TRAVEL
7 consumer secrets from the world’s smartest traveler
Can being a smart traveler make you a better consumer? As the author of How To Be The World’s Smartest Traveler, which is being published next month, I can confirm that it does.
Wireless company failed to deliver modem, then pocketed my money
Klaus Schuller’s wireless modem doesn’t arrive before his trip to Europe. It doesn’t arrive while he’s in Europe. Instead, it’s waiting for him when he gets home. Why can’t he get a refund for a hotspot he never got to use?
Why are families drowning in travel fees?
After Eric Kodish finished making his reservation at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani in Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach for the upcoming Christmas holiday, he tried to tie up one loose end: ensuring the two rooms he’d booked for his family were connected.
Do travel companies charge too many junk fees?
Susan Jay regrets picking up the phone to make a call from Harrah’s Atlantic City. But she says she had no choice. Her cell phone wasn’t getting a clear signal.
How can you miss your national parks if they never go away?
Maybe we should thank the United States Congress for shutting down our government, which closed America’s national parks for 16 unbearably long days.