With airlines offering less and less food options aboard flights and security measures prohibiting many items, travelers are succumbing to the less than desirable selections at airport food outlets.
Tasteless and costly, airport food has long had a bad reputation. However as more travelers rush to find something to hold them over through a long flight, [...]
The Spanish tradition of siesta is taken seriously by locals and tourists alike. Who can disagree with a tradition that requires a deliciously large meal, a midday nap and a bursting nightlife scene?!
However, it seems in these modern times people have become a bit lax about what siesta silence entails, and Granada, Spain is [...]
Starting this summer, passengers will now be required to supply their birth date and gender for all domestic flights as part of TSA’s new Secure Flight program.
The new policy is supposed to help reduce the number of people misidentified as being on the “no-fly” and other “watch” lists. TSA will be responsible for monitoring [...]
The luxe French hotel industry has always made a point to stand out. Besides decadent food, smoky sophistication, and that traditional formality, France has also always followed a four-star hotel rating system diferent from the five-star system used in most of the world. For those hotels that surpassed the 4 stars in terms [...]
The State Dept.’s passport offices have been swamped with passport applications, largely as a result of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires all airline passengers flying to Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean and Mexico to posses a valid passport. Next year, the government intends to extend to the rule to [...]
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Could it be that airport security could become a pay-to-play system? For people who travel more than a couple times a year, a $99 annual fee doesn’t really sound like very much at all. I know I would definitely give anything to breeze through security. San Francisco International joins San Jose Airport and four other [...]
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The Wall Street Journals Middle Seat column did a lengthy story on January 16, 2007, describing the growing problem of lost luggage by airlines. Due to increased security constraints, more and more people are checking baggage, but the airlines have not kept up with new equipment and more personnel to handle the increased traffic. The [...]
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Beginning January 23, 2007, U.S. citizens traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card. (Similar passport requirements for land and sea travelers [...]
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