Checking your suitcase now costs more than your airline ticket. It’s time for this to end.
There’s a new milestone in American air travel: checking your suitcase may now cost more than your seat.
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Do you deserve to know if cruising is safe?
The cruise industry wants you to think it’s the safest vacation in the world. But recent crime reports have cast an unwanted beacon on flawed regulations and fine-print arbitration clauses that may be hiding the reality of safety at s
Help! Airbnb banned me for life — but won’t say why
After Airbnb bans Kevin Donovan for life, he tries to find out why. But Airbnb won’t tell him. Will it tell this consumer advocate?
This surprise fee made her phone bill skyrocket
Julie Duteau noticed something strange on her last two phone bills: a surprise $10 fee for a “modem lease.” Find out how to avoid unwanted surcharges like this on your bill.
He tried to cancel a reservation and receive a refund. Vrbo charged him $31,995 instead
Can a Vrbo take $31,995 from your bank account and leave you with nothing? It happened to Gerry Bauer. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t happen to you.
You’ve never heard of these people, but they’ve changed the way you fly
Their advocacy results in big, embarrassing airline fines. They’ve helped create federal agencies that make air travel safer. And they’ve brought competition and transparency to the skies.
The lies your financial advisor tells you (and how to spot them)
When it comes to getting advice — especially financial advice — truth can be such a relative thing.
Why travelers need price transparency now
If the words “price transparency” don’t make your eyes glaze over, then you’re probably one of the hundreds of thousands of travelers who feel ripped off by a low price.
Why your next airline ticket purchase should be like buying a car
When Loren Witkin says that he shopped around for a new car, you can take him at his word, it promised no haggling and no hidden fees.