By Jerry Chandler www.travelagewest.com/newsarticle.asp?articleid=471 A key plaintiff’s attorney, in an action alleging nine major airlines conspired to cut commissions, said the lawsuit is still on track – this despite a counterclaim by one of the carriers. San Francisco attorney Al Anolik, general counsel for ARTA, said he expects a suit filed by Sarah Hall, owner […]
From the Los Angeles Times Construction noise ruins a couple’s stay at an expensive hotel. By Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 27, 2007Originally Posted: http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-spot30dec30 Question: On our 25th wedding anniversary, we decided to splurge and stay at a luxury hotel in Paris. Unfortunately, we were given a room next to […]
USA Today Posted 10/3/2006 3:32 PM ET Question: We booked a five-night, six-day all-inclusive vacation in June for our family, including our three young children, at Beaches Turks & Caicos through Unique Vacations, Beaches’ travel partner. But conditions at the resort were deplorable and we had to leave after the first night. It was not […]
More Ahead for SuntripsOriginally Posted: www.travelagewest.com/articles.aspx?article=4905 June 26, 2006 Two travel agencies sued SunTrips and its parent corporation, seeking restitution of unpaid commissions on behalf of all agencies and to stop the sale of the tour business until agency commissions are secured. The plaintiff agencies are Community World Travel of Denver and Four Winds […]
TRAVEL Q&A Job 1: Goof-proof your trip Travel agents make mistakes too, so it pays to double-check their work. By: Laurie Berger Originally posted on: www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-travelqa7may07,1,2082455,print.column May 7, 2006 WHAT options do travelers have when a travel agent makes a mistake but denies it? Travel Q&A tackles an expensive mishap that could […]
Suntrips Trip Refunds Part TwoCBS 13/UPN 31 Originally Posted: http://cbs13.com/seenon/local_story_097005327.html April 6, 2006 So now we have two companies: the old Suntrips and the new company. The new company gets the Suntrips name and the website. The old company cancelled trips and now owes a whole lot of money back to their customers. Last […]
Suntrips Trip Refund That Never Came CBS 13/UPN 31 Originally posted: http://cbs13.com/consumer/local_story_096005707.html April 5, 2006 Dulcey Rood loves the sun, especially the Mexican Sun. She and her husband Robert were married in Mexico. They’ve been back seven times. There would’ve been an eighth trip this past Christmas, but they had to cancel because Robert […]
Mystery at Sea: Who Polices the Ships? By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTTFebruary 26, 2006From the New York TImesOriginally Posted on: http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/travel/26crime.html?pagewanted=print MENTION crime on cruise ships, and George Smith, the honeymooner who vanished from Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas last year, comes to mind — particularly if you watch cable TV. But Connie Eagerton is reminded […]
Risks on the road aheadCanceled flights, overbooked hotels, civil unrest: How to prepare for the worst.By Laurie BergerSpecial to The Times January 22, 2006 Originally Posted: www.latimes.com/services/site/premium/interceptlogin.register FROM bankruptcies to bedbugs, many of the perils that beset travelers last year still loom large. Perhaps not surprisingly, experts are predicting an equally bumpy 2006.If that […]
If a seatmate smells bad, come clean to the crew — quicklyFrom the Los Angeles TimesTRAVEL Q&ABy: Laurie BergerDecember 4, 2005 Originally Posted: www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-travelqa4dec04,1,5954551.column Question: On a packed, 16-hour flight to Japan, my three children and I were seated in a row next to a family that had not bathed recently. The odor […]