The B&B industry is out to bust some myths, and are taking advantage of the election-year thinking to do it. With a totally tongue-in-cheek approach, it’s poking fun at the very symbol that has haunted them for years: the doily.



According to research conducted by the Professional Association of…

The New York Times thinks so.



In a wry and cutting article, “Vacations To Steam All Couch Potatoes", television columnist, Neil Genzlinger throws darts at…

Summertime and the living may be easy, but summertime is also prime time for identity theft, says security expert, Alan Wlasuk. He’s managing partner of 403 Web Security  a company committed to evaluating and eliminating website…

KwikChex, the reputation management and consumer-reassurance site, has published its first ratings of the top travel reviews sites. Each site has been awarded a star rating according to a KwikChex analysis of reliability factors.



Remarkably, no site has…

Homeaway Vs VRBO: Which Should You Chose? User Audio Review

Click here for the consumer, Audio Review of Homeaway vs VRBO

Both …

Drivers: Beware of Short Skirts and Bikini Tops

It’s summer.  So when  Insurance News, tells us that men get into more car accidents in the summer than any other time of year, you have to pay…

One of the dreads of air travel is sitting next to someone who is either crazy or can drive you crazy with annoying habits, non-stop chatter or just plain old boorishness, resulting in impulses to jump out of the plane or slowly throttle your seatmate.

So, …

Our Quick Video Tips for Travelers  



In a recent post, Why Hotel Content is So Boring  we argued, and so did the webinar panel at VFM Leonardo, that hotel content is boring in part…

Marti Mayne  one-ups Katniss, Peeta and company by turning The Hunger Games  into No Hunger Games.



Their bed and breakfast packages give food to the local food pantries and other “no-hunger” causes in the towns and regions where the "No-Hunger Games" B and B’s are located.…

The FAA gets it wrong again.



When Virgin Atlantic announced recently that passengers could make calls on their cell phones on VA’s Airbus A330 and Boeing 747 between London and New York, it was another wake up call to the Federal Aviation Administration to face reality.



Although cellphones can not be used during take off and landing, and the price…


What Do You Really Do On a Nude Vacation?



Apparently the same things you’d do if you were on a fully-clothed holiday, except, we assume, horseback ride.




But, you ask, how likely is anyone to go to a nude beach or clothes optional one, and strip?




For a country settled by humorless and uptight Puritans, a surprising 49% of Americans said they…


Imagine this scenario. You’re boarding your flight, and an announcement is made that there are three free upgrades to First Class. Free. For those whose Klout scores are 50 or higher.



Or you complain to a company about some defect in their product, and you never get an answer. But other people do, you learn. Why? The brand opts to reply only to those customers with…

Or who will turn the tables and keep review sites and their reviews honest?



By now we’ve heard enough to know fraudulent, unverified reviews on heretofore sacrosanct review sites are rampant. In many ways, they’re a violation of the trust travelers place in those sites.

TripAdvisor has been cited by UK authorities and told it can no longer state that…

Flight attendants are not inherently anti-romantic or anti-social, they’re just brainwashed when it comes to using cell phones in the air.



“Please switch off all mobile phones as they can interfere with the aircraft’s rafts navigation system,” is the flight attendant’s mantra.



But there  is no verifiable  reason why one shouldn’t use a  cell phone…

No, this doesn’t come from us, but from someone who Tweeted about a new travel-dating site called, Misstravel.com

It’s pretty much a travel dating site...with plenty of innuendo.

The explanatory video asks are you attractive, love to travel, but don’t have the money?



It then explains that there…

No, price isn’t everything in travel. It counts for a great deal in making travel decisions, but those merchants of “low, low prices” are missing the point.



What seems to drive travel choices is the ability for the traveler to connect with a brand; to feel and identify with it.

At least that’s what the …

Reports to the contrary, the travel agent is alive and well.

A couple of blocks from where I live is a a storefront travel agency. Been there for quite a while, as long as I can remember, anyway.



The space is crammed with brochures, books, all kinds of magazines and old posters. It’s almost always full of people. Some come and sit on the uneven…

First, we’re glad Pinterest  backtracked.  Pinterest’s  pinmeister and co-founder,  Ben Silberman, is no longer asking  followers to " avoid self promotion."



The CEO and his fellow pinners are saying that  the Pinterest etiquette that frowned on pinning ones own content, is dead.



Originally,…

How BlogFrog Monetizes the Massive Influence of Women Bloggers



How do you get to be called the largest woman-blogger network in the country?



You believe in what BlogFrog CEO and co-founder , Rustin Banks, says: “Elevated authentic editorial…

You can’t blame travel suppliers and companies for their myopia.  For all too many years they’ve had a Pavlovian response to their brands: promote them, and get around to  taking care of customers later.



Or maybe never.



In spite of all the brouhaha that suggested social media was the way of connecting with and servicing customers, the facts seem…