Everybody knows shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday will get you the best deals on almost anything? Maybe not. When it comes to travel, your best bet might be to exercise a little patience and hold out for Travel Deal Tuesday, which may be shaping up to be the...
Misleading Sales & Marketing Tactics, Fraudulent Hotel Bookings Cost Travelers 5.2 Billion in 2017 A new campaign promoting “smarter searching” on the part of American travelers has brought attention to a surprisingly serious issue in travel: fraudulent hotel...
According to data from the Department of Transportation, 46,000 travelers were involuntarily bumped from flights in 2015. On the flip side, there were 505,000 voluntarily bumped. That’s a huge difference. The reason why is that many travelers don’t mind volunteering...
With the vacation season underway, more Americans are gearing up for getaways in distant cities and destinations. While many prefer to travel by plane or even automobile, for others, it’s cruisin’ time. But before you board that ship you need to do all you can to...
Experts from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deliberately hacked a Boeing 757 remotely in just two days without the pilots even knowing about it. The team was able to access and gain control of the plane’s systems using radio frequency communications....
1. Research your rail passes If you’re planning a seriously long-distance trip, it may be worth looking into getting an Amtrak Railpass. These start from $459 for a maximum of eight journeys (also known as segments) taken over 15 days, right up to $899 for 45...
