Nova Scotia — the magnificence of history and nature

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...

Airline seat reservation nonsense

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...

8 deadly travel photography hazards

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....

Three year road to changing aviation laws

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...