Best Bets in Bangkok for Thai Massage Treats
While Bangkok offers all the film-quality intrigue of steamy, crowded streets, exotic foods and seductive shopping opportunities, it also offers a buffet of treats for tired bodies through a surfeit of spas. These can range from impromptu storefront set-ups to eye-popping palaces of sensual splendor, but they will all be sure to offer one primary […]
Travel: Hidden Fees and Quick Fixes
By Christopher Elliott When it comes to new travel fees, the sky’s the limit. Or, in Liz Pollock’s case, the fourth floor of her hotel. Pollock recently checked out of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Golf Resort Palm Springs Area in Cathedral City, Calif., and discovered a mysterious fee on her hotel bill: a “top-floor” surcharge of […]
Trip Insurance Trip-ups? Surprising Finds
By Christopher Elliott Trip insurance with a preexisting condition? Refund on a nonrefundable ticket? What’s possible might surprise you. Connie Matlin wants to do the impossible: buy travel insurance for what she thinks is an uninsurable trip. “My family and I would like to travel to Europe this summer,” explains Matlin, a financial planner […]
Themed Cruises: Passion Plays on the High Seas
Going on a cruise vacation may be a heavenly way to travel. But going on a cruise with like-minded souls and immersing in the deep experience of a favorite interest while traveling to far off places on the high seas…. well, that is close to sublime.
Trisara Phuket: Luxe Leader at Top Thai Resort
Trisara Phuket puts a private luxury resort in Thailand on the map where visitors would usually find a phalanx of budget to mass market, to family-friendly inns eager to offer proximity to public beaches with a bunch of affordability. But if you are a celebrity (Trisara Phuket has been a fave with Lindsay Lohan and […]
Stuck at the Airport? See EU261 Passenger Rights
A flight compensation company for passenger rights has found that in 2017 more than 1 million passengers traveling from the US may be entitled to over $555 million in airline compensation due to missed connecting flights.
Best and Worst Airlines: Passengers Weigh In
Airline travel. For most passengers, just the sound of it allows jolts of PTSD to crack into consciousness. It has become a constant struggle to avoid ultra-tight seating, hefty luggage fees, and itinerary-wrecking delays – a veritable crap shoot on every flight. But a small number of carriers try to deliver consistently good travel experiences, […]
Mexico Made Easy: Top 10 Must Dos
Vacations to Mexico can mean much more than sun, endless baskets of tortilla chips and throwing back tequila lemon bites with shots. Beyond the beautiful beaches, turquoise waters and stunning coral reefs of Mexico lies a whole array of fun, fascinating and enriching experiences for travelers, as underscored here by a worthy list of Mexico vacation experts […]
10 Travel Tips for Surviving Winter Storms
Whether it’s during a winter “Bomb Cyclone” or damaging ice storms and heavy winds, weather has taken its toll on many travelers these last few months. Flight delays and cancellations stall travel throughout the U.S. as “nor’easters” sweep through New York and Washington DC, cause coastal flooding in Boston and other parts of the mid-Atlantic seaboard, and virtually shutter Amtrak […]
Winter Break: Parsing the Top Florida Hotels
As frozen “nor’easters” ravage the U.S. East Coast, thoughts are wandering down to sunny Florida where most weather challenged city dwellers head for escape. Those lucky enough to catch unimpeded flights to The Sunshine State will no doubt look for some luxury and pampering during their stay. A survey by Luxury-Hotels.com checked out the best room […]
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