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On Travel

On Travel is a weekly consumer travel column that offers information and advice for people planning a business or leisure trip. The feature started in USA Today in 2013 and is now nationally syndicated.

Should screaming babies, argumentative passengers, and smelly travelers be banned from flights? Join the heated debate.

These airline passengers should get banned permanently

January 19, 2024May 21, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Should screaming babies, argumentative passengers, and people with bad odors be banned from flights? Join the heated debate as Congress considers a nationwide no-fly list.

Categories Featured, On Travel
Airline experts are warning of a summer travel meltdown. Here's what you need to know to avoid being stranded at the airport.

This is the only guaranteed way to avoid an airline meltdown this summer

January 19, 2024May 14, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Airline experts are warning of a summer travel meltdown. Here’s what you need to know to avoid being stranded at the airport.

Categories Featured, On Travel
From AI to self-service airline apps, has the travel industry taken self-service too far? Experts believe it has. Here's how to avoid problems.

Has the travel industry taken self-service too far?

October 31, 2024May 7, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

From AI to self-service airline apps, has the travel industry taken self-service too far? Experts believe it has. Here’s how to avoid problems.

Categories Featured, On Travel
If you've tried to get a refund from an airline, hotel or cruise line lately, then you probably know that you have to pack your patience and prepare for an adventure. Or maybe I should say, a misadventure.

Why are travel refunds taking so long now?

November 8, 2025April 26, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

If you’ve tried to get a refund from an airline, hotel or cruise line lately, then you probably know that you have to pack your patience and prepare for an adventure. Or maybe I should say, a misadventure.

Categories On Travel
Forget everything you think you know about summer travel. All that talk about this being the busiest and priciest summer ever is nonsense.

A last-minute surprise for summer travel — and a warning

January 19, 2024April 20, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

The conventional wisdom about summer travel has been turned on its head in recent days. Knowing about this could save you a little money and a lot of trouble.

Categories On Travel
Waiting for your passport? Here are some insider tips on what you need to do if you want to get your passport this summer.

Waited too long to get a passport? Here’s what to do

January 19, 2024April 14, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories On Travel
If you want to get away from it all, there's remote -- and then there's Tasmania. Here's why more Americans are visiting in 2023.

Remote, wild and devilishly subversive: Here’s why Americans are coming back to Tasmania

January 19, 2024April 7, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

If you want to get away from it all, there’s remote — and then there’s Tasmania. Here’s why more Americans are visiting in 2023.

Categories On Travel
What is it about the luggage carousel that brings out the worst in air travelers? Maybe it's the decline of civility. Maybe not.

Luggage etiquette: Do’s and don’ts for claiming your bags

April 6, 2025April 7, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

What is it about the luggage carousel that brings out the worst in air travelers? Maybe it’s the decline of civility. Maybe not.

Categories On Travel
Lisamarie Monaco never expected anyone to offer her a vacation do-over. She was staying at a resort hotel in Fort Lauderdale, and things were not going as planned.

When travel goes bad, can you get a vacation do-over?

January 19, 2024March 30, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Lisamarie Monaco never expected anyone to offer her a vacation do-over. She was staying at a resort hotel in Fort Lauderdale, and things were not going as planned.

Categories On Travel
It happened to Jason Loomis on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston. A passenger sitting in the row ahead of him became visibly upset and started shouting.

Sitting next to an unruly airline passenger? Here’s what to do

December 25, 2024March 23, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

It happened to Jason Loomis on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston. A passenger sitting in the row ahead of him became visibly upset and started shouting.

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