November 05, 2012

Travel Troubleshooter: Bathtub fall is a slippery tour slope
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/03/4955652/bathtub-fall-is-a-slippery-tour.html
We are having trouble with a claim we made on our Allianz travel insurance we bought for our recent trip to Portugal with Vantage Deluxe Travel. A day after we arrived, my husband fell in the bathtub, cutting his left cheek, leaving a huge bruise on ...


Travel Gifts To Capture The Moment
http://www.gadling.com/2012/11/04/travel-gifts-to-capture-the-moment/
Travel gifts that capture a moment when we were with someone at some special place can be as simple as a smartphone photo taken at just the right time. A bar napkin from a time and distant place shared, snuck into a Christmas card, brings us right back ...


Obama and Romney Travel to Battlegrounds to Get Undecided Voters
http://www.dailypolitical.com/politics/obama-and-romney-travel-to-battlegrounds-to-get-undecided-voters.htm
Obama and Romney Travel to Battlegrounds to Get Undecided Voters President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney went to vital battleground states Saturday. Both pledged for bipartisan compromise if elected and asked supporters to help them win over the ...


Travel tales to share as new destinations await
http://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/columnists/staff/gilbert/travel-tales-to-share-as-new-destinations-await/article_74621ba1-7fce-52bc-8f21-4aacf7360acf.html
?We're not traveling to go to some restaurant; we're traveling to meet people,? Bob says. Hence, the tenet that if you're lost and you don't speak the language, find a teenager. ?They're always looking for an opportunity to try out their English,? Bob ...


Travel Tips: Six Tips to Make Flying with Kids a Breeze
http://kids.baristanet.com/2012/11/travel-tips-six-tips-to-make-flying-with-kids-a-breeze/
The busy holiday travel season is upon us, which means that many families will soon be flying here and there to enjoy much-deserved time with friends, relatives, turkeys and pumpkin pies. Despite the excitement of the journey, many families find it ...


CDC issues travel notice for Uganda due to Marburg outbreak
http://www.examiner.com/article/cdc-issues-travel-notice-for-uganda-due-to-marburg-outbreak
With the Marburg hemorrhagic fever (HF) outbreak spreading in Uganda, now being reported from 5 districts in the African country, federal health officials have issued an advisory for travelers to Uganda, according to a Centers for Disease Control and ...


Travel Notes: Lost luggage up sharply during holidays
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/travel/travel-notes-lost-luggage-up-sharply-during-holidays-660527/
If you plan to fly during the holiday season, the chance of losing your luggage increases sharply. The rate of mishandled luggage in December was as much as 35 percent higher than the annual averages for 2008 through 2010, according to a study by ...


World's Funniest Signs (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/travel-leisure/worlds-funniest-sign-phot_b_2019401.html
We asked Travel + Leisure online community members to submit their funniest signs for our photo contest--here are the best of the bunch. Don't Drive Your Car off a Cliff! It seems that this is a real possibility around Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. After ...