Ed Perkins on Travel: Solo travel – difficult but improving
rue solo travelers do not what to share accommodations with strangers or even with friends who they might want to consider. They want sole occupancy of whatever arrangement they make.
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Ed Perkins on Travel: Travel scams – anything new?
These days, when you search online for a travel company – hotel, airline, or whatever – you expect that the search will prominently return that hotel’s or airline’s website. Not...
Ed Perkins on Travel: Frequent flyer programs really are getting worse
Yes, what you figured out from your own experience is verified: New, detailed research proves that frequent flyer programs have, on average, lost value over the last five years. We...
Ed Perkins on Travel: What’s with the airlines?
Airlines are better than ever at tweaking fares to meet changes in demand, so you'll see some great flash sale deals where they think demand needs a boost and some...
Ed Perkins on Travel: European vacations by train
If you're headed for Europe this summer and expect to move around a bit, chances are there's a train trip in your future.
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If you travel at all this summer, chances are most of you will be confined to the U.S., and many will be hitting big cities. Yes, you can find pricey...
Ed Perkins on Travel: Amtrak’s infrastructure bill wish list
Amtrak already has a list of projects to fund if it gets the billions it expects from a big infrastructure bill. And some of its proposals can be put into...
Beware of post-pandemic travel ‘gotchas’ as the world reopens
Right now, travel seems to be on a roll: Almost everyone in the industry is issuing ambitious schedules for mid-summer ramp-up to near pre-COVID-19 levels. "Normalcy," along with the more...
Ed Perkins on Travel: What’s with ‘Health Passports’?
If you travel, there's a "health passport" in your future. Unfortunately, what a health passport is, how it should work, and who will officially recognize it, has yet to be...
Ed Perkins on Travel: Reopening: Amtrak’s long-haul daily service
Beginning May 24, Amtrak will resume daily service on its main long-haul routes. Renewing the daily trips returns Amtrak closer to its traditional pre-COVID pattern, as well as its traditional...