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Palm Beach County settles online hotel tax fight
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsOnline travel companies, including Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity, have agreed to pay Palm Beach County about $1.9 million for disputed hotel "bed" taxes. County Tax Collector Anne Gannon in 2009 filed a lawsuit arguing that online travel...Tags: Palm Beach County, Economy, Business and Finance, Travel, Companies and Corporations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Summer travel? Think beyond airfare
As travelers start thinking about winging off to summer vacations, many could learn a few things from expert fliers to ensure they get the best value for their money when booking flights. Price and flight schedules are clearly the primary factors for...Tags: Entertainment, Delta Air Lines, Los Angeles International Airport, United Air Lines, Trips and Vacations
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Retirees can convert time into money
Time and money are inexorably linked through our life stages. During our working lives, we sell our time to earn money at a job. And then we spend money to recapture precious time — paying others to mow our lawns, complete our income tax returns...Tags: Services and Shopping, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Entertainment, Home Improvement, Libraries
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Kevin Hunt: Resort Drops Hotwire After Wallingford Woman's Hidden-Cost Complaint
The Hartford CourantThe standard for hidden costs must have changed. Shouldn't a business at least make an effort to hide its hidden costs in the tiniest fine print instead of not disclosing them, anywhere, to the consumer. Good thing Beth Larkins-Strathy of Wallingford...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Rentals, Punishment, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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By catering to 'elite' fliers, American Airlines misleads others
Do airlines deliberately withhold seats until the last minute to get you to splurge on pricier options? Along the same lines, do airlines create a false impression that a flight is rapidly selling out so you'll jump on any seat available, no matter...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Trips and Vacations, Air Transportation, AMR Corp.
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Travel agent business booming, second straight year seeing growth
Most of us are familiar with sites like Travelocity and Expedia designed to help you plan your next family vacation. You'd think with all the choices, travel agents would be a dying breed. Well, think again. For the second year in a row, travel...
Tags: Family, Travel, Business Trips, Trips and Vacations
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Senior Travel: In praise of old-fashioned printed maps
"You're buying maps? That's totally last century. Just use your GPS and download maps from Google or Bing." That's typical of the responses I get from well-meaning friends when I tell them of my trip planning. Yes, maps may very well be 20th century -- or...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Google Inc., Travel, Transportation, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Senior Travel: Where budget hotels aren't very 'budget'
Move over, New York; we have a new champion for high hotel prices -- Boston, which the online hotel agency Cheaphotels (www.cheaphotels.org) discovered has the country's highest average nightly rates for budget hotels. The new Budget Hotel report (http://...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, American Express Company, Travel, Tour Operations Industry, Tampa
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IU Basketball fans look for ways to make the trip to the Sweet 16
The Indiana Hoosiers are heading to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 and now their faithful followers are looking for the best deals to get down to Atlanta.
The Hoosiers will play in a rematch game against the University of Kentucky Wildcats...Tags: Kentucky Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Indiana University
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Code-sharing confusion grounds my vacation
Jay Middour's flight to the Bahamas never happens because of a code-sharing disaster. His vacation is ruined and the airline still has his money. Can this trip be saved?
Q: We booked a ticket from Washington to the Bahamas recently through Expedia. It...Tags: Trips and Vacations, U.S. Airways, Health, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Chris Elliott
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Of primaries, G-strings and political lies
In today's Friday files, we're talking about everything from delusional politicians to philanthropic G-strings.
But first, I want to give House Speaker Dean Cannon a mild coronary by saying: Dean, you are right.
Not for your continued efforts to use...Tags: AIDS, Health, Cheng Yu-tung, HIV, Diseases and Illnesses
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Hey, that's no four-star hotel!
Albert Muick books a four-star hotel through Expedia in Prague. Turns out, it's just a three-star property. When he asks for a refund, he's sent a series of form letters. What now?
Q: I recently booked a hotel in Prague through Expedia. While perusing...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Chris Elliott, Advertising, Prague (Czech Republic), Travel
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