jean Shanley into trouble on a recent flight from Louisville to Las Vegas.

Is your credit card safe at cruising altitude?

August 11, 2025December 2, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Maybe it was the Bloody Mary that got Jean Shanley into trouble on a recent flight from Louisville to Las Vegas.

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While they were passing through the security checkpoint in Atlanta yesterday, she claims a TSA agent walked away with her toddler.

What to do if the TSA takes your child

January 19, 2024October 16, 2009 by Christopher Elliott

Nicole White describes herself as a 28-year-old freelancing writer, “tattooed liberal” and mom to a 16-month-old son, Jackson. She lives in Annapolis, Md., with her husband, Paul, a Navy pilot.

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