Jul 9th, 2010 at 1:00PM: In the travel world, Christopher Elliott is a bit of a hero - on his blog, he regularly saves passengers from lost tickets, rental car horrors and other travel mishaps.
Since there is only one Christopher Elliott, he's started a site designed to aid travelers in resolving some of their own problems. On Your Side is built as a blog and Wiki, which means anyone can add and edit information. The ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Jul 9th, 2010 at 1:00PM: In the travel world, Christopher Elliott is a bit of a hero - on his blog, he regularly saves passengers from lost tickets, rental car horrors and other travel mishaps.
Since there is only one Christopher Elliott, he's started a site designed to aid travelers in resolving some of their own problems. On Your Side is built as a blog and Wiki, which means anyone can add and edit information. The ...50% of air travelers will fly with the flu to avoid a fee
Oct 24th, 2009 at 11:30AM: I'm a one of the those people who always seems to get sick after a long plane ride. A few days post-trip, I suddenly get a runny nose, sore throat and all the other telltale signs of a cold, most likely contracted from a sick passenger. Usually it's minor, and I'm out of commission for only a few days.
I guess I've just been lucky that it hasn't been the flu, because, according to a recent ...Bing Travel: "We save the average couple $50 per trip"
Jun 12th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Hugh Crean is the general manager of Bing Travel, Microsoft's new travel search engine. Microsoft is trying to chip away at Google's search engine dominance, and Bing Travel is part of a multi-pronged effort that also includes shopping and health-related microsites. Crean's company, Farecast, was acquired by Microsoft last year and folded into MSN Travel. I asked Crean about what Bing means to ...Talking Travel with with Karen Schaler, author of "Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need to Go?
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:00PM: Karen Schaler is the author of Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need to Go? A former embedded war correspondent in Afghanistan, she's experienced the highs and lows of travel. I asked her how to get the most out of your next vacation. Schaler: It's all about changing your attitude by changing your environment. By using travel therapy, visiting different destinations can help you deal with what ...Wall Street Journal's McCartney: Airlines have gotten "carried away" with fees
May 15th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Scott McCartney writes The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Seat" column and is the author of the new book "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel: How to Arrive with Your Dignity, Sanity, and Wallet Intact." With the travel season about to take off, I asked him for his thoughts on flying in the summer of 2009. Q: What should air travelers expect this summer? McCartney: I think this will ...US Airways customer service director: À la carte fees are the only way forward
May 8th, 2009 at 11:00AM: John Romantic is the director of customer relations and central baggage resolution at US Airways. But he'd prefer that you simply think of him as your advocate at the airline. For the last nine months, he's had the unenviable job of improving the carrier's checkered reputation for customer service. I asked him how he's doing it. Q: I've been hearing a lot of buzz about some of the changes within ...Rosetta Stone's Adams: World travelers should learn Spanish, Chinese
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May 1st, 2009 at 2:00PM: International travelers know what a formidable barrier a foreign language can be. From time to time, language spills over into the headlines - as it did last week when Fidel Castro insisted his brother's comments about political reform in Cuba were "misunderstood." Tom Adams knows about language barriers and how to overcome them. He's the chief executive of Rosetta Stone. Yeah, the company with ...Become a world famous traveler
Mar 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Want to be a famous traveler? Gadling fave Christopher Elliott wrote "How to be a Youtube travel star," which explains how you can turn your vacation videos into internet acclaim, but there are more ways to publicize your excursions. Several websites have popped up to help travel reporters connect with sources. Yes, we need you to help us write the stories you read. By helping us, you can become a ...Galley Gossip: Passenger of the month - Christopher Elliott
Jan 29th, 2009 at 1:30PM: Name? Christopher Elliott Where do you live? Orlando, Florida Occupation? I'm a travel journalist. Website? Elliott.org
City you spend the most time in? Orlando Okay, that makes sense. Bad question. So where do you travel to the most often? New York I love New York. Everyone should visit New York at least once in their lifetime, especially during Christmas. Miles flown this year? Just over ...Does 50 pounds weigh the same amount everywhere?: An airline math story
Jun 3rd, 2008 at 10:30AM: Whenever I've played the "watch the scale game" at an airline check-in, seeing if I'm a winner without going over 50, the magic number, or if I'll have to pull over to the side and repack, it has never occurred to me that the scale might be off.
According to a airline passenger letter that travel columnist Christopher Elliot received and posted on his blog, one Shawn Rabin discovered that his ...RovAir.com: Single day wireless card rentals
Apr 17th, 2008 at 10:20AM: How do you connect to the Internet when traveling? If I'm abroad, I'm at the mercy of the hostel or hotel I'm staying at. If their connection is shaky or non-existent, I don't get online without finding a cafe. When traveling domestically here in the U.S., I use my Blackberry as a phone-as-modem (via USB) which offers decent speeds in metropolitan areas. Even in the sticks it works well enough to ...Elliott reads the fine print for you
Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:20PM: Does anyone ever read the fine print when purchasing airfare or booking a hotel room? I'll be honest -- I never do. But Christopher Elliott and his band of smart consumers do, and he wrote a quick piece on "5 travel traps lurking in the fine print." They are,
Caution: our ships may sink
We're not responsible for your checked luggage
Something stolen from your room? Tough luck
We can take ...4 car rental scams you should be aware of
Oct 21st, 2007 at 8:45PM: Travel columnist Christopher Elliott is always full of great tips and useful information. We covered his Lessons Learned from Summer 2007 in September as well as his thoughts on airport security. And now I have some more information from him: four new scams from car rental companies.
The first, according to Elliott, involves companies strictly enforcing rules that they were perhaps less strict ...
