Opening the trunk of my Hertz rental car the other day at Houston IAH, I was horrified at the number of bugs I saw. Along the outer edge of the truck were several clumps of seemingly dead bugs – June bugs, I think. Not that I really care what kind of bug (a bug is…
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Where Do Business Travelers Spend the Most? Surprise!
A recent survey prepared by Certify analyzed spending habits of business travelers and some of the results were quite surprising. While many think business travelers fly first class and stay at 4-star hotels, the real world is far from that. For example, the most expensed restaurant? Not Morton’s Steakhouse or even Outback. Nope, the most…
BAcon — I’m Trying to Get to You, Really I Am!
My trek to Colorado Springs for Boarding Area’s BAcon conference is going to be an interesting case of planes, trains and automobiles. Wideroe, a regional airline in Norway and the largest regional airline in the Nordic countries, went on strike today. The strike is expected to continue for the next day or two. (This just happens…
Hertz GoldChoice – A New Type of Hybrid
Signs were displayed all throughout the Hertz rental car lot in Houston’s Intercontinental Airport (IAH) this week announcing their GoldChoice program. This was the first time I’ve seen these signs in IAH’s Hertz lot, even though I’ve rented from this same location multiple times over the past few months. Hmmm … GoldChoice. What’s this? It’s…
National Car Rental’s Pearls of Travel Wisdom
I will be blogging on National Car Rental’s Facebook Page for the next couple of weeks. Posts from Pearls of Travel Wisdom will appear as part of National’s fan page as well. This is one way that National Car Rental is offering their customers ways to travel safer, smarter and with more enjoyment. My participation…
Car Rental Companies Charge Rental Drop-off Fees? You Bet!
Catharine Hamm of The Los Angeles Times fields a question about car rental drop-off fees. Do rental companies really charge fees? They sure do, catching unaware travelers all the time. We will have a future article dealing with car rental agency fees but for more now — including some tips to avoid these drop-off charges —…