Should you buy travel insurance?

AmyS recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:

If you’re like me, you probably don’t give travel insurance a second thought when you’re planning a vacation. But a new Bing Travel article by Peter Greenberg may open your eyes to the possibility. Greenberg gives a good overview of when it’s worth it to purchase insurance for your trip, noting that travel insurance can “save the day” if something were to go wrong. And that something can take oh-so-many forms: You get sick before you travel, you get sick while you travel, your flight gets canceled, your tour operator goes bankrupt, the airline loses your bags, your passport gets stolen, a hurricane wreaks havoc on your destination …

Frommer’s 5 Deals: Cozumel, Vietnam, the US Virgin Islands, Turkey, and Bangkok

Jason Sheftell posted this over on Frommer’s : Tour Turkey for $120 a day, get airline credits and free nights in the U.S. Virgin Islands, save 40% off a Vietnam trip from Friendly Planet, or choose from two more special offers.

A reader says: “I want the pilot to keep us informed during a crisis.”

Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

We’ve received a lot of comments on last week’s article “8 Things an Airline Would Never Tell You.”

Another mystery solved! The seatback pocket rule explained

Sean O’Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Thanks to the 150 readers who wrote in about their experiences, we now know that many flight attendants are asking passengers to remove their personal belongings from their seat back pockets. But we also know that this policy is not consistent from flight to flight or from airline to airline.

What the airlines don’t want you to know

SonjaG recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:

You booked your plane ticket, carefully packed your luggage and showed up at the airport thinking you knew what to expect. But the airline says your bag is overweight and wants to charge you a fee — even though you think their scale is off. And that’s just the beginning of your problems.

Get your stuff out of the airline seatback pocket pronto!

Brad Tuttle recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

The airline seatback pocket may not be spacious, but it has at least traditionally been a place to stash your magazine or water bottle while you snooze. Not anymore.

Bookmarks for November 5th 2008 through November 25th 2008

These are my links for November 5th 2008 through November 25th 2008: Thanksgiving Travel Tips – It’s countdown to Thanksgiving, and Road Warrior has a few suggestions to make your holiday travel a safer and more enjoyable experience. Five Best Travel Sites for Cheap Tickets – Travel search aggregation site Kayak won the top spot [...]