by Leocha | Jul 9, 2009
Cash is king. Or is it? We all know the economy has impacted the travel industry, and consumers who want to travel. Sometimes in surprising ways. A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted a new phenomenon called the “plasectomy.” That’s when dissatisfied (or...
by Leocha | Jul 8, 2009
I recently reported on the multi-million dollar effort of US Airways to restore the personal effects of the passengers of the ‘so-called’ Miracle on the Hudson. I got some criticism for comparing the huge outlay of cash and concern to the often surly attention I have...
by Leocha | Jul 7, 2009
Today’s column is dedicated to Austin Wuennenberg. In case you didn’t hear, Austin was a Monorail pilot at Walt Disney World and the first ever fatality in a crash involving the Monorail at the Florida resort. At this time, Disney and authorities are still...
by Leocha | Jun 10, 2009
A column on CNN the other day got me thinking. It was a bit of a confessional on items the author (and her friends) had taken from various hotels. “Is it,” she asked, “ever OK to take things from a hotel?” The answer she got from various hotel managers was a...
by Leocha | Jun 9, 2009
Other columnists for this site, who are also travel agents, have written excellent articles about what makes a good travel agent — very handy advice and very well-sourced as it is, coming from the proverbial horse’s mouth. But it struck me, in this me! me! me!...
