Mexico Warns its Citizens Against Traveling in Arizona
Oh my….this is a bizarre turn of the table! This Arizona immigration law has become quite the national topic. What do you think of Arizona’s new immigration law? This video is from our local news station:
What do you Think of the New Airline Tarmac Rules?
Remember back when some poor passengers were stuck on the tarmac in an airliner for umpteen hours, with no bathrooms, no water, screaming children, and were prohibited from deplaning? On April 29th, the Department of Transportation’s final rule in this matter goes into effect. Here’s a summary: “The Department of Transportation is issuing a final [...]
Southwest Airlines Decides not to Participate in 2009 Airline Industry Slowdown
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has just reported their statistics for 2009. Here are a few of their statistics: The number of passengers was down 5.3%. The number of flights was down 6.6%. The #1 US airline was Southwest with over 101 million passengers. The #1 US airport was Atlanta with [...]
Senate Passes New Bipartisan Travel Promotion Act
I read somewhere recently that travel is the largest economic stimulus in the world. Evidently, world-wide dollars spent on travel dwarf any other measurable economic impact. In an effort to create a national campaign to tap into these massive dollars, our Washington representatives have put forth the Travel Promotion Act for President Obama to sign. [...]
It’s Official: Vacations Change Your Life
A British travel report released today states that live-changing decisions often emanate from vacation time away. The report shows “over 50% of all life changing decisions are put into action following a decision made on a holiday, proving that holidays can change a person’s life.” From the Kuoni report: “The 24-page report reveals that the [...]
British in an Uproar Over TripAdvisors “Dirtiest Hotel” List
A recent article in Travel Weekly highlights the British Hotel Association’s brouhaha over whether consumer reviews on websites like TripAdvisors are legitimate. I happen to know that a lot of my friends rely on review sites like TripAdvisor when they travel. However, I have often heard of disappointments arising because of the potential for abuse [...]
Airlines Adding More Time to Their Scheduled Flight Times
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, airlines are adding more time to their scheduled flight times: “Across the airline industry, carriers have been adding minutes to “block times”—the scheduled durations—baking delays into trips so that late flights officially arrive “on-time” and operations run better because flights pull into gates more often on schedule. [...]
