Dec 20th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Last month, writers Nathan Thornburgh (a contributing editor to TIME and recent guest of Fox News) and Matt Goulding (food & culture writer and author behind the Eat This, Not That! book series) launched a new website with the intriguing tagline: "Journalism, travel, food, murder, music. First stop: Burma." Combining on-the-spot reporting on current events and politics with in-depth cultural ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Dec 20th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Last month, writers Nathan Thornburgh (a contributing editor to TIME and recent guest of Fox News) and Matt Goulding (food & culture writer and author behind the Eat This, Not That! book series) launched a new website with the intriguing tagline: "Journalism, travel, food, murder, music. First stop: Burma." Combining on-the-spot reporting on current events and politics with in-depth cultural ...How much have you paid for hotel internet access?
Apr 6th, 2011 at 3:30PM: If our Hotel Madness tournament taught us anything, it's that people really hate paying for internet access when traveling. No free Wi-Fi handily won our tournament by proving itself as the most hated hotel nuisance. While it bothers so many of us, we've all taken the plunge and paid a hefty fee for in-room internet. Whether it's because we have work to do, pictures to upload or loved ones to ...Last day to vote in the Hotel Madness championship!
Apr 4th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Today is the last day of voting to decide which pet peeve will win our Hotel Madness tournament. Thousands of votes have been cast over the last several weeks leading up to this exciting championship match. Now, with hundreds of votes already cast, we are just hours away from crowning our winner. There's still time, however, for you to make your voice heard. Will you vote for the dominant #1 ...Hotel Madness: The Final Four
Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
With two rounds in the books, only the biggest, most annoying and burdensome hotel pet peeves remain in our Hotel Madness tournament. The second round featured some of the tournament's closest contests and featured one impressive upset. Resort fees squeaked by One-ply toilet paper by a mere 23 votes while the #7 seed Bad water pressure dumped cold water on Bad front desk service's title ...JetBlue in-flight internet access coming in 2012, worth the wait?
Sep 22nd, 2010 at 4:30PM: JetBlue is going to offer in-flight internet access! This is exciting news, right? JetBlue is one of the more exciting airlines in the market right now, having figured out how to offer solid customer service without jacking up fares (a combination the major carriers believe is impossible to attain ... despite the fact that JetBlue has done so). So, the airline is getting into the internet game, a ...Hilton gives free internet access by status
Aug 3rd, 2010 at 4:30PM: The elites get free internet access at Hiltons, and the rest can eat cake ... which is how it should be. The hotel company has decided to reward its best customers with this perk, which translates to between $10 and $15 a night in value. To qualify, you need to be gold-level or above. Internet access is one of the more unpopular extra charges, especially for business travelers who have no choice ...Marriott elite members get free Internet - the rest of us can still pay for it
Mar 9th, 2010 at 1:30PM: Starting May 7th, all gold and platinum members of the Marriott Rewards frequent guest program will get free Internet access when they stay at a Marriott, JW Marriott or Renaissance hotel.
All other Marriott properties already offer free Internet access for all their guests, so if you are staying at a Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, Springhill Suites, Residence Inn or TownePlace Suites, you won't ...Business travelers on the brink of scoring free internet access
Jan 26th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Having to pay for internet access in hotels is nothing more than moronic. If the revenue is such a big deal, hotels should just slap the $9.99 -- or whatever it is -- onto the room rate and tell us they're giving it away for nothing. But, nothing's worse than spending $250 a night and having to pay another fee to connect to the web, which you're going to have to do even if you're on vacation, let ...Free wi-fi in Times Square
Nov 14th, 2009 at 4:30PM: It's been quite the week for free wi-fi announcements. Airlines and airports seem to be offering it up like mad, to much thanks from travelers who need to stay connected. The latest hotspot for free wi-fi: New York's Time Square.
Yahoo!, in cooperation with Times Square Alliance, is now offering free wi-fi in the pedestrian-only area of Times Square. Just get online and head to ...Travel annoyance #47: Paying for hotel Internet access has GOT to stop
Oct 29th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
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If you own a hotel, and you charge your guests for Internet access, then I'm going to go ahead and tell you that I hate you. I'll make exceptions if you run a $10/night hostel, or if your hotel is located 50 miles from the middle of nowhere, and ...On Southwest, the internet's no longer free
Jun 23rd, 2009 at 5:00PM: Starting tomorrow, Southwest Airlines is going to start charging for internet access on four of its planes. The fees will range from $2 to $12, based on how long you're in the sky and how you connect. For the past few months, access has been free, but the lure of additional revenue must have been hard to resist.
Yep, another extra fee to add to the list ...
Both Delta Airlines and American ...American Airlines announces in-flight wi-fi costs
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 12:40PM: Our sister site Engadget is reporting that, when American Airlines debuts in-flight Wi-Fi, it will cost $10 for three hours or less, or $12.95 for longer flights. "Rollout," they say, "will begin this summer on AA's 767-200 jets before rolling out across its entire fleet." So what do you think? Personally, I don't think it's too bad, as long as the connection is reliable. What I'd be worried about ...
