Government shutdown taking a toll on travel Last week, the U.S. Travel Assocation ran the numbers and said that the government shutdown will cost the travel economy $1 billion a week. As we head into the second week of shutdown, the organization has a ticker tape running to tally the ongoing losses. It’s not pretty. […]
[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News] Cathy Balestriere was expecting “especially low” bookings last month at Crane’s Beach House, the boutique hotel she manages in Delray Beach, Florida. Instead, they jumped 12% from the year before. “It feels like a miracle based on where we were sitting […]
[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared first for NBC News; photo courtesy Louisville Tourism) The Kentucky Derby, long known as “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” may be on its way to becoming some of the most expensive two minutes in sports. Ticket prices for the iconic horse race have more […]
Happy New Year from the Stuck at the Airport team. Here’s to a great, safe year of travel in 2024.
(This is a shortened version of a story we first wrote for NBC News) This year’s post-pandemic travel boom is continuing into the holidays. Nearly half (48%) of Americans plan to travel between Thanksgiving and mid-January, up from 31% last winter, a recent Deloitte survey found. AAA expects 55.4 million travelers to venture at least 50 miles from home during the […]
Government shutdown taking a toll on travel Last week, the U.S. Travel Assocation ran the numbers and said that the government shutdown will cost the travel economy $1 billion a week. As we head into the second week of shutdown, the organization has a ticker tape running to tally the ongoing losses. It’s not pretty. […]
[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News] Cathy Balestriere was expecting “especially low” bookings last month at Crane’s Beach House, the boutique hotel she manages in Delray Beach, Florida. Instead, they jumped 12% from the year before. “It feels like a miracle based on where we were sitting […]
[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared first for NBC News; photo courtesy Louisville Tourism) The Kentucky Derby, long known as “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” may be on its way to becoming some of the most expensive two minutes in sports. Ticket prices for the iconic horse race have more […]
Happy New Year from the Stuck at the Airport team. Here’s to a great, safe year of travel in 2024.
(This is a shortened version of a story we first wrote for NBC News) This year’s post-pandemic travel boom is continuing into the holidays. Nearly half (48%) of Americans plan to travel between Thanksgiving and mid-January, up from 31% last winter, a recent Deloitte survey found. AAA expects 55.4 million travelers to venture at least 50 miles from home during the […]
(This is a story we first reported for NBC News) Last Thursday the State Department advised travelers from the U.S. to “exercise increased caution” worldwide because of the Israel-Hamas war, citing “the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests.” The warning “means what it says,” said Jeffrey Price, an aviation security expert […]
(This is a story we first wrote for NBC News) Ever check out of a hotel and notice a “transient occupancy tax” on your bill? Unfortunately for your wallet, the Biden administration’s crackdown on “junk fees” won’t do anything about it. But unlike some of the add-ons hoteliers and booking sites charge, this common type […]
Traveling with kids and want to make sure you get to sit together? Airline seating policies and fees for choosing seats often make that a frustrating, sometimes impossible, and expensive undertaking. President Biden ragged on airlines for this practice during his State of the Union address in early February And in July the US Department […]
If you’re a serious traveler, you likely love maps. And if you love maps, you’ll love the maps in a new book from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England that celebrates the art of atlases with a look inside the museum’s collection of maps, globes, and map-related ephemera. A is for Atlas: Wonders of […]