Traveling with kids is often the most rewarding way to take a vacation. But the Boy Scout motto, “Be prepared,” takes on new and more creative meaning. Forgetting things such as a favorite teddy bear, blanket or a night-light can cause the most well-behaved children...
Hit-and-run thieves have many schemes for separating you from your possessions. An email has just crossed my screen pleading for help. It isn’t the first and it won’t be the last. Another traveler has just been robbed in the Paris Métro. He claims he was on the...
Finally, I am in Italy. Now with COVID, my family has canceled. Air travel hassles abound. No fun! Our family vacation, planned for more than two years, started well. But I was nervous when I received nearly hourly emails from United offering to “buy” my...
Preparing for travel to Italy — COVID testing plus typical travel hassles May 2022 is here. It seems like forever since May 2020, when I reserved the house of anyone’s dreams in Tuscany between Penza and Montepulciano. Planning my travel to Italy, I spent weeks...
It’s safe to fly … I think. But others don’t. And cancellations are a mess. Just when I’ve decided it’s SAFE to fly, other NIGHTMARES have emerged. And the stories are anything but funny. Frequent fliers, who are used to dealing with...
These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.
– Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
– Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
– Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
– Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
– Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
– Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
– Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
– Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
– Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.
