by Victor Block | Aug 13, 2016
At a wilderness area of rolling hills and waterways in Nova Scotia, Canada, the story of the people who lived there 4,000 years ago is told in periodic drumming demonstrations, birch bark canoe building and other activities. The scene is very different in a nearby...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 12, 2016
When I am working in Washington on consumer issues, I forget about the issues of money. Sometimes, I forget about bipartisanship. I think I am lucky to be working in the field of travel, where the real advocates for passengers are the senators and representatives...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 10, 2016
This letter was sent by Travelers United, together with FlyersRights.com, the two largest travel and airline advocacy groups in Washington, DC. These groups are urging Delta Air Lines to handle this issue differently than they would a major snowstorm. This is not an...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 29, 2016
There oughta be a law. I think there is one being violated in the handicapped situation. Congress has just passed one allowing families to sit together. And, somewhere, I am certain, common decency should keep airlines from lying to their passengers in order to...
by Ned S. Levi | Jul 23, 2016
When we travel, there are photography hazards which can prove deadly to digital cameras, and even modern day film cameras. Away from home, we need to exercise our “street smarts” to keep safe and secure, as well as keep our photography equipment safe and sound....
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 22, 2016
Last week’s passage of the FAA Reauthorization Bill was the end of a slow-but-sure plan to change the consumer position in the aviation legislative landscape. Though consumers, led by Travelers United, did not get everything they worked for, the main issues that...