An Issue All About Pasta and What It Means to Eat It
T’s May 19 Travel issue is dedicated to pasta in Italy, diving deep into the culinary traditions, regional variations and complicated history of the country’s national symbol. I (like you, I’m sure) have friends who don’t eat meat. I also have friends who don’t eat fish. Others don’t eat eggs. Then there are the ones […]
Luxury Hotels Are Adding More and More Guest ‘Experiences’
Jesmine Hall is director of communications for Raffles Singapore. “We see a hotel being a destination for not just rest and rejuvenation,” she said, “but a setting for cultural immersion.” The hotel’s Enlightenment Retreat (from 7,800 Singapore dollars, or about $5,745) features four days of holistic treatments — including yoga, meditation, hydrotherapy herbal body wraps […]
Work shutdown falling on a holiday
Dear PAO, I work in a garment factory as a sales assistant. Our yearly inventory for two days was scheduled on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, which are both regular holidays. I asked our management if we would still receive our holiday pay despite the shutdown, during which we were not required to work. However, […]
What the F.A.A. Bill Means for Travelers
Automatic refunds for significant flight disruptions, fee-free family seating and accessibility improvements. Those are among the benefits for travelers in the bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five more years, which Congress passed on Wednesday. After months of back and forth, and several short-term extensions, it will now head to President Biden’s desk […]
Cruel acts, though not alleged to debase, degrade child, may still be considered abuse
Dear PAO, Can a person who pointed and poked a gun at a 12-year-old child be held liable for child abuse under Republic Act 7610 when the complaint does not seem to indicate that there was an intention to debase or degrade said child? This happened to the son of my best friend. They already […]
On the Belgian Coast, a Design Gallery Where You Can Spend the Night
Rooms With a North Sea View Last year, when Micha Pycke, 40, and Albane Paret, 39, bought an apartment in Ostend — a once run-down Belgian seaside town that, in recent years, has become a favorite of artists and designers — they knew they wanted the place to be, says Pycke, “something more than an […]
About parental advice
Dear PAO, My brother and his girlfriend recently celebrated their 23rd birthday together. I heard they plan to have a secret marriage wherein only close friends and relatives will be invited. My brother also told me that they would not invite his girlfriend's family. Can they get married even without the approval and consent of […]
113-Year-Old Death Valley Salt Tram Tower Toppled by Driver Stuck in Mud
A century ago, the timber-and-iron tower had supported a tram carrying precious salt across the Inyo Mountains that had been mined from a remote valley in the California desert. More recently, it stood as an artifact in the Saline Valley, and it marked the edge of a hiking trail through the sun-baked wilderness. But a […]
Prenuptial agreement: When to execute, when changes can be made
Dear PAO, My sister just got engaged. She has yet to discuss this with her fiancé, but she is considering having a prenuptial agreement. They both have their own small online businesses, so she thinks it will be easier and less messy if they will just agree to have a complete separation of property. Assuming […]
Vantage, Our Cruise Company, Went Bankrupt. We Are Out $17,905.
Dear Tripped Up, In September 2022, I booked a 17-day Arabian Sea cruise through Vantage Travel Services to celebrate my 80th birthday with my wife. The cruise was to set sail in October 2023. I used my credit card to leave a $2,000 deposit and paid the remaining $17,905 shortly afterward by bank transfer. I […]