Tripso Weekend/June 17, 2007
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Tripso Columns
The art of the road-trip picnic
A picnic in the backyard is easy. When you run out of hot dogs or spill ketchup on your pants, you just step back into the house. A road-trip picnic is a different story. If you don’t plan ahead, you might find yourself slicing the cheese with your credit card. Mark Sedenquist shares a few pointers. (Mark Sedenquist)
Early return, higher price
Molly Reinhardt returns her Alamo rental car three days early, after a death in her family. The company shows its compassion by charging her an extra $361 in early-return fees. Did it make a mistake, or is Alamo really billing Reinhardt more for less? (Christopher Elliott)
Should you change your summer travel plans?
There’s a lot of gloom and doom in the travel press these days, all lamenting the high cost of summer travel this year. Even Joel Widzer, usually a big travel booster, thinks this might be the year to spend some time in the backyard lying in the hammock and playing croquet. Joel sizes up the problem and gives some advice. (Joel Widzer)
On the road to Beijing
James Wysong, our resident flight attendant, has recently begun serving trans-Pacific flights to China. In April, he had his first three-day layover in Beijing, a bustling city rich in history and culture that is currently sprucing itself up to host next year’s Summer Olympics. Here is James’ first dispatch on what will be a series of columns on China as it gets ready for prime time. (James Wysong)
Ciao, Serena
Take an Italian cruise ship, Italian food, Italian wine, Italian luxury and over-the-top Franco-Italian pomp and circumstance in the French city of Marseille and what do you get? A “C’est wow!” moment. Such is the life when “Cruising Italian Style” aboard the brand-new Costa Serena. (Anita Dunham-Potter)
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This week in travel
Midwest softens its anti-merger stance
Easing its firm anti-takeover stand just a bit, Midwest Airlines on Thursday agreed to let discounter AirTran Airways make a presentation to its board about its long-standing purchase offer.
Hertz, Avis add hybrids to fleets
In an apparent race to be seen as the greenest company in the industry, car rental giants Hertz and Avis are adding thousands of new, fuel-efficient hybrid cars to their fleets this month..
9 passengers sick on Mexico to Miami flight
Health authorities released nine passengers who were ill on a flight from Mexico to Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
Extreme fare war: Hawaii airline offers $1 tickets
The Hawaii interisland airfare war reached a new extreme on Monday as go! airlines offered 1,000 one-way tickets for $1 each.
Flight attendants feel wrath of fliers
Passengers today complain of poor treatment at the hands of airlines trying to cut costs, but Hamilton and other front-line airline workers say abuse is a two-way street.
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