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Posted by National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the third of six reports. Read the first and second posts. If you want to get to know your kids, take them skiing. But if you want to bond with them, go snow tubing. Skiing may be one of the…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the second of six reports. Read his first post here. It’s a strange time to be in Sacramento. A day before we arrived, Jerry Brown was sworn in as the Golden State’s 39th governor. The marbled hallways of the Hyatt…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited northern California with his family. This is the first of six reports. Oakland is the kind of city that’s always looking up. If the drive along Lincoln Avenue over the Highway 13 Bridge–where you can see the ornate Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the magnificent Mormon Temple,…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Northwest Florida with his family. This is the second of two reports. Here’s the first. You can’t build a sand dune. Not a real one. You can try, says our guide, Snookie Parrish. “You can pile the sand, but when a big storm hits – whoosh,” she…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Northwest Florida with his family. This is the first of two reports. Seaside, Florida, is the kind of destination that can be enjoyed year-round with your family. But some seasons are easier than others. For about nine months, when this master-planned community in Florida’s Panhandle enjoys…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Hawaii with his family. Read his first blog post here. Like almost every other destination on the planet, Hawaii claims to have something for everyone. But on Oahu, the most visited of the Hawaiian Islands, you have to look hard to find something for kids. Check into your hotel…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited Hawaii with his family. This is his first report. There’s a surprise waiting around every corner on Hawaii’s big island. Like the time we ran out of road. We were dizzy with jetlag and like most tourists from the mainland, a little confused. “Dad, I’m hungry,” my middle son,…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited the Washington area with his family. His three-part series, Inside-Out With Kids, explores the D.C. region from different perspectives. Today, on their final stop, they return to the nation’s capital. Read the first and second blog posts in the series. What does it mean to be an “insider” in…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott recently visited the Washington area with his family. His three-part series, Inside-Out With Kids, explores the DC region from different perspectives. Today they make a detour to Annapolis, Md. Here’s the previous story. Every morning in Annapolis should start like this: You drop by Chick & Ruth’s Delly at around 8…
National Geographic Traveler columnist Christopher Elliott is trekking through the Los Angeles area with his family in search of the real Southern California. This is his fifth dispatch; read the previous one here. Can anyone write about Santa Monica, California, without bringing up the pier, or the beach, or at the very least, politics? Not…
Chuck Thompson is the author of the just-released book, To Hellholes And Back: Bribes, Lies, and the Art of Extreme Tourism, a follow-up to his wickedly funny Smile When You’re Lying, a takedown of the travel writing business. So where are the hellholes? Congo, India, Mexico City and — “most feared of all,” Disney World.…
EU Commissioner: We Have All Been “Misled” By Airlines
Posted by Janelle Nanos on November 14, 2008 The European Union’s new regulation on airline ticket transparency, which requires airlines to quote a fare including all taxes, fees and surcharges, went into effect Nov. 1. How will the new rules affect air travelers here and in Europe? Contributing Editor Christoper Elliott asked Meglena Kuneva, the EU commissioner for consumer affairs. First of all,…
