If a hotel can't follow its own instructions, what's a not plussed traveler supposed to do? Sit back and take the interruptions? Not our own Al Vinikour, who will certainly voice a tacit disapproval. Who are we kidding?
As journalists we’re often invited to events throughout the country. This is particularly true in the automotive and travel fields. Some publications have a “We pay only” policy but most journalists are either freelancers or work for publications with no resources to afford out-of-pocket travel expenditures. In those cases trust is placed on the...
Traveling by air affords one the opportunity to have some precious alone time – rarely found outside a locked bathroom door. Granted, it’s even more precious sitting in first-class but even traveling in economy, it’s still time for yourself (unless you have some Ebenezer Scrooge of a boss who expects you to work on...
Small seats, cramped quarters and a bevy of rude travelers who are either oblivious to where they swing their bags or just don't care. In either case, the case of bumper pool boarding has left Al Vinikour a little bruised and irate.
Everyone likes a cup of Joe with their morning flight. But when our Non Plussed Traveler misses his because someone wasn't up to do their job on a morning flight, well, there's hell to pay. So grab a seat in coach and listen in.
I was watching a cable news station yesterday and it broadcast an item that really got my attention. Seems that some in the government want to have people screened for the H1N1 virus as part of the security process at the airport. Their theory is that such an examination would all but eliminate the...
