...Many have not considered fully the costs on our over all economy on high fuel prices? One obvious sector is the travel industry as automobiles, airlines and such are deeply impacted and costs go way up whether you are a family going on vacation or deciding to travel to see relatives via an airliner. But we must also consider the Hotel Industry as well and well what about Rental car Agencies too?

When the fuel prices went up in 2001 there were a few major Rent-A-car companies file Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Amongst them were several large companies including Resorts Rent-A-car. Both Alamo and...more

How To Avail Of Credit Card Point Redemption

...US merchant stores. The only problem he has is as hes always out in other countries, while hes able to use these credit cards, he may not be able to always to use his accumulated points from those merchant sponsored credit cards because he seldom goes to those stores anymore. In availing of credit card points other than air miles, are there other ways of redeeming them assuming that an individual may not be around all the time to shop back in the locally based stores that co-sponsored those credit cards?

The answer is yes. While an individual may be out of the country on business or leisure, the advantage p...more

While Waiting at the Airport

... as complex as an airport let alone the entire air travel industry, actually works as well as it does.

So there I was, observing a microcosm of the air travel industry. A little while after I arrived, two crewmembers arrived. Little by little, other crew arrived. They introduced themselves to each other. It was apparent that none of the crew had met each other before. Yet, as I boarded the plane, I was aware of how well they worked together as a practiced, coordinated team. Each knew what they were to do and d...more

In A Vintage Travel Poster We Travel To An Era Gone By

...A reflection of another era can be seen in a vintage travel poster.

When we see the ads for Vintage Travel Posters of cruise liners and those wonderful luxury trains, we see an era of travel before the airplane became so popular and convenient. A vintage travel poster is not just about the travel of the past but it shows a certain time in our history, styles, fashions and how the artist saw the world and wanted to portray that view to the world.

How Travel Advertising Hasn't Changed

The Posters of vintage times advertising the beautiful tropical destinations often show beautiful, exotic women in sarongs. Today the travel posters still entice the holidaymaker to the exotic and far away places, which is the same as in the days of the vintage, travel posters.more

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