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Tag: travel

1. Travel ‘protection’: a predatory scam

   3 July 2009

   Considering travel insurance? Make certain that you get terms in writing before you pay — terms that prominently include the word ‘refund’. That’s the takeaway message from the latest ‘Haggler’ column in the New York Times, where journalist David Segal goes to bat on behalf of beleaguered consumers. I was particularly appalled by the story [...]

2. Keeping up with airline fees

   27 August 2008

   One of my research projects-in-progress for Pocketmint has been a comprehensive chart of airline bag fees. Since I can’t keep straight who charges what for which item of luggage, I figured other people must be having the same problem. Turns out someone else saved me the trouble! Travel search engine Kayak (of which I am [...]