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Combining Business Travel with Leisure Travel
Have you ever been on a business trip and wished you could see more than just the inside of a plane, rental car, hotel room, conference room, etc.? Well, here is your solution, at least if your business travel takes you to the beautiful state of Utah. Did you know that Utah has 7 national [...]
TSA Update ~ DELTA
May 24, 2010 – Delta Air Lines continues to work with the TSA to ensure ongoing compliance with TSA Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) standards. Adherence with the required TSA Secure Flight Passenger Data standards is required for Delta and all airlines for travel to/from/through the U.S. effective November 1, 2010. Specifically, the regulation requires [...]
Car Rental Companies – Covering It All
With the recent announcement of Hertz purchasing Dollar & Thrifty, all three major car rental companies now cover everything from corporate business to leisure travel business. The purchase announced earlier this week is in the amount of $1.17 billion in cash and stock. The purchase of Dollar & Thrifty will significantly expand the vacation/leisure portion of [...]
Managing Your Hotel Policy
Managing a hotel program can be a daunting task, but an unmanaged hotel program can be costly to a company’s travel budget. Travelers don’t seem to want to be told where to stay or how much they can spend, but mandating a hotel program can provide savings in several ways. If you arrange travel through [...]
Passenger Safety or Airline Revenue?
Is it passenger safety or airline revenue that is prompting airlines to more closely scrutinize the size of carry-on luggage that is being used by travelers? On some of my more recent flights I had noticed that many travelers were toting larger carry-on luggage with some of it ending up on the plane, but some [...]
Fees, Fees and more Airline Fees
In the beginning we may have been caught off guard by ancillary fees charged by some of the major airlines, Delta, United, Continental, American Airlines and others, but what is happening now? Are we learning to accept them, ignore them or just plain hate them? According to a study by ProMedia Travel, many corporations are reporting [...]
Uncovering Hidden Travel Fees
Nearly every day we are hearing about new fees imposed above and beyond the advertised cost of airfare, car rentals & hotel rates. These fees increase revenue for the airlines, car rental companies & hotels, but are they legitimate fees and are the charges always accurate? Do we always receive the services that these fees are [...]
TruValue
True value doesn’t come in just hardware. True value often comes in everyday things that we use to make our lives less complicated and cumbersome. I’ve noticed that true value is often over looked and those things of most value are often ignored, neglected, or we have not been informed of the value. This week [...]
“There Is No Place Like Home”
I often think about this phrase so eloquently spoken by Dorothy, you know, the star of The Wizard of Oz, and the truth behind it. I love my home, and though vacations are nice, at some point, I’m ready to be home. This being said, when walking into a restaurant, I like a warm and [...]
The Beauty of Full Service Travel
If text messaging while driving has been, or will be outlawed, do you think that means no laptop use while driving as well? How many times are you driving in your car and you begin to create that mental list of things you need to accomplish, you know, the list that never actually gets written [...]