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It's that moment of hesitation before you head out the door. The one where you ask, "Is it safe to leave my valuables in my hotel room?"

Is it safe to leave my valuables in my hotel room? Here’s how to find out

June 16, 2025April 5, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

It’s that moment of hesitation before you head out the door. The one where you ask, “Is it safe to leave my valuables in my hotel room?”

Categories Safe Travels
Penny Sadler is afraid to travel -- now more than ever. Maybe it's the uncertain security situation or the recent questions about airline safety. But Sadler, a photographer from Dallas, gets jittery before every trip.

More Americans are afraid to travel now. Here’s what to do about it.

October 24, 2024October 19, 2024 by Christopher Elliott

Maybe it’s the one-two punch of the recent hurricanes in the Southeast or the escalating tensions in the Middle East. But Americans seem more afraid to travel than ever.

Categories Safe Travels
Picarella says he needs a name — specifically, the contact for the corporate headquarters of someone at Cruise Planners, a travel agency.

Hackers stole my identity and Cruise Planners won’t help me

February 1, 2024March 22, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Picarella says he needs a name — specifically, the contact for the corporate headquarters of someone at Cruise Planners, a travel agency.

Categories Advocacy
TSA agents seem to have a thing for iPads. Apple's tablet computers are easy to swipe from airline passengers and can be sold quickly online.

What TSA’s iPad theft problem means for your next flight

January 22, 2024September 30, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

TSA agents seem to have a thing for iPads.

Categories Commentary
It happened again last week: A TSA agent was formally charged with swiping yet another iPad from a passenger. Or iPads, in Clayton Keith Dovel's case.

Is the TSA coming for your iPad?

January 22, 2024April 15, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It happened again last week: A TSA agent was formally charged with swiping yet another iPad from a passenger.

Categories Commentary
When they checked into the Seattle boutique hotel this summer, one of their bags was stolen after they surrendered it to the bellhop.

Hotel luggage theft: “He looked like a professional”

January 22, 2024November 15, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Athena Foley and her husband wish they’d never stayed at the Hotel Ändra. When they checked into the Seattle boutique hotel this summer, one of their bags was stolen after they surrendered it to the bellhop.

Categories Commentary

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