See our Advertiser Disclosure here. No industry was as severely impacted by current pandemic as the world of travel. There is no precedent for what’s happening now, at least not in modern times. As a result, airlines are desperate to hang on to current bookings in order to preserve liquidity. So, most are pushing travelers […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here Like all of you, I’m horrified by the events of the last few weeks. In hindsight, none of us should probably be surprised after seeing what happened in China just a couple of months ago. And yet, it seems crazy just how quickly life “as we know it” has changed […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As I’ve mentioned awhile back, my parents recently came to visit us from Europe over my kids’ spring break. The timing made me a little nervous, but we forged ahead with our plans. They flew to Florida on March 4th, and were set to spend 10 nights with mom’s  friend […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As is the case with  many of you, my family’s summer travel plans are currently in limbo due to Coronavirus. Will we be going to Japan, Hawaii, California or neither of those places? I honestly have no idea. But I have several trips in the works, with a very good […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Update:  Well, that didn’t take long. My parents’ Lufthansa flight did get cancelled, just as I expected it would. I never even got any email notification on it. I knew that calling Lufthansa would be pointless. I’ve heard some people were put on hold for 7 hours, and got disconnected […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. I’m sure most of you are sick of hearing about the coronavirus. I know I am! But the reality is that folks in the travel community are impacted by it, whether we like it or not. Going on a cruise next month? I’m sure you are having second thoughts right […]