Travel Tips & Trends

What Could Put You Over the Edge? Friday, December 1, 2006 9:00 AM As he planned his company's 2007 incentive trip to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Mark Mosley, a senior manager with Allstate Insurance Co., Irving, Texas, thought long and hard about his group's flight arrangements. His final conclusion: Between the sky-high fares and the many hassles now associated with air travel, it made more sense to charter three planes than to book with the commercial airlines.

ACTE Acts on Possible Laptop Seizure Ruling Friday, December 1, 2006 9:00 AM The Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va., is warning its members that anyone bringing a laptop across the U.S. border could risk having the laptop seized or its contents searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers. ACTE is responding to a series of U.S. court rulings, one of which, U.S. v. Romm, decided in July, holds that search of a laptop is permissible without

Deadline Met Sunday, October 1, 2006 10:00 AM Most if not all of the 27 visa waiver countries are going to meet this month's biometric passport requirement deadline. These machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers contain information such as digital photographs. Under the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, visa waiver countries (which include the United Kingdom, France, and Australia, among others) were required to

Airline Plot May Yet Have Repercussions Friday, September 1, 2006 10:00 AM The Discovery of an alleged airline terrorist plot in the United Kingdom last month had a temporary if severe effect on travel to and from the U.K., while on this side of the Atlantic, passengers struggled for a day or two with longer security lines caused by new carry-on baggage restrictions. The incident appeared to have no immediate effect on group meeting travel. Carlson Marketing Group of Minneapolis

Enjoy Your Flight? Tuesday, August 1, 2006 10:00 AM If It Can Happen to Hugo Slimbrouck, it can happen to any traveler experienced or not. Slimbrouck, director, corporate division, of destination management giant MCI's Brussels office (and incoming president of the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives) was attending a workshop in Milan, Italy, in June of this year. Upon arriving at the airport, he and his companions could not find the ground transportation