More often than not, I travel alone. My wife and I have often traveled together over the years, but these days my trips usually involve an RPA meeting and she’s...

Is it possible for ordinary folks to ever come out ahead when choosing and using a credit card?   Probably not, but when it comes to our credit cards, my...

Over a period of probably 30 years, I made several trips to Europe, one trip to Russia, two to China, and I don’t know how many times I’ve flown from...

Avis in Hawaii was a client of my ad agency, so I have always stuck with that company when I have to rent a car.   I’m also a member...

I don’t like driving rental cars, especially outside of this country. My worst experience with a rental car off of U.S. soil was on Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean....

A lot of Americans—my wife is one of them—are reluctant to travel abroad on the grounds that there are whole sections of this country that they have never seen. I...

Did you know that it is not uncommon for companies in the travel business—and that includes airlines, cruise lines, hotels, rental car companies, and all the rest—to blacklist customers who...

I’m staying at the Hotel Provincial here in New Orleans. It’s located in the French Quarter on Chartres Street (pronounced shar-TREZZ by the locals). Angeline, the restaurant next door to...

Basically, I had three reasons for coming to New Orleans: a nice long train ride, a second visit to the World War II Museum here, and another opportunity to dine...

I don’t know how or why it happens, but many of the trips I take somehow seem to fall into place with almost no help at all from me. I...