Travel News Archive

• 'Travel commentary: These rules need a vacation (Miami Herald)
You don't have to be a card-carrying frequent flier to know that the travel business is littered with rules that make no sense. I've been collecting and documenting ridiculous travel rules my entire career in my syndicated column, The travel Troubleshooter (page 2J.) Here's my list of five things the travel industry and security officials won't let you do -- but should:
• 'Daily Debate: air travel (ITV.com)
Should air travel be restricted to help the environment? Environmental protesters are holding a week-long campaign against a proposed runway at Heathrow Airport.
• 'Amid Toxin Worries, FEMA Launches Plan To Get Hurricane Victims Out Of Travel Trailers (The Morning News)
NEW ORLEANS -- Federal disaster officials plan to move thousands of hurricane victims out of travel trailers as worries grow that people might have been living for months in government-issued campers contaminated with a carcinogen.
• 'Travel misery for Zimbabwe holidays (AP via Yahoo! News)
Acute gasoline shortages crippled transportation services in Zimbabwe on Sunday, stranding thousands of weary travelers at bus stops before a two-day holiday honoring guerrillas who fought against colonial-era white rule.
• 'Thieves steal large sum of money from Moscow travel agency (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Unidentified persons have stolen a large sum of money from the office of a large travel agency in Moscow, a police source said Sunday.
• 'TravelWise 3 - The Seychelles, travel news and tips, pt 2/3 (AME Info)
Primordial rain forests, an ox and cart island 'get about' and seafood, seafood galore.. Just a few of the aspects of the Seychelles, as discussed by our travel 'gurus' John Flower and Phil Blizzard. Plus information on how to get there, what to do and where to stay.
• 'Deluxe Portable Travel Bar Set ($109.95) (Louisville Courier-Journal)
One of life's little luxuries is a well-mixed cocktail at the end of a long workday. That martini or Manhattan is especially welcome after a tiring day of travel. And if you're on the road a lot, those $15 drinks in hotel bars add up fast. (Not to mention that your favorite bourbon may be hard to find outside of Kentucky.)
• ''Bizarre' Trini foods on Travel Channel (Trinidad Express)
EXOTIC: The TV host savoured doubles. Food that Trinidadians consider as common, as hops bread, have been described as bizarre in a programme airing on the American Travel Channel cable network.
• 'Tryouts today for 13-under travel team (Lake County News Sun)
Tryouts for the Lake County Lightning?s age 13-under travel baseball team will be held today at 3 p.m. on the baseball field at Carmel High on Route 176 in Mundelein.
• 'How to Save Money When You Travel This Summer (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - The high price of gas has a lot of people rethinking their travel plans this summer, but $3 per gallon of gasoline doesn't mean you have to deny yourself a good time.

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