Single Parent Travel

Every year, I hear more horror stories of travel arrangements gone bad. Look at any of the online blogs and you will see what I mean. Our own favorite travel ombudsman, Christopher Elliott, is busier than ever, and my colleague Anita Dunham-Potter recently told a travel horror story about a group of 73 would-be cruise [...]

Three tips from K.K., a single mom, who travels regularly with her daughter: 1) I try not to schedule anything for too early in the morning. Teens stay up late at night and they are not their best early in the AM so if possible we don’t do anything before 9 AM. 2) We have [...]

When I was a kid and traveling with my parents, they used to drag me, kicking and screaming, to museum after museum so I could get some “culture.” I hated it! I hated them! My travels were filled with commands and threats like “Shhhh!” “No,” “Be quiet,” “Stop running,” and the all-too-familiar “Just you wait [...]

What If My Airline Folds? These aren’t the best of times to be an air traveler. US Airways’ chairman has said that in the event of a second bankruptcy filing there’s only a one to two percent chance the airline would survive. And his airline just filed for Chapter 11 protection. Delta is grasping at [...]