Ed Perkins

The upcoming Ides of March is an appropriate time to look for bad news, and you don't have to look very far. But beware: Although some popular travel worries are...

If you're heading for Europe this summer — and plan to travel around while you're there — you may well be considering some form of railpass. Before you buy, however,...

Add GetGoing.com to the list of "opaque" travel buying websites — this time, one that specializes in airfares. "Opaque" means you don't find out about the details of the trip...

Whether to meet visitation requirements in split families, to visit retired grandparents, to attend school, or some other reason, you sometimes need to arrange flights for young kids to travel...

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." SNCF, the French railway system, has decided to fight low-fare airlines with low-fare trains. Starting April 2, new budget-priced "Ouigo" high-speed trains will...

In recent years, travel writers have pretty much laid off of reporting two "insider" strategies for cutting airfare costs, mainly because those strategies had lost much of their usefulness. And,...

Although some potential barriers remain — mainly getting the necessary financial and legal barriers — nobody seriously expects that American Airlines and US Airways will not complete their merger. Although...

Several decades ago, a high-powered Madison Avenue ad man I know was heading to an important client meeting in Frankfurt. He had a reservation for a flight on Lufthansa, but...

United Airlines is emulating rival American in featuring a baggage-delivery service at your arrival airport. Although you have to get your bags to the departure airport and check them by...

The logjam in chip technology credit cards has finally broken, and as of now, dozens of chip-enabled cards are available from banks based in the United States, with more coming...