Common Travel Mistakes and How to Avoid Them in 2024
Their best method for success, it seems, is to communicate via polite, concise email queries rather than phone calls or online chat or web forms. Those customer service email addresses are sometimes harder to find, but that means they may receive faster attention or better service. Plus, they make for a clean, written record you […]
Strike Halts Eurostar Channel Tunnel Service Between London and Europe
Rail traffic under the English Channel was suddenly interrupted on Thursday after an unexpected walkout by railway workers, stranding passengers and causing travel chaos just days before Christmas. Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train line that runs under the English Channel, said in a statement that 30 trains scheduled to travel out of Paris, London and […]
Southwest Airlines Reaches Deal With Pilots Union
Southwest Airlines and its pilots union have reached a tentative deal on a new, five-year labor contract that would raise wages and increase retirement benefits. The union’s board approved the deal, which it said was worth $12 billion, on Wednesday, sending it to a vote of the more than 11,000 union members, who have until […]
Airbnb to Pay About $20 Million After Charging Australians in U.S. Dollars
An Australian court on Wednesday ordered Airbnb to pay a fine of 15 million Australian dollars for misleading customers by not clearly showing that prices for its property rentals were listed in U.S. dollars, instead of Australian dollars, which are worth less. Airbnb admitted in the Federal Court of Australia that it had made “false […]
An Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law in Uganda Is Hurting the Economy
Passed in May, the Anti-Homosexuality Act is harming businesses that rely on foreign travelers and trade. Source link
Chartering a Sailboat in the Caribbean
What you need to know to charter a sailboat in the Caribbean, from costs and type of vessel to timing and itinerary. Source link
What’s New at Texas Hill Country Hotels
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A Frugal Exploration of Christmas Markets Along the Rhine River
In Strasbourg, France, throughout the holiday season, Santa-capped teddy bears festoon a restaurant’s facade. Stuffed polar bears adorn another. In a Yuletide arms race, buildings are affixed with giant, gift-wrapped packages, glittering white deer and oversize gingerbread men. Turning the central medieval quarter into a Christmas maze, curtains of lights glow above cobblestone lanes lined […]
Tourism Is Big in Waikiki. That Doesn’t Mean You Shouldn’t Go.
Since my first trip to Waikiki Beach in 1977, I have traveled all around the Hawaiian Islands. And I’ve loved each one. But I love Waikiki, too. Not the hordes of tourists, of course, or the high-end shopping malls that have taken over Kalākaua Avenue and earned it the nickname, Vegas on the Beach. What […]
Iceland Volcano Eruption: What to Know About Risks and Air Travel
After weeks of anticipation, a volcanic eruption in Iceland’s most populated area sent lava spewing into the night sky late Monday and pushed the authorities into action mode Tuesday. The eruption, which was larger than volcanologists had predicted, happened not far from an evacuated town and a power plant. Iceland is no stranger to volcanic […]