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The Travel Troubleshooter

The Travel Troubleshooter is a weekly consumer column that solves travel problems. Missing cruise refunds, lousy airline service, car rental surcharges — it’s all fair game for this feature. Each story presents a problem and fixes it in a quick Q&A format.

When Elie-Anne Chevrier rents a car from Hertz, she expects to pay $113. So why did the car rental company just charge her $840?

Hertz billed her for eight extra days on her car. Where’s the refund?

November 11, 2024February 24, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Lyft surprises So Do with an $80 charge after a recent ride. The driver claims she damaged the car. But she says it wasn't her. How does she prove her innocence?

Lyft charged me $80 for damage to a car. But it wasn’t me!

March 6, 2024February 22, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Lyft surprises So Do with an $80 charge after a recent ride. The driver claims she damaged the car. But she says it wasn’t her. How does she prove her innocence?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Louise Panicali's husband receives a $1,000 Marriott gift card for doing a good deed. But the card doesn't work. Will Marriott do a good deed by fixing the problem?

Help, my $1,000 Marriott gift card is invalid!

January 19, 2024February 14, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
There's a musty smell in her Vrbo rental. Can she get her money back?

There’s a musty smell in her Vrbo rental. Can she get her money back?

January 19, 2024February 7, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
AeroMexico canceled my flight. I want a refund, not a ticket credit

AeroMexico canceled my flight. I want a refund, not a ticket credit

March 18, 2024January 30, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

AeroMexico cancels Patrizia Azzellini’s flight and offers her a ticket credit. She’d prefer a refund. Who’s right?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Help! Trainline charged a $43 change fee after my train was canceled

Help! Trainline charged a $43 change fee after my train was canceled

January 19, 2024January 15, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
After a "traumatic nightmare" on Amtrak, can I get my money back?

After a “traumatic nightmare” on Amtrak, can I get my money back?

January 19, 2024January 10, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Kimberli Eicher and her daughter just experienced the worst Amtrak train ride imaginable. It was so bad that they canceled their return trip and flew home.

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Airbnb lost my reservation and then banned me

Airbnb lost my reservation and then banned me

January 7, 2025January 10, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
She has to cancel her flights after a hurricane threatens her destination wedding. Will she have to throw away her American Airlines tickets ?

After a hurricane threatens her destination wedding, are these American Airline tickets worthless?

April 3, 2025January 9, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Can Windstar Cruises keep my $17,000 airfare after I cancel?

Can Windstar Cruises keep my $17,000 airfare after I cancel?

January 19, 2024January 4, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

When one of my readers cancels her Windstar cruise, the company decides to keep her $17,000 airfare. Can it do that?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
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