Switching Seats on a Plane: Not a Good Idea
Discover why switching flight seats can lead to unforeseen hassles, and learn the importance of sticking to your assigned seat.
Pets Should Stay Home on your Vacation
Pets should stay home. Christopher Elliott makes the case for no more pets on airplanes.
Delay Rage at the Airport? Here are Ways to Get Over It
Delay Rage at the Airport. How many times have you been angry and frustrated at the airport because of a flight delay? Here are some solutions.
Summer Squeeze: Get Ready to Get Cozy on your Next Flight
The summer squeeze is coming to airline seats you might be just about to sit in, here is how the pent up demand for flights will impact travelers.
Airline Fees Are Just Getting Started
Airlines delighted travelers by announcing the end to change fees, but don’t expect that they won’t come up with new fees to extract more money from flyers.
Global Entry: Pandemic Update
Global Entry is back, as of September 9. You can now visit their offices at airports and apply or re-apply and find your global entry application status.
How to Get Through Airport Security Faster
How to get through security lines at the airport: Use common sense about which bags to choose, and what you try to bring through the checkpoints.
Who Else is Ready to Travel Again?
A survey of how many tourism boards, hotels and resorts are preparing to reopen after three months closed, what you can expect to find in tourism in June 2020.
How to Stay Safe in your Seat
How do you Practice Social Distancing on a Crowded Plane? By Christopher Elliott When Robyn Wilkov boarded a recent flight from New York to Dallas,…
How the Pandemic Changed Airport Screening
The TSA confirmed that, in mid-June, it will begin asking passengers to remove carry-on food items from their bags and place them in a bin for separate screening.
Flying Across the Ocean in May 2020
Navigating pandemic-era air travel: Here’s what it’s like to fly internationally right now Christopher Elliott. Flying from Paris to Seattle in May 2020.
Stuck In Nice, France, This American Feels Imprisoned
In Nice France, citizens have to remain indoors for 23 hours a day. Christopher Elliott planned a monthlong stay and now he’s stuck there until it ends.