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This Week in Travel – May 26, 2013

Chelle — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:12:45 +0000

Spanning the travel industry, interesting cultural experiences, travelers' personal accounts, and wacky travel-related incidents, here are 5 stories from the past week that we thought were worth sharing.

Travelers Behaving Badly (Industry Too)

Chelle — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:15:14 +0000

Here are some juicy tales about the airline industry reps, passengers, pranksters, terrorists and scammers who'll make you shake your heads, giggle and blow a gasket all at the same time.

Travel News Roundup: Apr 4 – 10, 2010

Chelle — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:37:08 +0000

Toilet charges, luggage fee increases, airline mergers, a deceased man masquerading as a sleeping passenger, a bomb scare and a plane crash -- an interesting travel news week indeed.

Industry Watch: 3-Hour Tarmac Rule in US

Chelle — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:25:22 +0000

The travel industry has been abuzz since the US Department of Transportation announced last December that new, hefty fines would be doled out when airlines left passengers trapped in planes on the tarmac for more than three hours. And, by hefty, they mean HEFTY. How does $27,500 per passenger sound? That’s upwards of $4 million [...]