Meghan Allen and her husband make a downpayment on a Palladium Travel Club membership. If they have second thoughts, are they stuck with their purchase? Maybe there’s a way out of their Palladium Club membership.
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Blacklisted by Walmart — but why?
Diane Robinson is blacklisted by Walmart. She keeps receiving error messages when she logs into the site and can’t check out. And that’s not her only problem. Is there a way out?
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Everything you need to know about vegan vacations
If you’re an omnivore who thinks good food is hard to find on vacation, try a vegan vacation.
Plant-based diets are growing in popularity, but most tourist destinations still cater to the comfort-food crowd. Large parts of the country — indeed, the world — are without vegan restaurants. What’s someone on an all-veggie diet to do?
Colette Coleman, an educational consultant and vegan in New York, is one of those travelers. She says looking for a vegan restaurant may be a mistake.
“Often it’s better to find a great vegan dish at a local restaurant serving diverse dishes,” she says.
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Why have people stopped tipping?
Why have people stopped tipping? Short answer: They’re tired of shelling out gratuities to everyone they meet – hotel concierges, luggage porters, tour guides and, of course, restaurant servers.
Enough is enough. They do not tip anymore.
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Is there a hidden camera in my Airbnb?
If you think there might be a hidden camera in your Airbnb, you’re not paranoid. Stories about privacy breaches in vacation rentals — and elsewhere in the travel industry — are common these days.
In fact, one of the hottest new gadgets is a hidden camera finder called Scout. It uses infrared light to find concealed lenses in your rental.
What’s this world coming to?
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