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Government Warns of Increased Airport Security Lines During Holidays

On Tuesday, the government warned the public to expect long lines at airport security checkpoints this year but offered tips to travelers to lessen the pain. Three of the tips are to place metal objects and electronics in carry on bags, tale laptops out of cases and take off coats and jackets. CNN reports.

Steve Hall | November 18, 2003 | Advice | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Dealing With Oversold Airline Flights

We've all experienced the situation when you arrive at the gate for your flight only to be told the flight is full. Airlines always overbook flights to counteract no-shows. This article offers some advice on how to avoid getting caught up in this scenario. About reports.

Steve Hall | November 17, 2003 | Advice | Permanent link | Comments (0)

State Department Warns Americans Against Travel to Sudan

Because of "indications of terrorist threats aimed at American and Western interests in Sudan," the U.S. State Department has issued a warning to Americans against traveling to Sudan.

"U.S. citizens should be aware of the risk of indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets in public places, which include tourist sites and locations where westerners are known to congregate, and commercial operations associated with U.S. or western interests," the advisory said. CNN reports.

Steve Hall | November 16, 2003 | Advice | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Let Us Tell You a Story About an Airline Named...Ted?

With small discount airlines like Southwest and JetBlue getting all the glory in the airline industry these days, United has decided ot launch a low-cost airline of its own to compete with the little guys, as we first reported back in July. Well now the airline has announced its name: Ted. As in Uni-"ted."

The new airline is set to launch in February. USA Today reports.

Rick Bruner | November 16, 2003 | News | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Texas Booms as Caribbean Cuise Gateway

Out of the oil refinery dotted shoreline, more than 267,000 cruise passengers headed to Caribbean hot spots from Galveston in 2002, a 79 percent increase from 2001. With travelers still leary of flying, Galveston offers Texans and those who live in surrounding states a simpler, less stressful method of reaching their desired sun-drenched vacation in the Caribbean.

Carvinal Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises sail from Galveston and Norwegian Cruise Lines, after a hiatus, is resuming cruises out of Houston. CNN Travel reports.

Steve Hall | November 13, 2003 | Featured Destinations | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Travel Businesses Report Cautious Optimism on Business Travel Recover

Two percent growth doesn't sound like much of a recovery, but travel businesses will take what they can get at this point. Hospitality Trends reports on a gradual pick-up in business travel.

Rick Bruner | November 12, 2003 | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Southwest Tops Dept. of Transports On-Time Airline Report

Of 17 airlines studied by the U.S. government's Department of Transportation, 87% of flight arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival times. Southwest topped the study, which has been conducted for nine years, with a 90% on-time record. Continental was at the bottom of th list with only a 78% on-time record. Travel Weekly reports.

Rick Bruner | November 12, 2003 | Permanent link | Comments (0)

Small Is Beautiful: True Pocket PC

Sony Vaio U101

Drool. The Sony Vaio U101 looks like the perfect traveler's computer. It's a fully functional notebook computer -- 600-MHz processor, 256 Mbytes of RAM, 30 gigs of memory, integrated Wi-Fi and more than five hours of battery life -- but only 7 inches long! Sure, your fingers may cramp trying to type on the miniature keyboard, but five hours of battery life and the size of a dimestore novel, you have to cut it some slack. You can also orient the monitor sideways, to read text or web pages like an actual book. Me want....

See details on Dynamism.com and iCube.us, the authorized U.S. distributor of the U101. Meanwhile, I notice that Gizmodo reports that Sony is releasing a follow-up product, even smaller, in December, called the UX5.

Rick Bruner | November 2, 2003 | Permanent link | Comments (0)