Pet-Friendly Hotels in Las Vegas
Pet-friendly hotels in Las Vegas? Not too long ago, that concept was as alien as saucers landing in the desert. Fast forward to now and we hardly blink an eye to see dogs checking in with their families and fake grass with hydrant pop-ups looming off the lobby. In fact. Today, Las Vegas is rolling […]
Parking Rates: The Next Hotel Fee Frontier
Parking rates may be the next line crossed by hotels trying to nickel and dime (say dollar and C-note) travelers. More properties are charging their guests for parking, the rates are higher than they’ve ever been — and sometimes, hotels even charge guests who don’t have a car. This is not a joke. When Sira […]
Airports A – Z for Working on the Go
Airports A – Z are now in focus, not necessarily for their arrival and departure records, but for their seats, desks and plugs. With flight delays lasting from hours to days and airline business lounges now putting ceilings on guests and usage hours, airports a – z have become the new coworking stations, offering the amenities travelers need to […]
Top Tips for Traveling in 2023: Avoid the Avoidable
Top tips for traveling are always of value and, for 2023, consumer advocate Christopher Elliott identifies seven mistakes that are easy to avoid and could save a trip. In 2023, Nancy Aronson has already begun planning her travels. In order to experience the spring blossoms, she and her husband, Jules, plan to take a Danube River cruise […]
Is it Safe to Travel Yet? It’s Complicated
Is it safe to travel yet? People like Stephanie Wolkin want to know. Safe for her means she can see her 97-year-old mother in New Jersey without infecting her with the deadly COVID-19 virus. Safe means she can find a way to make her annual trip to France this year, to make up for the […]
Dare to Pair the Office Chair
Covid-19 last year brought the world to its knees – or more appropriately, it’s backside. The pandemic sent some 72 percent of the workforce home to pursue business on a more round-the-clock scale that many actually find more workable than the stressful central office setup of yore. In fact, a new Pew Research Center survey […]
Travel Trends to End a Year Like No Other
Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC), Expedia.com, Generali Global Assistance and Amadeus have all weighed in on what is defining travel now and what will be some guiding influences as we gently round the bend toward a new year. In the 2021 Travel Trends Report, analyzing extensive travel data from Expedia and ARC to uncover key search […]
Phishing Scams All the Rage This Summer
The travel space is seeing a rise in phishing scams and domain spoofing as travel records are making easy targets for hacking experts to reach travelers in ways they may otherwise trust.
What They’ll Buy: U.S. Travelers in Focus
MMGY Global’s Portrait of American Traveler (POAT) survey found, among other interesting fragments, that food is a driving influence when it comes to choosing places to vacation and ways to vacation. Being motivated to vacation in order to experience new cuisines has grown from 51 percent of travelers in 2014 to 70 percent in […]
Packing Light: You Can Take it With You
By Christopher Elliott Scott Jordan didn’t mean to change the way people pack — or more specifically, don’t pack when he started SCOTTeVEST 18 years ago. He thought his multi-pocketed clothes would catch on with gadget users. But then 9/11 happened. Suddenly, checked bags were being scanned, rifled through, and restricted. Jordan’s just-launched clothing line […]
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