Sequestering travelers

Posted: March 6, 2013 | Contents: Resources | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

The Federal Government is facing a deadline that will  affect the American economy. As individuals a citizen may not completely understand how such deadlines as the “automatic federal spending budget cuts” that went into place Friday, March 1, affect their personal life. As a traveler the federal deadline has serious implications according to facts and opinions travel experts explained to Fred Gebhart and Maria Lenhart of Travel Market Expert. Travel journalists should brace themselves as experts expect:

Threatened reductions in air traffic controllers, customs clearance officers, and TSA officials staffing airport checkpoints risk long lines, system slow-downs, and general delays.

In addition, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood warned that sequestration would have ‘serious impacts on transportation services that are critical to…

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Skip the journey and appear at the destination

Posted: October 20, 2012 | Contents: Chapter 3 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Chapter 3 discusses the concept of the journey as a key part of the story . However,
according to Christopher Elliott, an author at frommers.com, the excitement of
the journey and the corresponding stories are becoming tales of horror and terrible
experiences rather than hero journey tales.

Among the horrors of traveling Elliott describes run-ins with TSA while travelling by air
and annoying crewmembers on cruises constantly bombarding travelers with extras that
also cost extra. Elliot offers this message to those responsible for the journey:

“Yeah, we want to travel cheap. Truth be told, we’d pay nothing for our vacations if we could. That’s no excuse for turning the journey, which was once the best part of the travel experience, into torture.”