• Travel Info

    Posted on February 21st, 2010

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    Customs dog attacks child at airport

    Today’s daily dose of airline industry fear mongering comes from the arrivals hall of Washington DC’s Dulles (IAD) airport.
    Late this past week, a mother and daughter arriving at the airport to pick up an arriving passenger had an unfortunate run in with one of the training K-9 customs dogs. The Belgian Malinois, a normally friendly [...]

  • Airlines

    Posted on January 25th, 2010

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    The 2009 dumbest moments in travel from the Travel Insights 100

    In 2009, the travel industry provided us with plenty to complain about. From new fees to late night TSA subpoenas to bloggers, there never seems to be a limit to the dumb things they manage to come up with. The Travel Insights 100
    asked its members to submit their own favorite dumb travel moment.
    Several Gadling bloggers [...]

  • Travel Info

    Posted on January 14th, 2010

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    Are airport x-ray machines bad for your health?

    We all know from wearing those iron aprons at the dentist that x-rays are not good for you. Radiation is dangerous, and radiation poisoning can lead to very serious health problems and even death.
    Radiation poisoning usually occurs when someone is exposed to a heavy amount of radiation for a short period of time, but in [...]

  • America, Travel Info

    Posted on December 27th, 2009

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    Denver airline kitchen full of roaches, ants and listeria

    That may be true for most places, but food prepared in the LSG Skychefs kitchen in Denver doesn’t match those findings.
    When an FDA (Food and Drug Administration) inspection team paid a visit to the Denver kitchens of LSG , it found the kind of mess you’d expect from a big city restaurant with bad management.
    Inside [...]

  • Europe, Travel Info

    Posted on December 26th, 2009

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    Ryanair threaten to drop Italy

    Ryanair is saying it might ditch Italy … and it’s not just a publicity stunt. The low-cost airline says that new rules on which forms of identification are acceptable for boarding compromise security. The new reg, from Italy’s civil aviation authority, ENAC, makes licenses for driving, fishing and hunting fine for use at the gate, [...]