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The Caregivers’ Guide to Traveling: How to Navigate Airports with Passengers with Special Needs

Travel NewsNovember 28, 20249Views

If you are a caregiver traveling with your care recipient, navigating the airport can be daunting. But with a little know-how and strategic planning, you can turn airport navigation into an empowering experience. Dr. Carol Sargent, a disability travel consultant, says, "Through travel, you learn to problem-solve creatively and adapt to new circumstances quickly, all…

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American Airlines Makes It Harder to Remove Passengers for Body Odor or Attire

American Airlines has reportedly made it more difficult for flight attendants to remove passengers for what they wear or what they smell like. The changes come in the aftermath of an incident over the summer during which eight Black men were removed from a plane in Phoenix while they were waiting to depart for New…

November 9, 202411Views

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Scam Alert: Passengers Report Fake Airline Phone Numbers Are Listed by Google

Over the weekend, as airports in the northeastern U.S. endured another 1,300 flight cancellations, reports surfaced of a complex scam operation that has allegedly compromised Google search results. A Twitter user identifying himself as Shmuli Evers posted that the local phone number he was shown for Delta Air Lines via a Google search actually linked…

May 4, 202476Views

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Can Passengers Bring Cannabis on Cruise Ships? What to Know About Pot and Cruising

Now that recreational marijuana is permitted in nearly half of U.S. states and counting, a reasonable assumption might be that pot is legal to use on a cruise ship that boards in a state where cannabis is no longer outlawed. But that assumption is not correct, and this year Carnival Cruise Line has been vocal…

May 4, 202485Views

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Active River Cruises: 6 Routes for Younger and Adventurous Passengers

Heidi Sarna is the cofounder of QuirkyCruise.com, a guide to small-ship cruising. Having taken river cruises all over the world—Southeast Asia, India, Europe, and North America—I know their advantages well. Everything is intimate and close up, from the scenery along the riverbanks to the convenient layout of the ship. Your cabin will never be…

April 30, 202482Views

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Disruptions to Airplane GPS Systems Are on the Rise—What Passengers Should Know

If there’s one thing most of us take for granted in boarding a commercial aircraft, it’s that the plane is headed where we expect it to go. If you’re flying from New York to Miami, it should be safe to assume the plane will land in South Florida. But in recent months there have been…

April 29, 202476Views

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Orlando Sanford International Airport’s Name Could Confuse Passengers Going to Orlando

Sanford's small airport has Orlando in its name and flights from Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines, but it's twice as far from Walt Disney World as Orlando International (MCO). A small airport an hour away from Walt Disney World has trademarked its name to associate itself…

April 24, 202478Views