Tripso Weekend/December 16, 2007
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Tripso Columns
It’s not easy being green: 7 tips for eco-friendly travel
This week, John Frenaye woke up and noticed that he no longer sees his world through rose-colored glasses. In fact, this morning, they are green. Having come to his environmental senses, John offers seven tips for eco-friendly travel — because every little bit helps. (John Frenaye)
A government rate for a weekend stay?
Cheryl McClure reserves a room at the Hampton Inn in Asheville, N.C., and is offered an $81-a-night rate. Then the hotel has second thoughts and changes the rate to $149 a night. Can it do that? And what, if anything, does a “confirmed rate” get you? Should McClure cancel her hotel stay, or can the Hampton Inn be persuaded to honor its first rate? (Christopher Elliott)
4 alternatives to renting a car abroad
We spend untold hours in our cars while commuting and running errands at home. But do we need to get behind the wheel while visiting another country? Tim Leffel lays out four ways to avoid the hassle and expense of renting a car abroad. (Tim Leffel)
High-flying gifts for the holidays
Christmas is just around the corner, and all over America folks are getting anxious about finding gifts for that certain someone who seems already to have everything. James Wysong asks: Does your hard-to-please friend travel by air at all? If so, problem solved. Check out these 12 gifts for high fliers. (James Wysong)
Cruising 2008
It’s that time of year again: time to see what’s on tap for the high seas in the new year. Here’s what’s to come in 2008: fuel surcharges, more tonnage, more adventure, healthier cruising, improved “fantasies” and a sad farewell to two great queens. (Anita Dunham-Potter)
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This week in travel
47.2 million fliers expected this holiday season
U.S. airlines expect essentially flat passenger traffic during the holidays, a rather meek forecast for an industry nearing the end of a year marred by record delays, rising fuel costs.
Rationing NYC flights could slow airline growth
British billionaire Richard Branson wants Virgin America to be the next JetBlue, an upstart that challenges the big boys with low prices and dazzles passengers with stylish mood-lighting, black leather seats and an in-flight entertainment system. But any hope the new airline has of becoming a major player in one of its premier markets –New York — could be dashed if federal regulators go ahead with a plan to cap the number of flights at the city’s major airports.
Boeing says 787 shouldn’t face further delays
Boeing Co. said Tuesday that its schedule for the 787 Dreamliner remains on track and it does not currently envision further delays in the much-ballyhooed airplane.
Airlines hope to block flier Bill of Rights
The U.S. airline industry’s main trade group goes to federal court next week to try to block a New York state law that would punish airlines for stranding passengers on jets without adequate food, water or sanitation.
Ice covers Midwest, Northeast
Commuters contended with treacherous roads Monday from the southern Plains to the Northeast as a storm spread a coating of ice and freezing rain linked to at least 11 deaths.
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