Travel Tonic

Bringing you what’s new in travel for March 3rd 2010 through March 4th 2010:

• Cancel your flight, but don’t get your taxes refunded – Sean O'Neill recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek's Travel Blog:

  Buy a plane ticket, and you'll pay the base fare plus the taxes and fees. Cancel that ticket at the last minute, though, and you won't always receive a refund for the taxes and fees.

• The Most Popular Travel Apps for Smartphones – Smarter Travel has posted some info about ed perkins: It's no secret smartphones are handy travel tools with all the apps providing everything from restaurant reviews to maps. But Ed Perkins has one caution for iPhone users.

  Head over to www.smartertravel.com to read the whole article.