A Christmas present that no traveler had asked for this year was delivered by the Transportation Security Administration just hours after a Nigerian nut-job named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to ignite a device and blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. The T.S.A. is now making it mandatory that…
Some people get all worked up over the new fall season of television shows premiering, certain individuals get excited about a new motion picture hitting the silver screen, while others might get overstimulated by the combination of baseball playoffs and the return of the NFL football. But yours truly could care less about all of…
In these tough economic times many people can not afford to book a plane ride or hop aboard a train and take a vacation. But one company is hoping to assist those individuals that are strapped for cash, but still want to get in a little traveling in 2009. The low-cost Megabus has just announced…
Travel + Leisure Magazine just released it’s list of the United State’s “Best & Worst Airports” for 2009. They compiled information on flights that departed more than 15 minutes late from the country’s airports between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009 courtesy of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. There are some notable highlights from…
A start-up airline, which is being run by the former founder of the defunct airline Skybus, will be making travel very affordable…if you are willing to fly into lesser known airports and cities. Toledo, Ohio based Jet America is advertising $9 non-stop, one-way tickets between six U.S. cities, starting July 13. Those six cities include:…
Now while not my usual “travel news” story, I felt compelled to write about the American Lung Association’s results from a two year project on air pollution in the United States. Because as travelers, you and I will eventually wind up in some of these places, some might have already been. After reading the results…