Where’s the best place to drive? Dave Fortney loves to drive in Greensboro, N.C. The roads are impeccably maintained, uncrowded and, well, fun.
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What makes up for cramped legroom? Survey says: Peanuts.
JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines remain America’s favorite airlines for customer service, according to a new survey.
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And the most annoying passenger on the plane is …
Here we go again. Expedia is out with yet another survey on the most annoying passengers on a plane.
It’s a predictable effort to capitalize on the upcoming holiday travel season (here’s last year’s survey and the 2013 poll).
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Do Americans really make 15 million “bogus” hotel reservations a year?
At first glance, the results of the American Hotel and Lodging Association’s latest survey look alarming: American travelers make approximately 15 million “bogus” hotel bookings a year — far more than the 2.5 million reservations previously believed to have been made through what the organization calls “rogue” affiliates sites.
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What do airline passengers really want — besides a good fare?
What’s the first thing you look for in an airline ticket?
If you said, “a low price,” you’re absolutely right. In a survey of air travelers conducted last week, 77 percent said they consider the fare first.
But airlines have used that answer to justify cutting customer service and “unbundling” prices — removing everything but a base fare — without asking the simple question: What else do you want?
So we decided to dig a little deeper. In a survey of more than 800 readers of this site and Consumer Traveler, we continued the conversation. Here are the results.
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