As United Makes Family Seating Easier, What Are Other Airlines Doing?
Posted on 02/21/2023, 5:15 PM
Amid 2023’s busiest travel weekend so far, United Airlines announced it’s making changes to its policies and computer systems to make it easier for families to sit together. The changes will start rolling out right away for those booking a ticket with a child age 12 or younger, with full implementation expected by early March. As part of the upgrades, the Chicago-based carrier plans to debut a ne...
Peru’s Machu Picchu Reopens to Tourists—but Is It Safe to Go There?
Posted on 02/17/2023, 8:00 AM
Machu Picchu, the world-renowned Inca citadel in the Andes of southern Peru, reopened to tourists this week after a nearly monthlong closure due to antigovernment protests. Peruvian news agency Andina reports that the decision to resume operations at the site came as a result of agreements made by municipal authorities, social organizations, and the tourism industry to "ensure [the] safety of the...
Las Vegas Casinos Accused of Fixing Prices in 90% of Rooms on the Strip
Posted on 01/31/2023, 7:30 AM
Here's a budding lawsuit worth keeping your eye on.Casino operators that account for about 90% of the rooms on the Las Vegas Strip—Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Treasure Island, and Wynn Resorts—have been hit by a class action lawsuit that alleges those companies collectively used third-party booking software to artificially set room prices higher.The complaint, filed last week ...
Airline Passenger Bumping Is Back. Do You Know Your Rights?
Posted on 01/26/2023, 7:00 AM
Lately, it seems like everything that could go wrong in air travel has done just that, from entire airlines going on the fritz to technical glitches temporarily grounding flights across the U.S. and Canada. Meanwhile, travel's ongoing recovery from Covid shutdowns has been accompanied by chronic understaffing and economic woes that have contributed to spikes in flight delays, cancellations, lost l...
New Data: When to Book Flights and Hotel Stays to Save on Travel in 2023
Posted on 01/25/2023, 7:00 AM
With travel costs up across the board, it's more important than ever to find savings wherever you can. According to the travel booking app Hopper, one way to cut vacation costs significantly is by mastering the art of timing flights and hotel stays. Or maybe it's less an art than a science? In a new report, Hopper's researchers have crunched 8 years' worth of travel data and approximately three...
In 2023, Strikes Are Paralyzing European Travel
Posted on 01/19/2023, 4:45 PM
The strain of the pandemic has exposed so many of our current societal systems as being inadequate for the demands we now place upon them, and the world is reacting with discord and disarray. Many business owners are calling the global staffing crisis a "labor shortage," but to many job seekers it's simply about holding out for an occupation that pays for basic needs like rent, food, and health ca...
Reservations for Top Tourist Attractions Are Now Essential—and Here to Stay
Posted on 01/13/2023, 4:30 PM
Are you the sort of traveler who plans everything ahead of your trip or flies by the seat of your pants? When it comes to seeing many of the world's top tourist attractions, momentum has shifted toward planners and away from pants-seat flyers—and the change appears to be here to stay. To combat overcrowding, ultra-popular sites from the Colosseum in Rome to Machu Picchu in Peru began requiring a...
The World's Most On-Time Airlines and Airports in 2022
Posted on 01/12/2023, 4:00 PM
As it does every year, Cirium, a leading aviation analytics company, has crunched the numbers to come up with its On-Time Performance Review of global airlines. The annual report card is already well-scrutinized by industry insiders, but this time it signifies much more because it can tell consumers a lot about which airlines are healthy enough to function well under the toughest circumstances. "...
Disney, Stung By Harsh Feedback, Backtracks on Parking Fees and Park Hopping
Posted on 01/10/2023, 8:15 PM
On Tuesday afternoon, Disney Parks did something it pretty much never does: It gave money back. At least a little bit. Without warning, the Florida resort backtracked and announced that effective immediately, it will no longer charge guests at its hotels an additional nightly fee to park.That may not sound like much, but to Disney regulars, the March 2018 introduction of a parking fee was like a ca...
How Are Ultrarich Tourists Spending Valentine’s? In a $200,000 Champagne Bath, Apparently
Posted on 01/10/2023, 7:00 AM
Now that the December holidays are behind us, hotels have begun promoting themselves as ideal escapes for Valentine's Day. In many cases, they're putting together romantic offerings that, if nothing else, provide needed employment for the world's suppliers of loose rose petals and chocolate-covered strawberries. Not to be outdone, luxury hotels, which make a point of never being outdone, compete t...
