Dr. Ruth: Is it sensible to take back a cheater?
Q: Should you ever take back someone who cheated on you? A: It would be foolish not to take the circumstances into consideration. Was the person who cheated on you...
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Dr. Ruth: Is it sensible to take back a cheater?
Q: Should you ever take back someone who cheated on you? A: It would be foolish not to take the circumstances into consideration. Was the person who cheated on you...
Find your house swap online
If you have recently glanced at the "housing swap" notices on craigslist.com, you've seen that there's been a startling increase in the use of these free-of-charge, electronic classified ads for...
Here’s the beef on passengers’ rights: It’s politics
You can't remove travel issues from the world of politics. Study any travel controversy and you'll hear arguments that the president, Congress, various administrative agencies or a combination of them...
New Orleans hotels cut rates for Papa Noel
A little more than two years ago, we all watched Hurricane Katrina wreak havoc on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, while wondering how to help. One way to do...
Earning travel awards with credit cards
If you're a member of an airline or hotel loyalty reward program, chances are you've received an offer in the mail to sign up for the company's affiliated credit card....
Those free Orlando shuttles may not be a bargain after all
Most of the inexpensive Orlando hotels -- and those are the ones not located on Disney or Universal Studios property -- offer "daily shuttle service" to some or all of...
America’s war on tourists: How the U.S. hurts itself
I recently spent a day fielding phone calls from people who had just returned from the World Travel & Tourism Conference in Lisbon. The subject of their news: the calamitous...
The less you spend: A dissenting view
In my writings, I regularly express joy over the rewards of budget-price travel -- "the less you spend, the more you enjoy." I argue that the less you spend in...
The ‘easy’ way to cruise Greek Islands
Stelios Haji-Ioannou -- the man behind the low-cost successes of Europe's easyJet and easyHotel -- has been experimenting with a new concept in cruising: easyCruise. This summer, after several seasons...