FAQs, "How-Tos", and Explainers
Answers to Frequently-Asked Travel Questions
by Edward Hasbrouck, “The Practical Nomad
- Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Travel FAQs and Advice
- The international standard for “vaccination passports”
- Travel during the coronavirus pandemic
- More reasons not to travel during the coronavirus pandemic
- Visiting friends and relatives: post-pandemic travel predictions
- COVID-19 and travel company bailouts
- Would a “vaccine passport” app make flying safer? No.
- CDC orders air travelers to unmask for government surveillance
- FAQs about Travel Around the World
- Travel during the coronavirus pandemic
- COVID-19 and travel company bailouts
- Ecotourism and Independent Travel
- Do I need to be young, strong, and fit to travel? (No.)
- Most useful languages for world travel?
- FAQ About Travel Insurance
- How can I get a new a new passport in a hurry?
- Travel Safety and Civil Liberties: Fear vs. Danger
- Should We Still Travel, After What Happened 11 September 2001?
- More from the “Around-The-World Travel” section of my blog
- FAQs and Resources About Travel Privacy, Surveillance, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights
- Air Travel FAQs
- FAQ About Airline Bankruptcies
- FAQ About Changes to Flights and Tickets
- Do governments subsidize airlines? (Yes!)
- How do airlines lie about codesharing?
- More about airline alliances and code-sharing
- What’s wrong with “personalized” airline ticket prices?
- Flights Within Europe
- Flights in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC)
- Google acquires ITA Software: What’s that mean for travellers?
- What should the US Dept. of Transportation do to protect consumers?
- Airline ticket price transparency
- Does an airline have to give you ticket when they confirm a flight? Yes.
- Does an airline have to tell you the terms of your contract? Yes.
- Air travel and “class war”
- Have We Passed Peak Travel? Envisioning a post-air-travel age
- Air travel and global warming
- Airport police attack passenger: Why did it happen? Who’s to blame?
- Airline Ticket Consolidators and Bucket Shops FAQ
- More from the “Airlines and Airfares” section of my blog
- Air travel FAQs from the Identity Project (PapersPlease.org)
- How the US violates the right to travel
- FAQ: Searches at airports and U.S. borders
- Do airlines have to give copies of all my reservations to the government? (Yes, but they shouldn’t.)
- Secure Flight FAQ
- FAQ: REAL-ID and ID to fly
- FAQ: U.S. government monitoring of social media of travellers
- FAQ: No-fly lists and no-fly decisions
- FAQ: Does an airline pilot have the right to refuse to let you fly?
- FAQ: Your rights at the airport
- FAQ: Searches at airports and U.S. borders
- How to get a refund if you aren’t allowed to fly
- “Carrrier sanctions” and the rights of refugees
- More of my articles form the Identity Project blog (PapersPlease.org)
- Other airline consumer advocates
- Bicycle Travel FAQs
- Train Travel FAQs
- FAQs about Hotels
- FAQs about Travel in Specific Places, Countries, and Regions
- FAQs about Technology and Travel
- FAQs and Resources About Travel Writing
- Travel writing resources
- Thoughts on travel writing
- Travel writing etiquette, ethics, and law
- The business and pleasure of travel blogging
- Travel reading, travel writing, and the public library
- Presentations for the National Writers Union:
- “Copyright maximalism” or copyright minimalism?
- What do authors fear from “Orphan Works” proposals?
- What’s wrong with the “International Standard Name Identifier” (ISNI)?
- More from the “Writing and Publishing” section of my blog
- Newsletter and e-mail problems