Hey travelers, you can’t win ’em all (so don’t even try)
In travel, as in life, there are unwinnable arguments — like the one Fran Koort and her husband got into with the TSA before a recent flight. For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, her husband’s...
View ArticleWhat are the most ridiculous reasons to cancel your trip?
My dog is sick. My knee hurts. It’s too dangerous. Ah, the silly reasons we give for canceling a trip, for demanding a full refund from a hotel or airline, even when the reservations are...
View ArticleForgetting yourself on Florida’s gulf coast
They’re celebrating the scallop festival this month in Gulf County, Florida. It’s another excuse to visit this largely unvisited part of the sunshine State. Not that you need one. Here, along Florida’s...
View ArticleFlight cancellation leads to unwanted connection – I want compensation!
Question: I paid extra for a direct flight to my destination well in advance of my vacation. I just received an email from my airline saying that the flight has been changed to one with a stopover. Can...
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Are you ready for our Starbucks road trip?
This is a blueberry muffin and breakfast sandwich order at Starbucks — the usual for my ten-year-old son, Iden, and my eight-year-old daughter, Erysse. They’re Starbucks regulars. During the next...
View ArticleI’ll spare you the potty humor on this Starbucks story
Can we talk bathrooms? I’m in the Starbucks in Statesville, N.C., and it’s all I can think about. The bathrooms. Starbucks bathrooms are typically one-room affairs, which is to say there’s only room...
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Don’t do this when you travel with kids
You don’t have to spend 300 days a year on the road with your kids to know the ins and outs of family travel. But it helps. That’s no exaggeration, by the way. Last year, we clocked about 40,000 miles...
View ArticleWould you hit a man with glasses?
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Help, my kids are #avgeeks. What’s the cure, Southwest Airlines?
On a recent stopover in Dallas, our friends at Southwest Airlines invited us to tour their corporate headquarters. Here we are! The kids are world travelers, but little did Southwest know that they are...
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When you’re cycling through Savannah, the second wheel’s optional
The circus hasn’t come to Savannah, but it sort of looks like it. That kid you saw dodging tourists and on a unicycle last week in Georgia’s oldest city was my 11-year-old son, Iden. The guy chasing...
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