Are airports in the United States the worst to travel to?

by Darren Cronian on December 30, 2010 in Travel rants with 2 Comments

Yesterday I received an email from a British traveller who had a nightmare time at JFK airport with the TSA. The rant went on for a few paragraphs but he ended off by saying that the United States is the worst country to fly to.

Are airports in the United States the worst to travel to?

Underhand treatment by the TSA

Over the years I have received a fair number of email rants and blog comments about the strict, sometimes underhand treatment by the TSA, but having only travelled to the United States once, I cannot say it is any worse than airports in Europe.

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What have been your worst travel experiences of 2010?

by Darren Cronian on December 30, 2010 in Travel news with 6 Comments

Looking back it has been a year full of travel issues. There was the threat of British Airways cabin crew strikes, flight cancellations due to the volcano ash clouds, the collapse of more travel companies and let us not forget the recent debacle at Heathrow airport due to the bad weather.

What have been your worst travel experiences of 2010?

A year to forget for travellers

My own worst travel experiences includes a cancelled trip to Paris, and getting stranded and having to find my own way home from Holland. It has been a year to forget for travellers and a year for the travel industry to learn from their mistakes – but will they? Probably not.

What have been your worst travel experiences of 2010?

Airports please treat passengers like humans

by Darren Cronian on December 20, 2010 in Air travel news with 12 Comments

It is sad to see passengers sleeping on floors, queuing for hours no organisation and a complete lack of information. I realise the weather is bad, but if you have people at the airport who are stranded you should do everything you can do to make sure that they have at minimum a bed, food and drink.

Airports please treat passengers like humans

Sleeping on airport floor is not humane

My gripe isn’t that flights have been cancelled, that’s understandable – safety is of paramount experience. My issue is having passengers of all ages sleeping on airport floors because they have not been able to pay the ludicrous airport hotels around Gatwick and Heathrow have been charging.

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Airport drop off and pick up fees rant

by Darren Cronian on December 11, 2010 in Travel rants with 10 Comments

It’s not often that I’ll pick up the gauntlet and force an issue, but after a busy few months back and forth from Heathrow’s Terminal 5 airport collecting friends and family I have a rather large bone to pick: There is currently no option for making a quick pick-up without incurring a cost.

Airport drop off and pick up fees rant

How about 15 minutes free parking

Why can’t we have a 10-15 minute grace period so that drivers can make their pick-up without being subject to parking charges? It’s not uncommon to see a line of taxis stationed at the entrance to the Terminal 5 short-haul car park awaiting a phone call to avoid lingering inside the car park.

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