by Christopher Elliott | Nov 16, 2023
Holiday travel is hard. You must contend with the crowds, the high prices — and the weather. This holiday season, I’ll probably see it all. Snow in the Pacific Northwest for Thanksgiving. Thunderstorms in Chile for Christmas and stifling midsummer heat in Buenos Aires...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 16, 2015
As anyone knows who has rented a car in Europe, rental car fees are not the exclusive province of the United States. Here are some of the most important fees and a view about how they affect European rental car rates. With all these fees, there are many work-arounds,...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 10, 2015
Hotels.com® continues to uncover the dining costs of hotels worldwide with its annual price barometer, the Club Sandwich Index (CSI). This year, the elevated report by Hotels.com — the CSI 2.0 — covers three additional hotel dining items to make the Index a more...
by Janice Hough | Jun 30, 2015
I’m a travel agent, and like many travel agents I find the whole travel insurance process to be one of the more stressful things about the business. There are more shades of grey than a certain popular series of erotic fiction. The first decision on insurance...
by Charlie Leocha | May 29, 2015
In this report, hotels are ranked according to WiFi quality; the percentage of free WiFi is given for reference. Although free WiFi is extremely important, this problem can be mitigated. Information detailing whether WiFi is free at a given hotel is available at most...