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Here are the travel dangers for 2021

January 15, 2021January 8, 2021

What are the travel dangers for 2021? Ask someone like Walt Meyer, and he’ll tell you he’s afraid of getting sick when he travels.

Too many people aren’t taking COVID-19 seriously, he says. He’d travel again this year if he could be sure that his fellow passengers were virus-free.

“If they could require everyone to arrive an hour early, get tested, then wait for test results before boarding a flight or entering a resort, it would eliminate some of the risks,” says Meyer, an author and professional speaker from San Diego.
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How MirrorTrip solved the one-way car rental problem

December 9, 2020December 4, 2020

Call it the one-way car rental problem.

If you rent a vehicle and return it to the same location, you can usually find a competitive rate. But rent the car in one place and return it somewhere else — a one-way rental — and you’ll pay a hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars more.

Why? Car rental companies charge hefty dropoff fees to give drivers an incentive to return the vehicle to their original location.

But what if there was a way around that?
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A visa problem on American Airlines. Who should pay?

November 24, 2020December 19, 2020

Rodolfo Soca has a visa problem on American Airlines. He says he had the right paperwork. Who messed up — and who should have to pay for it?
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Please make this Enterprise toll charge go away!

November 23, 2020December 13, 2020

Alex Martin blows through a toll booth in Ireland and gets a charge on his Enterprise bill. But his credit card rejects the charge, leading to a misadventure and $82 in expenses. Can I make this Enterprise toll charge go away?
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What’s missing from travel? Amenities, fees — and people

November 5, 2020November 6, 2020

So much is missing from travel, it’s hard to know where to start.

Consider what was absent from Andrew Selepak’s recent family vacation in St. Augustine, Fla.

When the Selepaks checked into their hotel, they weren’t greeted by an employee with a warm smile. Instead, a masked worker behind a thick plastic shield issued them a sanitized key card. The remote controls in their rooms were covered in plastic.
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