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Stuck on a crowded airplane for a long trip? Kids around you screaming, an obese person next to you enveloping you and your seat, and with no way for you to get up to reach your “stuff” in the overhead compartment, let alone to make a trip to the restroom? Feeling trapped and claustrophobic because [...]
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When Americans travel, we often take many things for granted, including ease of going places without a bunch of bothersome restrictions. We come by this attitude naturally. Being able to move freely through all fifty states of the United States, we get used to the idea that this is our “right.” And yes, we know [...] NOTE: PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS PAGE AS WELL AS PRINT OUT THIS ARTICLE TO BE USED FOR YOUR FLIGHT TRIP PLANNING TO PROTECT YOUR FLIGHT RIGHTS. I’ve said it before; flying can be a difficult business these days. Therefore, it is often with a sigh of satisfaction and relief that we board our flights, sit in our [...] Let’s face it; it’s the age of hidden fees. Airlines, hotels, banks, credit card companies — all have discovered the fine art of charging hidden fees. It has become a major trend. Everybody seems to be in on the act. They quote one price, but when you finally get that bill, there are all those [...] Times are tough. We all know this. It’s all we hear about in the news. Unemployment is high. People are losing their homes. Businesses and banks are failing. This sort of negative environment makes traveling difficult for many of us, because right now, we either can’t afford the expense, or maybe we feel we shouldn’t, [...] Fees — we’ve discussed them in detail before now. We’ve shown costs for wiring or obtaining foreign currency through various financial services, what they charge, both stated, and in hidden fees. We’ve gone over the various costs for obtaining cash in the local currency of another country either via a bank, an ATM, or a [...] Are you bored with the same old travel destinations? Has that “been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt,” attitude taken a firm grip on you? Do you find Paris a bit tedious now, Rome crowded, smoggy, and too noisy, and London just a big urban sprawl with perennially soggy weather? Admittedly, feeling this way, suffering from [...] We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating; many of us just hate traveling by plane. For some, it is out of a real fear of flying. For others, the sheer, cattle-car style of transportation, those crowded flights, is what we hate. Most of us now dread the task of just “getting there.” Unlike those [...]
This is the next article on hidden costs we started last month. This time, we’re discussing costs of using ATM (Automated teller machine). And, as we have mentioned here a number of times, that probably is the cheapest way for a traveler to obtain currency in another country, by accessing it via an ATM [...] We Americans are very used to flying around our country to get from point “A” to point “B.” In fact, it is our preferred method for long-distance traveling, even sometimes from city-to-city within states. I’ve frequently flown from San Diego to San Francisco. Why? Because it’s an eleven-hour trip to drive it, that’s why, and [...] |
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